Judith Stieglitz Kessler collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36283
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of photographs of Yehudit Stieglitz [donor, now Yehudit Kessler] and family members during the Holocaust era. Included is a photo of Jewish students who were omitted from public school celebration holding their own event; photos of the donor and her mother in Caux, Switzerland after arriving on the "Kasztner Train," after spending six months in Bergen Belsen; a notebook of recipes written in Bergen Belsen by the donor with recipes received from other women who lived in her barracks, dated 1944; and a food coupon issued in Caux, Switzerland, dated 1945.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36287
• English
• overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Drawing done by 20-year old Judith Kessler when she was interned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from June-December 1944. Judith and her mother were taken to Bergen-Belsen by train from Budapest, Hungary, as part of a rescue effort organized by Rezso Kasztner. Later in 1944, they were transferred to safety in Switzerland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36288
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Soap issued to 20-year old Judith Kessler possibly when she was interned in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp from June-December 1944. Judith and her mother were taken to Bergen-Belsen by train from Budapest, Hungary, as part of a rescue effort organized by Rezso Kasztner. Later in 1944, they were transferred to safety in Switzerland.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn36289
• English
• 1942-1945
• a: Height: 17.380 inches (44.145 cm) | Width: 24.880 inches (63.195 cm) b: Height: 21.880 inches (55.575 cm) | Width: 26.880 inches (68.275 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Dress owned by 20-year-old Judith Kessler and made for her by a seamstress in her hometown of Subotica, Yugoslavia (Serbia.) It was originally a dress, but was modfied into a top and skirt during the war. Judith and her mother were interned in the Bacsalmas ghetto and then deported to Pest, Hungary, by the Hungarian police, following the occupation of the country by the Germans. They were told they were being sent to Palestine, but instead were taken to Bergen-Belsen by train from Budapest as part of a rescue effort organized by Rezso Kasztner. Later in 1944, they were transferred to safety...