Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger collection

Identifier: irn46863
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46863

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two silver baby spoons relating to the experiences of Elzbieta Lusthaus and her maternal grandmother, Sophie Schiff, in the Tarnow ghetto and in hiding in Poland during the Holocaust.

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Silver baby's feeding spoon owned by hidden child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50593
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Silver infant's feeding spoon given to 3 year old Elzbieta Lusthaus by her maternal grandmother, Sophie Lieberman Schiff, when they were living in Tarnow, Poland, which was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939. On June 11, 1942, the Germans came to the house searching for Jews to deport to the concentration camps. Four year old Elzbieta hid, but her grandmother was taken by the Germans and shipped to Belzec killing center. Elzbieta and her mother, Helena, fled Tarnow and assumed false identities as Barbara and Maria Stachura, Polish Catholics, sheltered by Kazimierz and Genowefa Bandy...
Silver baby's feeding spoon owned by hidden child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn50594
- English
- 1941
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 8 months ago
Silver infant's feeding spoon given to 3 year old Elzbieta Lusthaus by her maternal grandmother, Sophie Lieberman Schiff, when they were living in Tarnow, Poland, which was occupied by Nazi Germany in September 1939. On June 11, 1942, the Germans came to the house searching for Jews to deport to the concentration camps. Four year old Elzbieta hid, but her grandmother was taken by the Germans and shipped to Belzec killing center. Elzbieta and her mother, Helena, fled Tarnow and assumed false identities as Barbara and Maria Stachura, Polish Catholics, sheltered by Kazimierz and Genowefa Bandy...

Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger collection

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Silver baby's feeding spoon owned by hidden child

Silver baby's feeding spoon owned by hidden child