Erika Rybeck collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn42863
• English
• 1938
• overall: Height: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) | Width: 23.750 inches (60.325 cm) | Depth: 15.750 inches (40.005 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Suitcase used by 10 year old Erika Schulhof when she was sent from Vienna, Austria, to Great Britain in 1938 on the Kindertransport. Erika was the only child of an assimilated Jewish couple, Dr. Friedrich and Gertrude Schulhof. Her father lost his job because he was Jewish according to the racial laws passed after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938. Following the Kristallnacht pogrom that November, they decided to send Erika on a Kindertransport. Her parents were not able to get permits to leave Austria and, in October 1941, they were deported to the Łódź ghetto. In 1943, they were murde...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn42864
• English
• 1938
• overall: Height: 19.250 inches (48.895 cm) | Width: 20.500 inches (52.07 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Knapsack used by 10 year old Erika Schulhof when she was sent from Vienna, Austria, to Great Britain on the Kindertransport. Erika's initials were embroidered on her knapsack by her mother before her departure. Erika was the only child of an assimilated Jewish couple, Dr. Friedrich and Gertrude Schulhof. Her father lost his job because he was Jewish according to the racial laws passed after Germany annexed Austria in March 1938. The family moved to Vienna and, following the Kristallnacht pogrom that November, they decided to send Erika on a Kindertransport to England. Her parents were not a...