us-005578-irn522416-irn523800
type: RecordSet
archival history: The medical kit was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Alice Fink, the wife of John Fink.
biographical history: Alice Redlich was born August 12, 1920, in Berlin, Germany, to Georg and Ella Messer Redlich. Georg, born on August 8, 1884, was a salesman and World War I veteran from Schlabendorf, Germany. Ella was born on April 9, 1893, in Berlin. Alice's brother Heinz Alfred was born on June 9, 1923. The family considered themselves Germans who were Jewish. They celebrated high holidays, irregularly attended synagogue, and did not keep a kosher house. The children went to public schools. Alice attended Hebrew school three times per week and also belonged to a German Jewish youth group that was more social than religious. In 1932, Georg became formally affiliated with the Jewish Community, reporting official Jewish deaths to the religious and civil authorities. In 1932, Georg became formally affiliated with the Jewish Community, reporting official Jewish deaths to the religious and civil authorities. Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor on January 30, 1933, led to increasingly severe restrictions on Jews. The 1935 Nuremberg Laws defined Jews by race and mandated the total separation of Aryans and non-Aryans. Due to the high number of Jewish students in her school, Alice did not immediately feel the increasing anti-Semitism. However, in response to the encroaching restrictions, her father removed her from school in 1935. She celebrated her Bat Mitzvah in 1936. Her only experience of persecution was that by 1937, she was not allowed to attend German cultural events. In 1937, Alice enrolled in a vocational school and trained as an infant nurse in a children’s home. She completed her training in 1938, and with the assistance of a cousin living in England, was accepted into the nursing program at Miller General Hospital, a private hospital in Southeast London. In the months prior to her departure, she learned English and worked for a family taking care of their infant son. On November 11, 1938, Alice left Germany from Bremerhaven on a refugee ship and arrived in London on November 14. …
physical characteristics and technical requirements: a. Medical field sterilizer set: Rectangular, silver colored metal container base with rounded corners. There are 2 fold-out wire legs attached to the bottom right and left sides with 4 foot studs near each bottom corner. When supported on the legs, it would act as a basin; the ethanol burner would be set beneath it to heat the contents. b. Medical field sterilizer set: Rectangular, silver colored metal container lid with rounded corners and 4 sides, which make it usable as a shallow basin. There are 2 wire handles on the short sides that pivot upward as carrier handles or downward for support legs. There are 4 foot studs and engraved text and a caduceus with a crown maker's mark on the exterior base. c. Medical field sterilizer strainer: Rectangular, silver colored metal, perforated tray with rounded corners and 4 sides, which make it usable as a shallow basin strainer. There are 2 wire handles on the interior short sides that pivot upward as carrier handles or downward for support legs. d. Medical field sterilizer ethanol burner: Rectangular, silver colored metal container with 2 openings with threaded necks and removable screw-on lids with a cork circle in the top. The larger opening contains the wicking device consisting of a mesh screen with batting folded into a circle, with a wick in the center. The smaller opening would be used to pour in the liquid fuel, such as ethanol. The smaller lid is beaded around the rim and has an engraved caduceus with crown, the Aesculap logo. There are 4 foot studs on each bottom corner. This canister would be placed under the tray (a.) and lit to provide heat for the sterilization process. e. Flat, silver colored, metal instrument with a narrow center stem that expands into kidney shaped holes at each end. f. Flat, silver colored, metal instrument with a narrow center stem that expands into kidney shaped holes at each end. g. Rectangular cardboard box covered by dark blue textured paper with a paper hinge and a paper seal, broke…
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1949 August 26
has beginning date: 1938-01-01
has end date: 1949-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn523800
is or was included in: us-005578-irn522416
record resource extent: a: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Width: 7.625 inches (19.368 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) c: Height: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Depth: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) d: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Depth: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) e: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) f: Height: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Width: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm) g: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
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scope and content: Medical field sterilizer kit with container and strainer tray, ethanol burner, instruments, a boxed set of 2 bottles of Lobelin used by Alice Redlich while she served as a nurse at the Bergen Belsen displaced persons camp established in the former concentration camp in Germany after the war. The British army liberated Bergen-Belsen on April 15, 1945, and it then became a DP camp. Alice volunteered with the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad and, in September 1946, she left for Bergen-Belsen DP camp to care for children and young women. Before the war, Alice lived with her parents in Berlin, Germany, through the rise of the Nazi dictatorship with its increasingly harsh anti-Jewish policies. In 1938, 18 year old Alice left for England to continue her nurse's training. Her mother, father, brother, and grandmother were all murdered in Auschwitz. She met and married Hans Finke, a fellow German Jewish relief worker, at the DP camp in 1948. Hans had been a prisoner of Monowitz, Auschwitz, Sachsenhausen, Flossenberg, and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps. His parents were murdered in Auschwitz and his sister survived in hiding. Hans was at Bergen-Belsen when it was liberated by the British Army on April 15, 1945. An electrician by trade, he began working for the British and then various aid groups after it became a displaced persons camp.
title: Medical field sterilizer kit used by a German Jewish refugee nurse and postwar aid worker