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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2009/040 DescriptionWooden hanger with iron hook and impressed and painted in black: "J. Sorger Magdeburg-Sudenburg Halberstadterstr. 37". This was the name of a men's clothing shop in Magdeburg Germany which was owned by the donor's grandfather Jacob Sorger. He and his wife escaped from Germany in the "nick of time" - with the gestapo on their heels and came to Australia in 1939. It is a memento of a former life, when Mr Sorger was a respected merchant in Germany. Production placeGermany SubjectPre-war life, pre war refugees, escape, garment industry, world that was, rag trade Object namecoat hangers Materialwood Dimensions width: 420.00 mm height: 185.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Jeanette Kidron

Object numberM2009/040

DescriptionWooden hanger with iron hook and impressed and painted in black: "J. Sorger Magdeburg-Sudenburg Halberstadterstr. 37". This was the name of a men's clothing shop in Magdeburg Germany which was owned by the donor's grandfather Jacob Sorger. He and his wife escaped from Germany in the "nick of time" - with the gestapo on their heels and came to Australia in 1939. It is a memento of a former life, when Mr Sorger was a respected merchant in Germany.

Production placeGermany

SubjectPre-war life, pre war refugees, escape, garment industry, world that was, rag trade

Object namecoat hangers

Materialwood

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Jeanette Kidron

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