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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2009/040
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Wooden 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.
[nb-NO]Production place[nb-NO]Germany
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]Pre-war life, pre war refugees, escape, garment industry, world that was, rag trade
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]coat hangers
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]wood
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- width: 420.00 mm
height: 185.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Jeanette Kidron