Tapestry cloth purse brought with a young Austrian Jewish refugee
Tapestry cloth purse with a metal clasp and chain. The clasp has gemstone embellishments.
overall: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
Purse brought with Elfriede Toch when she left Austria in 1939 for the United States. The purse originally belonged to her mother Adele. Elfriede was one of 50 children whose immigration was sponsored by Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus of Philadelphia.
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The purse was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Cynthia Ermert.