Crayon drawing of a girl with a basket created by a young girl while living in hiding
Creator(s)
- Julia Schor (Subject)
Biographical History
Julia Schor was born Betty Julia Ensel on April 4, 1937 to a non-Jewish German mother, Rose Marie Schink, and a Jewish father, Guy Weinberg, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. During World War II, Rose Marie Schink hid twelve Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum, Netherlands, and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated by Canadian forces in May 1945.
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Julia Schor.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Julia Schor
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Crayon drawing made by Betty Julia Ensel while she was living in hiding in the Netherlands. It depicts a girl holding a basket and a list of cities. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, three year old Julia lived in Amsterdam with her parents, Rose Marie Schink, who was not Jewish, and Guy Weinberg, who was Jewish. Rose Marie hid twelve Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Drawing on long, thin lined paper depicting a girl holding a basket and a list of cities ("Schaf haussen- Bazel, Geneve, etc").
Subjects
- Hidden children (Holocaust)--Netherlands--Biography.
- Jewish families--Netherlands--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives.
- Jewish children in the Holocaust--Netherlands.
Genre
- Object
- Art