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  1. Person waiting at a ghetto gate drawn by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Pencil sketch of the gate to Vorniyo Street in Kovno Ghetto drawn by Esther Lurie who lived in the ghetto from 1941-1944. This study drawing is a 1957 recreation of one done in 1946, but lost in the destruction of the ghetto. Esther recreated the drawing in 1957 for the album A Living Testimony. Second original on the same subject is in the collection of Sarah Milo. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to crea...

  2. Portrait of a cap wearing youth by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Ink sketch of young man in a garrison cap drawn by Esther Lurie of a man she knew in Kovno Ghetto, where she was confined from 1941-1944. This drawing is a 1957 recreation of one done in 1946, but lost in the destruction of the ghetto. Esther recreated the drawing in 1957 for possible inclusion in the album A Living Testimony. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germa...

  3. Julius Kühl collection

    The Julius Kühl collection consists of photocopies of documents relating to the life and career of Dr. Julius Kühl, a diplomat employed at the Polish embassy in Bern during the War and, his assistance to hundreds of Jews fleeing Nazi tyranny. Records include general correspondence, telegrams, articles and clippings, reports and pamphlets, miscellaneous reports, Professor Penkower’s interview with Dr. Reuben Hecht, a Treblinka report, and Dr. Kühl’s autobiographical report. General correspondence relates principally to Julius Kühl's wartime service at the Polish embassy in Bern, and his effo...

  4. Etching of a young man dressed for work with a Judenstern by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn61224
    • English
    • pictorial area: Height: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) sheet: Height: 13.750 inches (34.925 cm) | Width: 9.875 inches (25.083 cm)

    Etched print of a young man wearing a suit drawn by Esther Lurie of a man she knew in Kovno Ghetto, where she was confined from 1941-1944. This drawing is a 1957 recreation of one done in 1946, but lost in the destruction of the ghetto. Esther recreated the drawing in 1957 for possible inclusion in the album A Living Testimony. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germ...

  5. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky papers

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    The papers consist of 47 photographs of Selma Schwarzwald (now Sophie Turner-Zaretsky, donor) and her family before and during the Holocaust, a group of school notebooks and books used by the donor in hiding, certificates issued to the donor's mother in her false name, correspondence written by the donor's mother and the donor between 1935 and 1950, correspondence written by the donor's maternal uncle who died in Palestine, an autograph album, and various other documents.

  6. Refugee, a honey brown teddy bear with a pink robe, owned by a young Jewish girl who had lived in hiding as a Catholic

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Small, golden teddy bear named Refugee received by eight year old Zofia (Selma) Scharzwald from her mother as a birthday or Christmas present after the war ended in May 1945. Her aunt crocheted a coat for it. Zofia named it Refugee because she thought its uneven eyes made it look " a little down and out." Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefly in Krakow, then moved to Busko Zdroj. Selma attended Catholic school and had h...

  7. Our Lady of Czestochowa holy card received by a young Jewish girl living in hiding as a Catholic in Poland

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Holy card acquired by 6 year old Selma Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefl...

  8. Our Lady of Czestochowa holy card received by a young Jewish girl living in hiding as a Catholic in Poland

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Holy card acquired by 6 year old Zofia (Selma) Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and live...

  9. Our Lady of Czestochowa holy card received by a young Jewish girl living in hiding as a Catholic in Poland

    1. Sophie Turner-Zaretsky collection

    Holy card acquired by 6 year old Selma Scharzwald in May 1943 when she was living in hiding with her mother as a Polish Catholic under the name Zofia Tymejko. She received the card during a trip to Czestochowa, Poland, when she visited the church at Jasna Góra (Klasztor Paulinów). The trip was organized by her mother's employer, the Regional Agricultural Cooperative in Busko Zdroj. Zofia and her mother, Laura, escaped from the ghetto in German occupied Lvov, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine) after her father was shot by the Gestapo in 1942. They adopted false identities as Catholics and lived briefl...

  10. Esther Lurie full length self-portrait while a concentration camp inmate

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Full length self-portrait in a prison uniform drawn by Esther Lurie ca. 1957, based upon one she had drawn in 1944 while a prisoner in Stutthof concentration camp. Esther recreated the drawing in 1957 for possible inclusion in the album A Living Testimony. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to...

  11. Esther Lurie self-portrait study while a concentration camp inmate

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Sketch for a self-portrait in a prison uniform drawn by Esther Lurie in 1958, based upon one she drew in 1944 while a prisoner in Stutthof concentration camp. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the residents. In July 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. Esther was se...

  12. Esther Lurie self-portrait while a concentration camp inmate

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Self-portrait drawn by Esther Lurie ca. 1957, based upon one she had drawn in 1944 while a prisoner in Stutthof concentration camp. Esther recreated the drawing in 1957 for possible inclusion in the album A Living Testimony. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the...

  13. Bedcover used by a Jewish girl in a displaced persons camp

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    Ruffled bedcover with straps owned by Chana Matlowsky (later Helen Matlow) and used by her daughter, Fruma (later Fran Matlow), as a baby in Eggenfelden displaced persons camp in Germany, from 1948 to 1949. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol (Dziatlava, Belarus). In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to work in a forced labor camp in Dworzec (Dvarėts (Hrodzenskaia voblasts', Bela...

  14. Embroidered floral smock worn by a Jewish girl in prewar Poland

    1. Helen and Joseph Matlow family collection

    Colorful, embroidered peasant blouse given to Chana Minuskin (later Helen Matlow) by her maternal aunt in Zdzieciol, Poland (Dziatlava, Belarus), in 1935. Chana, wearing the blouse, is pictured in a photograph with her aunt, her cousin and her mother, Dwora (2003.193.1), taken in their hometown in 1935. In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and gave the Soviet Union the eastern half, where Chana, her parents, Aaron and Dwora, her brother, Moshe, and their extended family lived in Zdzieciol. In summer 1941, Germany invaded eastern Poland. In December, Chana’s brother, Moshe, was sent to ...

  15. Sketch of a worker carrying a shovel drawn by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Ink sketch of a worker carrying a shovel drawn by Esther Lurie in 1957 recreating a drawing she did in Kovno Ghetto in 1941. Esther did hundreds of drawings in the ghetto but most were lost. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania] in summer 1941, when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the residents. In July 1944, the ghet...

  16. Prewar portrait of a male artist by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Portrait of a male friend, Rudi, drawn by Esther Lurie in Tel Aviv, Palestine, ca. 1935. Rudi was a sculptor and immigrant from Germany. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunus), Lithuania, in summer 1941 when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She, also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the residents. In July 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. Esther was sent to Stutthof concen...

  17. Double sided sketch of Kovno Ghetto life by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Two sided pencil sketches of Kovno Ghetto scenes created by Esther Lurie. One sketch depicts a bridge over barbed wire; the other, seated figures with Stars of David. The scenes were witnessed in the Ghetto in 1941, but drawn in 1957. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (K...

  18. Sketch of a courtyard by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Ink drawing of a courtyard with colonnade sketched by Esther Lurie; the place and time of creation are not known. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno (Kaunus), Lithuania, in summer 1941 when it was occupied by Nazi Germany. She was confined to the ghetto and had to create portraits and paintings for the Germans. She, also, at the request of the Jewish Council, dedicated herself to recording the daily life of the residents. In July 1944, the ghetto was liquidated. Esther was sent to Stutthof concentration camp, where she...

  19. Hand sewn green skirt and matching jacket saved from Berlin and worn by a Kindertransport refugee

    1. Anni Zajac Leist collection
    • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
    • irn514630
    • English
    • 1937
    • a: Height: 14.500 inches (36.83 cm) | Width: 29.500 inches (74.93 cm) b: Height: 13.000 inches (33.02 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm)

    Dark green skirt suit worn by Anna Zajac that was being made by her mother Dora when she died of tuberculosis on January 5, 1938, in Berlin, Germany. Anna retrieved it after her mother's funeral and her sister Lydia finished the hem. She also had it altered to fit her better and wore it on Yom Kippur for the next several years. Anna, her parents Dora and Wolf, and 9 siblings were living in Berlin when, in 1933, the Nazi regime came to power. In 1935, her father, a tailor, was deported to his native Poland by the government in its efforts to cleanse Germany of Jews. In 1936, the children, ex...

  20. Portrait of a Jewish Brigade soldier by Esther Lurie

    1. Esther Lurie collection

    Portrait drawing of Abraham Birman, a soldier in the Jewish Brigade drawn by Esther Lurie, after the war in 1945, when she lived in displaced persons camps in Naples, Italy. Lurie's drawings and sketches, created from 1941-1944, while a prisoner in Kovno ghetto and Stutthof and Leibisch concentration camps, exhibited and published in 1945, presented eloquent visual and written testimony of daily life during the Holocaust. Esther, originally from Liepaja, Latvia, settled in Palestine in 1934. She was visiting her sister in Kovno in summer 1941 when it was occupied by Germany. She was confine...