Lennie Kropveld Jade collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn48001
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of 23 photographs documenting the experiences of Lennie Kropveld Jedwab, her husband Rabbi Yitzchak Jedwab, and their son Aaron who survived the Holocaust in hiding near Aalten in the Netherlands. Includes prewar and wartime photographs, postwar family photographs, and photographs of their rescuers.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn48002
• English
• 1932
• Updated 7 months ago

Illustrated kosher cookbook received by Lennie Kropveld as a wedding present upon her marriage to Rabbi Yitzchak Jedwab in July 1942 in Aalten, Netherlands, and buried underground when they went into hiding. When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Lennie was living with her parents, Aaron and Bertha. In the summer of 1942, the Germans began deporting the Jewish population and Aaron decided they must go into hiding. He insisted that Lennie and her fiance get married that July before going into hiding together at a farm in October. Her parents and four brothers went into hiding...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn48004
• English
• overall: Height: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Width: 8.625 inches (21.908 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handknit baby sweater made by Lennie Kropveld Jedwab, 20, for her infant son Aaron, born in September 1943, when Lennie was living in hiding in Aalten, Netherlands. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Lennie was living with her parents, Aaron and Bertha Kropveld. In the summer of 1942, the Germans began deporting the Jewish population and Aaron decided they must go into hiding. He insisted that Lennie and her fiance, Rabbi Yitzchak Jedwab, get married that July before going into hiding together at a farm in October. Her parents and four brothers went into hiding at two other f...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn48005
• English
• overall: Height: 5.625 inches (14.288 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handknit cotton baby sweater made by 20 year old Lennie Kropveld Jedwab for her infant son Aaron, when Lennie was living in hiding in Aalten, Netherlands. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Lennie was living with her parents, Aaron and Bertha Kropveld. In the summer of 1942, the Germans began deporting the Jewish population and Aaron decided they must go into hiding. He insisted that Lennie and her fiance, Rabbi Yitzchak Jedwab, get married that July before going into hiding together at a farm in October. Her parents and four brothers went into hiding at two other farms. When...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn48006
• English
• overall: Height: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Hand stitched baby vest made by 20 year old Lennie Kropveld Jedwab for her infant son Aaron, who was born in September 1943, while in hiding in Aalten, Netherlands. When Germany invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Lennie was living with her parents, Aaron and Bertha Kropveld. Aaron insisted that Lennie and her fiance, Rabbi Yitzchak Jedwab, get married in July 1942 before going into hiding together at a farm in October 1942. Her parents and four brothers went into hiding at two other farms. When Aaron was twelve hours old, they placed him in the custody of the Dutch resistance. He was hidd...