Sophia Kalski and Sarah Kerpholz collection

Identifier: irn522039
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522039

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Sophia Kalski, the daughter of Sarah Kerpholz.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts, documents, and photographs relating to the experience of Sophia Kalski and Sarah Kerpholz while living in Trembowla and in hiding in Poland during the Holocaust.

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Tan armband with a Star of David worn in the Trembowla ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515388
- English
- 1942-1943
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Armband worn by Sarah Kerpholz in the Trembowla ghetto in Poland. Sarah, age 33, and her family were forced by the occupying German authorities into the Jewish ghetto in Trembowla, Poland (Terebovlia, Ukraine), in 1942. Her husband, Natan, escaped to Lvov, but ended up in the ghetto there. Their 10-year-old daughter, Zosia (Sophia), was sent to him, with the intent to find her a safe hiding place. But Natan, age 38, died of typhus in January 1943, and Zosia had to escape and get back to Trembowla on her own. In 1943, Sarah and Zosia escaped from the ghetto as it was being liquidated. They e...
Kerpholtz family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522131
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
The papers consists of three photographs of the Kerpholtz family and friends and two postcards sent from the ghetto in Lʹwow, Poland, (now Lʹviv, Ukraine) to Betty Köppel (one was written by Natan Kerpholtz [donor's father]).
Embroidered pink slip worn while in hiding in Poland
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522132
- English
- 1942-1944
- overall: Height: 34.000 inches (86.36 cm) | Width: 15.630 inches (39.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Slip worn by Sarah Kerpholz during the period of the Holocaust. Sarah, age 33, and her family were forced by the occupying German authorities into the Jewish ghetto in Trembowla, Poland (Terebovlia, Ukraine), in 1942. Her husband, Natan, escaped to Lvov, but ended up in the ghetto there. Their 10-year-old daughter, Zosia (Sophia), was sent to him, with the intent to find her a safe hiding place. But Natan, age 38, died of typhus in January 1943, and Zosia had to escape and get back to Trembowla on her own. In 1943, Sarah and Zosia escaped from the ghetto as it was being liquidated. They eve...

Sophia Kalski and Sarah Kerpholz collection

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Tan armband with a Star of David worn in the Trembowla ghetto

Kerpholtz family papers

Embroidered pink slip worn while in hiding in Poland