Louise Lawrence-Israels collection

Identifier: irn522549
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn522549

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Louise Lawrence-Israels.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a wicker chair and two books relating to the experiences of Louise Lawrence-Israels and other family members in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

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Child's wicker chair received by Louise Lawrence-Israels for her birthday while in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523022
- English
- overall: Height: 15.125 inches (38.418 cm) | Width: 13.375 inches (33.973 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Wicker basket chair given to Louise Israels by her parents on her second birthday, July 30, 1944, while the family was living in hiding in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Louise also received a doll for her birthday. The chair may have been for the doll, but Louise was small enough to sit in it. Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. By 1942, deportations of Jews to extermination camps were occurring regularly. Louise, her two-year-old brother, their parents, and grandparents decided to go into hiding. No one except her father ever left their small attic hiding place. He snuck out after curf...
Daily prayer book buried by Louise Lawrence-Israels family while living in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523023
- English
- 1883
- Updated 1 year ago
Prayer book buried by the family of Louise Israels while they lived in hiding in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940. By 1942, deportations of Jews to extermination camps were occurring regularly. Louise, her two-year-old brother, their parents, and grandparents decided to go into hiding. No one except her father ever left their small attic hiding place. He snuck out after curfew to get food and other supplies. Amsterdam was liberated by Canadian forces on May 5, 1945. The next day, her parents took Louise and her brother outside to play in the park across t...
Guidebook with a map given to Louise Lawrence-Israels by a friend
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523024
- English
- 1945
- Updated 1 year ago
Guidebook with map noting places of interest in Amsterdam, Netherlands, given to Louise Lawrence-Israels by a good friend in 2005 so that it could be donated to the Museum.

Louise Lawrence-Israels collection

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Child's wicker chair received by Louise Lawrence-Israels for her birthday while in hiding

Daily prayer book buried by Louise Lawrence-Israels family while living in hiding

Guidebook with a map given to Louise Lawrence-Israels by a friend