“https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/exhibit/stitching-history-from-the-holocaust/
In 1939 Hedwig Strnad was a successful dressmaker and designer. During the war, she and her husband tried desperately to flee Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, but were unable to leave Europe. In spite of their best efforts, both Hedwig and her husband Paul were murdered in the Holocaust. Only a handful Hedwig’s sketches survive to tell her story. The Jewish Museum Milwaukee is now steward of these items, and in 2014 they commissioned dresses be made based on her drawings. This exhibit, "Stitching History from the Holocaust" can be seen today, and at the web site, https://jewishmuseummilwaukee.org/exhibit/stitching-history-from-the-holocaust/ When I learned of this story, and saw the dresses, I resolved to make one as well. This pattern, inspired by one of Hedwig's drawing is my way of keeping this story, and Hedwig's memory, alive.