Masha Wolpe Baras collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12261
• English
• overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Cloth badge with identification number issued to 21 year old Masha Wolpe while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over half of the Jews in Kovno ha...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12262
• English
• overall: Height: 9.625 inches (24.448 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Burlap pouch made by 21 year old Masha Wolpe while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. The pouch contained Masha’s few possessions – several spools of thread, lipstick, a bar of soap, and combs belonging to her mother and sister. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Ko...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12263
• English
• overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.148 inches (0.376 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Comb belonging to the sister or mother of 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12264
• English
• overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Comb belonging to the sister or mother of 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12265
• English
• overall: Height: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Diameter: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Ball of thread belonging to 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over half of...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12266
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Thread belonging to 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over half of the Jew...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12267
• English
• overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Spool of black thread belonging to 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12268
• English
• a: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Diameter: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm) b: Height: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm) | Diameter: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Metal lipstick tube belonging to 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over ha...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn12269
• English
• overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm)
• Updated 8 months ago

Bar of soap belonging to 21 year old Masha Wolpe that she kept in a handmade, burlap pouch while a prisoner at Stutthof concentration camp from July 1944 to April 1945. Masha lived with her mother, Sonia, her father, Jacob, her brother, Elisha, and sister, Pearl, in Kovno, Lithuania, where they were part of a large, active Jewish community. In June 1940, the Soviet Union occupied Lithuania and in June 1941, Germany invaded and occupied the nation. By August, the Germans had forced the Jews in Kovno into a ghetto in nearby Slobodka. Within six months of the German occupation, over half of th...