Sophia Kalski and Sarah Kerpholz collection

• 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 7 months 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...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn522131
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months 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]).

• 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 7 months 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...