Franka and Samuel Baral family collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35906
• English
• 1943-1945
• a: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) b: Diameter: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) c: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Catholic medal worn by Franka Baral, age 37, to hide her Jewish identity, while living in hiding with her 3 children, Aneta, 13 yr., Martin, 11 yr., and Jim Jacob, 8 years old, from 1943-45. Franka and her family were forced into the Krakow ghetto in 1941 by the Germans, who occupied Poland in September 1939. In 1943, warned of a planned liquidation, the family escaped. The boys were sent to hide with their former housekeeper. Franka and Aneta fled to Tarnow, and Samuel, her husband, to Płaszów. Franka and Aneta rejoined the boys, but when Bochnia became a labor camp in 1943, they fled to H...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn35920
• English
• 1943-1945
• overall: Height: 15.250 inches (38.735 cm) | Width: 15.375 inches (39.053 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Macramé bag used by Franka Baral to hide money while living in hiding with her 3 children, Aneta, 13 yr., Martin, 11 yr., and Jim Jacob, 8 years old from 1943-45. It was made by her brother, Samuel Hirsh. One wooden handle was made hollow to hide valuables. They carried food in the see-through bag, so it would not attract interest. They were arrested several times, but the bag was never taken away. Franka and her family were forced into the Krakow ghetto in 1941 by the Germans, who occupied Poland in September 1939. In 1943, warned of a planned liquidation, the family escaped. The boys were...