Cup from Ravensbrück

At the age of 19, Irene Fleischer Klein was deported from Budapest to Ravensbrück concentration camp in December 1944. This metal cup was issued to her at the camp to hold the meagre soup rations served to prisoners. Irene kept the cup with her at all times, as it was vital to her survival.

“Every morning at 5 a.m. we had to line up for inspection, five in a row. That is when they gave us our food. The Nazis called it soup. I called it a different thing—it was like a dishwashing liquid. Sometimes they filled up the cup, other times it was only half full. Sometimes we got a little more at night after work. I always hooked the cup onto my belt and carried it everywhere with me.”

– Irene Fleischer Klein