Suitcase used by German Jewish refugee family
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The suitcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Jill Padawer Gemmill, the daughter of Martha Bienstock Padawer.
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Suitcase used by German Jewish refugee family
overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
Suitcase relating to Wolf and Dreisel Bienstock and their children Joseph and Martha (donor's mother) and their flight from Nazi Germany via Holland, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal to the United States, and their successful post-war attempts for financial resitution for their family business in Dortmund, which had been confiscated because they were Jewish.
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Brown leather suitcase with an ataached lid, a cloth lining with a pocket, and leather straps.