us-005578-irn724880-irn736824
type: RecordSet
archival history: The luggage label was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2022 by Julie Kaye, daughter of Herman Silbiger.
biographical history: The Silbigers, a Dutch Jewish family, fled the Nazi regime by way of France, Spain, a British internment camp (Camp Gibraltar) in Jamaica, then Curacao, and eventually Miami, Florida.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: A blue and white luggage label for the Hotel Continental Vigo featuring a black and white illustration of the hotel at the label's center inside an ornate curved border. The back of the label is blank save for the same name handwritten in five different styles. back : [Hermi, Hermi, Hermi, Hermi, Hermi]
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: approximately 1942-1945
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn736824
is or was included in: us-005578-irn724880
record resource extent: overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: A Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label that was part of a collection kept by Herman Silbiger in a cigar tin, capturing his family's journey through France, Spain, Jamaica (Camp Gibraltar), and Curaçao from 1942-1945.
title: Hotel Continental Vigo luggage label collected by a Dutch Jewish refugee