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Actions Displays	necklaces Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2013/051 Titlenecklaces Description“Working as a slave labourer in Oberhohenelbe in the Sudetenland, making components for V2 which bombarded London, we made the dog-tag and the chain plus the four small charms, one is the Star of David, from the wire we worked with, and wore it around our necks.” Susan Karas, who died in May 2013, wrote this note to accompany the necklace which she bequeathed to the Sydney Jewish Museum. Her identity number from the slave labour camp is on one side of the metal disc, number 86923. The number on the reverse side is F87. The charms attached to the handmade link chain are three hearts (two are joined together) and a Star of David. Production date 1944 - 1945 Subjectslave labour, jewellery, identity disks, Star of David Object namejewellery Materialmetal Dimensions Chain length: 300.00 mm Disc circumference: 31.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Sylvia Deutsch

Object numberM2013/051

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Description“Working as a slave labourer in Oberhohenelbe in the Sudetenland, making components for V2 which bombarded London, we made the dog-tag and the chain plus the four small charms, one is the Star of David, from the wire we worked with, and wore it around our necks.” Susan Karas, who died in May 2013, wrote this note to accompany the necklace which she bequeathed to the Sydney Jewish Museum. Her identity number from the slave labour camp is on one side of the metal disc, number 86923. The number on the reverse side is F87. The charms attached to the handmade link chain are three hearts (two are joined together) and a Star of David.

Production date 1944 - 1945

Subjectslave labour, jewellery, identity disks, Star of David

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Sylvia Deutsch

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