Gift of Celia Kener

Id no. 1734.90, Textile

circa 1948, Germany, Schwaebisch Hall

Subject(s):  Education, DP camps, Children

Cilla Rapp (born in Lvov, 1935) made this needlepoint sampler while living in a Displaced Persons (DP) camp, where she received her first formal education. This school taught traditional academic subjects as well as crafts.

At bottom of sampler is stitched in Hebrew: Cilla Rapp 3rd grade (Rapp Tzila, kitah gimel).