Lucie Steinhagen collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610416
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains photographs of theatrical productions at the Deggendorf DP camp; photos of friends who perished; lyrics of songs sung at Theresienstadt; and document granting police permission to travel on a street car in Freiberg, issued to Rita Rosenberger, dated 1942.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610417
• English
• overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 0.125 inches (0.318 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Yellow factory-printed Star of David badge worn by Lucie Fried (later Steinhagen) while living in Vienna, Austria. After the German annexation of Austria in 1938, anti-Jewish legislation was quickly introduced and Jewish-owned businesses and property were confiscated. Lucie had to leave her public school, her mother lost the family retail store, and her brother was imprisoned in Dachau concentration camp for three weeks before immigrating to the United States. A quota on Polish immigrants prevented Lucie's Polish born mother, Fanny, from obtaining a visa for the United States. Lucie stayed ...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610418
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Scrip, valued at 1 krone, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp, obtained by inmate Lucie Fried (Steinhagen). Currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. The scrip was part of an elaborate illusion to make the camp seem normal and appear as though workers were being paid for their labor, but the money had no real monetary value. Lucie was deported to Theresienstadt from Vienna, Austria in August 1942, accompanied by her mother, Fanny Fried, and her grandmother, Jeanette Weiss. Lucie had a job in the Jewish-run reco...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610419
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Scrip, valued at 1 krone, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp, obtained by inmate Lucie Fried (Steinhagen). Currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. The scrip was part of an elaborate illusion to make the camp seem normal and appear as though workers were being paid for their labor, but the money had no real monetary value. Lucie was deported to Theresienstadt from Vienna, Austria in August 1942, accompanied by her mother, Fanny Fried, and her grandmother, Jeanette Weiss. Lucie had a job in the Jewish-run reco...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610420
• English
• overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp, obtained by inmate Lucie Fried (Steinhagen). Currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. The scrip was part of an elaborate illusion to make the camp seem normal and appear as though workers were being paid for their labor, but the money had no real monetary value. Lucie was deported to Theresienstadt from Vienna, Austria in August 1942, accompanied by her mother, Fanny Fried, and her grandmother, Jeanette Weiss. Lucie had a job in the Jewish-run rec...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn610421
• English
• overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, distributed in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp, obtained by inmate Lucie Fried (Steinhagen). Currency was confiscated from inmates and replaced with scrip, which could only be used in the camp. The scrip was part of an elaborate illusion to make the camp seem normal and appear as though workers were being paid for their labor, but the money had no real monetary value. Lucie was deported to Theresienstadt from Vienna, Austria in August 1942, accompanied by her mother, Fanny Fried, and her grandmother, Jeanette Weiss. Lucie had a job in the Jewish-run r...