us-005578-irn85553-irn531356
has or had some members with language: eng
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history: The luggage tag was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Ruth Kraemer, executor of the Estate of Hana Bruml.
is or was included in: us-005578-irn85553
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Rectangular white cardstock luggage tag with angled top corners printed with blue ink. At the top is a punch hole with a paper and metal grommet with a 7.5 inch string looped through it. The company logo and directions are printed in blue panels at the top and bottom. The center has blank lines to enter requested information and it is partially completed by hand.
date: 1946 May 03
type: RecordSet
history: Hana Müller (Mueller; later Bruml) was born May 30, 1922, to Richard and Hedvika Zappner Müller in Prague, Czechoslovakia (Czech Republic). Her father was born in 1885 in Chocen, Czech Republic, Austro-Hungary, to Emanuel and Antonia Müller. Richard was a tinsmith and owned a workshop. Her mother was born April 17, 1891, in Prague, to Isidor and Marie Heller Zappner, and had one sister, Gizela, born 1888. Hana’s maternal grandparents, Isidor and Marie (b.1856), lived with her family in the Jewish quarter; Isador died in 1925. The family was prosperous and employed a maid. They spoke Czech and German. Hana attended a Zionist school, then a Czech school. She attended business school for a year and worked as a typist. From 1933, when the Nazi regime came to power in Germany, Prague saw a large influx of Jews fleeing persecution. In September 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland border region. In March 1939, Germany annexed the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia, which included Prague, which were governed by a Reich Protector. Other regions were absorbed by German allies and Czechoslovakia ceased to exist. Jews lost their jobs and their property. Hana’s father’s workshop was confiscated. He could not find work and it was difficult to get enough food. Hana tried to leave, but could not get a US visa or German passport. On September 1, Germany invaded neighboring Poland. Jewish men could be conscripted for forced labor at any time. On November 14, 1939, Hana married Rudolf Schiff, b.1919, at City Hall. They got their own room when one of the families boarded at Rudolf’s parent's home was relocated. Hana began working for the Palestine Office, which facilitated emigration to Mandate Palestine. In September 1941, Heydrich, SS Chief of RSHA, became Reich Protector, and prioritized the expulsion of Jews to concentration camps. Jews were required to wear a yellow Star of David badge at all times to make them easy to identify. Transports were announced daily in the papers.…
title: Luggage tag used by a Czech Jewish survivor
record resource extent: overall: Height: 6.250 inches (15.875 cm) | Width: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) folder 1 5 documents,
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
identifier: irn531356
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has or had holder: us-005578
scope and content: Luggage tag used by Hana Suk when she left Rouen, France, on her way to New York in May 1946. Hana was, a native of Prague, Czechoslovakia which was taken over by Nazi Germany in March 1939. It was controlled by a Reich Protector and Jews were oppressed and then targeted for destruction. In August 1942, Hana and her then husband Rudolf Schiff were sent to Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp about 30 miles north of the city. Hana worked as a nurse. Rudolf, his parents, and brother were deported to Auschwitz in December 1943 and killed. Hana was deported to Auschwitz in October 1944, and then sent to Kudowa-Sackisch slave labor camp where she was freed in May 1945. Hana returned to Prague and assumed the surname Suk. While searching for surviving relatives, she met Karel Bruml. They found few survivors. Hana and Karel left separately for the United States in 1946, and married in New York.