Judith Kranzler collection

Identifier: irn42317
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42317

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2010 by Judith Kranzler.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a pair of sandals relating to the experiences of Lazar Horodetzky, a member of Mir Yeshiva, in the Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai, China, and copy prints and photographs documenting Jewish life in Vienna, Austria, Kobe, Japan, and Shanghai, China, during the Holocaust.

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Judith Kranzler photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43115
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains twelve photographs and copy prints documenting Jewish life in Vienna, Austria; Kobe, Japan; and Shanghai, China in the World War II era.
Wooden sandals with a canvas strap worn by a Mir Yeshiva refugee in Shanghai
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn43116
- English
- 1941-1945
- a: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.748 cm) | Depth: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm) b: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Depth: 11.000 inches (27.94 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Wooden sandals worn by Lazar Horodetzky in Hongkew ghetto in Shanghai, China, from 1941-1945. Lazar was a member of Mir Yeshiva, a Jewish religious school which left Mir, Poland (Belarus) after the Soviet occupation in September 1939. They first moved to Vilna (Vilnius), Lithuania. When it was occupied by the Soviets in August 1940, they fled again, after obtaining Japanese transit visas from consul Chiune Sugihara. In spring 1941, they reached Japan, where they were declared stateless refugees and deported to Japanese occupied Shanghai. They settled in Hongkew and resumed their studies. Th...

Judith Kranzler collection

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Judith Kranzler photographs

Wooden sandals with a canvas strap worn by a Mir Yeshiva refugee in Shanghai