Edgar Arendt had this spice box made in the Gurs detention camp as an anniversary gift for his wife Matylda. Arendt was imprisoned in the Gurs camp in the 'artists' barracks' together with musicians, actors and artists who were known as the "Nathan Group". The box was made for him by Baruch Rosenheck, a fellow prisoner. Edgar and his family survived. Baruch Rosenheck was deported to Auschwitz and murdered.
Havdalah box that Edgar Arendt-Arnetti sent from the Gurs detainment camp in France to his wife Matylda, on the occasion of their anniversary on 9 July 1942
