us-005578-irn526626-irn527003
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Brown leather suitcase with an ataached lid, a cloth lining with a pocket, and leather straps.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
history: The suitcase was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Jill Padawer Gemmill, the daughter of Martha Bienstock Padawer.
identifier: irn527003
is or was included in: us-005578-irn526626
record resource extent: overall: Height: 15.000 inches (38.1 cm) | Width: 23.000 inches (58.42 cm) | Depth: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 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.
title: Suitcase used by German Jewish refugee family