Johanna Hirsch Liebmann collection

Identifier: irn59316
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn59316

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Johanna Hirsch Liebmann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two change purses relating to the experiences of Johanna Hirsch following her deportation from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs internment camp in France during the Holocaust.

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Straw purse with crocheted trim acquired in Gurs internment camp by a German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4061
- English
- overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small woven straw bag with a crocheted strip made for 16 year old Johanna Hirsch by an unknown woman in Camp de Gurs, France, where she was interned from 1940-1941. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs in October 1940. In September 1941, Hanne was rescued from the camp by OSE (Oeuvre Secours aux Enfants/ Aid to Children) which placed her in a children's home in Le Chambon. When the Germans started rounding up Jews in the countryside, OSE moved Hanne to hiding places on two farms. In 1943, Hanne obtained false identity papers and escaped over the Alps to S...
Blue crocheted change purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn4062
- English
- overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small crocheted blue wool coin purse made for 16 year old Johanna Hirsch by an unknown woman in Camp de Gurs, France, where she was interned from 1940-1941. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs in October 1940. In September 1941, Hanne was rescued from the camp by OSE (Oeuvre Secours aux Enfants/ Aid to Children) which placed her in a children's home in Le Chambon. When the Germans started rounding up Jews in the countryside, OSE found Hanne hiding places on two farms. In 1943, Hanne obtained false identity papers and escaped over the Alps to Switzerland....

Johanna Hirsch Liebmann collection

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Straw purse with crocheted trim acquired in Gurs internment camp by a German Jewish prisoner

Blue crocheted change purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner