Object numberM1995/034:002
DescriptionEnamel mug given to Vera in Bergen-Belsen, November 1944. She scratched her identification number on the metal tag attached (no longer visible).
Vera Meyer (nee Fischer) was born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. In October 1944 she was transported to Auschwitz. From November 1944 until the end of February 1945 she was incarcerated in Bergen-Belsen, then transferred to Buchenwald and later sent on a work-transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau labour camp, Germany, that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. She worked in the airplane factory hammering rivets into the wings. She was evacuated on the Death March back to Theresienstadt, where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945. After recuperating from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt, she returned to Prague to find out the fate of her family members. She learnt that her husband Paul Noklov whom she had married in 1939, died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She migrated to Austalia in March 1947.
Vera Meyer (nee Fischer) was born 24 February 1915, in Prague, Czechoslovakia. She was deported to Theresienstadt in 1943. In October 1944 she was transported to Auschwitz. From November 1944 until the end of February 1945 she was incarcerated in Bergen-Belsen, then transferred to Buchenwald and later sent on a work-transport to nearby Raguhn Dessau labour camp, Germany, that produced aeroplane parts for Junkers. She worked in the airplane factory hammering rivets into the wings. She was evacuated on the Death March back to Theresienstadt, where she was liberated by the Russians in May 1945. After recuperating from Typhoid and Hepatitus in hospital in Theresienstadt, she returned to Prague to find out the fate of her family members. She learnt that her husband Paul Noklov whom she had married in 1939, died on the day of Auschwitz’s liberation. She migrated to Austalia in March 1947.
Object namemugs
Materialenamel
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Vera Meyer