Sara Kupinski Cohen collection

Identifier: irn564043
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn564043

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Lynda Cohen, the daughter of Sara Kupinski Cohen.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a kimono, shoes, a vase, decorative silver figurines, a novelty card, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Sara Kupinski Cohen and her family in Poland and Lithuania, before and during the Holocaust, in the Soviet Union, Japan, and China during the Holocaust, and in Canada after the war.

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Formal, patterned kimono and shibori obi owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564915
- English
- a: Height: 63.750 inches (161.925 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) b: Height: 106.500 inches (270.51 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Patterned kimono and obi acquired by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family in Kobe, Japan, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because they were considered wealthy landowners. Slawa, Hirsz, and Sara later joined them. Having obtained their transit vis...
Pair of Japanese geta owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564916
- English
- a: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm) b: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Depth: 8.500 inches (21.59 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Pair of wooden geta with fabric thongs acquired by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family in Kobe, Japan, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because they were considered wealthy landowners. Slawa, Hirsz, and Sara later joined them. Having obtained the...
Enameled porcelain vase with a floral pattern owned by Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564917
- English
- overall: Height: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm) | Diameter: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Colorful, enameled, porcelain vase acquired by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family in Shanghai, China, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because they were considered wealthy landowners. Slawa, Hirsz, and Sara later joined them. Having obtained the...
Sara Kupinski Cohen photograph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn564918
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic portrait with handwritten caption reading "Rose."
Castle-shaped Havdalah spice box (besamim) owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594235
- English
- 1939-1949
- overall: Height: 7.250 inches (18.415 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver alloy, castle-shaped spice box from Poland, carried by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family as they traveled through the Soviet Union and Japan to China, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Later, the box was given to Sara by her mother, Slawa, as a wedding gift in Canada, where the family had settled in 1949. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in S...
Silver bowl with a dragon owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594236
- English
- 1900-1940
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm) | Depth: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Decorative, Zee Sung Silver bowl acquired by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family in Shanghai, China, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because they were considered wealthy landowners. Slawa, Hirsz, and Sara later joined them. Having obtained their...
Silver rickshaw and driver figurine owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn594237
- English
- 1870-1948
- overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Silver rickshaw and runner figurine acquired by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family in Shanghai, China, where her family fled using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno, (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because they were considered wealthy landowners. Slawa, Hirsz, and Sara later joined them. Having obtained th...
Illustrated postcard with finger holes owned by a Lithuanian Jewish refugee in the Shanghai Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn597036
- English
- 1939-1949
- overall: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Hand-illustrated card carried by Sara Kupinski’s (later Cohen) family as they fled from Poland, via Lithuania, the Soviet Union, Japan, and China, during the Holocaust, eventually settling in Canada. They were able to flee by using Japanese and Dutch transit visas supplied by diplomats in Soviet-occupied Kovno (Kaunas), Lithuania. Sara lived outside of Lida, Poland (now Belarus) with her parents, Eliasz and Slawa, brother, Hirsz, and uncle, Samuel. Following Germany and the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland in September 1939, Eli and Samuel fled to Vilna (now Vilnius, Lithuania) because the...