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    Title

  • Personal items owned by Lottie Seligmann Weinman Abt

  • Physical Description

    2 objects : wood, silver ; varies

  • Date

    1921-1934

  • Summary

    2024.64a: Wooden pencil and pen box that belonged to Lottie Seligmann Weinman Abt. The box was made in Germany and brought to American when Lottie emigrated in 1934. The box has two trays and a lid that slides off. Lottie's name is written in pencil on the bottom of the box.

    2024.64b: Silver napkin ring that belonged to Lottie Seligmann Weinman Abt. The napkin rings were made for each member of the Seligmann family. The napkin ring has a simple geometric design and is monogrammed "LS".

  • Medium

    Objects; Containers; Tools and equipment; Tableware; Furnishings and equipment

  • Part Of

    Arthur Abt and Lottie Seligmann Weinman Abt collection,, AR 25982

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Biographical/Historical Information

Lottie Abt was born on November 30, 1921, to Franziska née Heine and Hermann Seligmann in Bielefeld, Germany, and lived there until immigrating to the United States in 1934. Her birth father, Hermann Seligmann, died in 1928, and her mother married Ernest Weinman in 1930; Lottie and her younger brother Herbert took their stepfather’s surname immediately after their mother remarried. Anticipating the danger that Nazis posed for Jews, Ernest brought Lottie to Chicago in 1934 to look for opportunities there. He left his stepdaughter with relatives, returned to Germany to close the family business, and brought Lottie's mother and younger brother to Chicago one year later. Lottie learned bookkeeping and was working in Chicago when she met Arthur Abt in early 1946, marrying him that same year in October. Lottie returned to bookkeeping after her children reached adulthood and worked for the Jewish Vocational Service. Lottie Abt died on April 23, 2019, at age 97.

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Personal items owned by Lottie Seligmann Weinman Abt, Leo Baeck Institute, 2024.64a-b.