Leah Derera collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515199
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 0.250 inches (0.635 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

Tiny leather book made for 24 year old Leia Kreimer in 1943 when she was imprisoned in Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. It is dedicated to Leia by Sender, a fellow prisoner and poet whom Leia cared for before he died of tuberculosis on December 13, 1943. It has several pages of Ionesco influenced poetry. In mid-1941, the Fascist, antisemitic government of Romania sent Leia and her husband, Mechel, to Dornesti prison camp, where they were separated. In summer 1941, Leia was sent to a Jewish refugee camp in Zaleszczyki, Poland. In July 1942, she was deported to Swidowa labor camp...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn515200
• English
• overall: Height: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm) | Width: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Depth: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

Picture frame in the shape of a sailboat made for 25 year old Leia Kreimer in 1944 when she was imprisoned in Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. It was made by Lazar, who had been a fellow inmate, in Rabnita prison as a gift for Leia. It has a red sail to represent communism. He had it smuggled to her with other inmates released from jail and sent back to Vapniarka. The inmates in Rabnita were forced to make sailing type items that were then sold. Lazar was executed in Rabnita. In mid-1941, the Fascist, antisemitic government of Romania sent Leia and her husband, Mechel, to Dorne...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn521980
• English
• a: Height: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) b: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

Handcrafted box made for 25 year old Leia Kreimer in 1944 when she was imprisoned in Vapniarka concentration camp in Transnistria. It was made by Lazar, who had been a fellow inmate, in Rabnita prison as a gift for Leia. It is engraved with her initials, LK, and birth date, March 8. He had it smuggled to her with other inmates released from jail and sent back to Vapniarka. Lazar was killed in Rabnita. In mid-1941, the Fascist, antisemitic government of Romania sent Leia and her husband, Mechel, to Dornesti prison camp, where they were separated. In summer 1941, Leia was sent to a Jewish ref...