Franka and Samuel Baral family collection

Identifier: irn35416
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35416

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Dr. Jim Baral, Martin Baral, and Aneta Weinrich, the children of Franka and Samuel Baral, and Steven Baral, their grandson.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts and documents relating to the experiences of Franka and Samuel Baral and their three children, Aneta, Jim, and Martin, as refugees from German occupied Poland, including several years spent living in hiding, chiefly in Hungary, during the Holocaust.

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Pope Pius XI medal, ribbon and case worn to disguise the identity of a Jewish woman in hiding
- 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 6 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...
Macramé bag with 2 wooden handles used by a Polish Jewish family while in hiding
- 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 6 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...

Franka and Samuel Baral family collection

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Pope Pius XI medal, ribbon and case worn to disguise the identity of a Jewish woman in hiding

Macramé bag with 2 wooden handles used by a Polish Jewish family while in hiding