Yaffa Eliach Shtetl collection

Identifier: irn60648
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn60648

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Yaffa Sonenson Eliach.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of artifacts related to the experiences of Yaffa Sonenson and her family in Ejszyszki, Poland (Eisiskes, Lithuania) and the Radun ghetto (Belarus) before and during the Holocaust when, as a child, she lived in hiding, and also artifacts collected by Dr. Eliach relating to Jewish life in the shtetl before the war.

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Displaying items 1 to 20 of 43

Star of David badge with a blank center worn in the Radun ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5961
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star of David badge worn by Moshe Sonenson in the Radun ghetto in Poland (Belarus) from October 1941-May 1942. Jews were required to wear the badges displayed on their clothing at all times, to mark them as undesirables. On June 23, 1941, the town, Eisiskes, where Moshe lived with his wife Zipporah, newborn son, 5 year old daughter Yaffa, and 9 year old son Yitzhak, was occupied by German troops. When the Germans encouraged celebration of the Jewish New Year that September, Moshe was suspicious and sent Yaffa and Yitzhak to their Polish housekeeper. A few days later, Lithuanian collaborator...
Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5962
- English
- overall: Height: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Program for a Hebrew Celebration of Shabbat in pre-Kristallnacht Nazi Germany, with the participation of Dr. Kaleko.
Betar patch with an embroidered menorah worn by an internee at a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5963
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 3.625 inches (9.208 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Betar badge worn by Evelyn Kahn Landsman when she was in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. Betar is an abbreviation of Berit Trumpeldor, an activist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia. It aided many refugees who wished to emigrate to Palestine in the postwar period.
Betar logo patch worn by an internee at a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5964
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Betar logo badge worn by Evelyn Kahn Landsman when she was in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. Betar is an abbreviation of Berit Trumpeldor, an activist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia. It aided many refugees who wished to emigrate to Palestine in the postwar period.
Betar epaulet worn by an internee at a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5965
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Betar epaulet worn by Evelyn Kahn Landsman when she was in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. Betar is an abbreviation of Berit Trumpeldor, an activist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia. It aided many refugees who wished to emigrate to Palestine in the postwar period.
Betar epaulet worn by an internee at a displaced persons camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5966
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Betar epaulet worn by Evelyn Kahn Landsman when she was in a displaced persons camp in Germany in 1946. Betar is an abbreviation of Berit Trumpeldor, an activist Zionist youth movement founded in 1923 in Riga, Latvia. It aided many refugees who wished to emigrate to Palestine in the postwar period.
Handkerchief embroidered with American flags given to an internee at a displaced persons camp by a US soldier
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5967
- English
- 1946
- overall: Height: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm) | Width: 11.250 inches (28.575 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Embroidered handkerchief given to Evelyn Kahn Landsman by an American soldier in 1946 when she was in a displaced persons camp in Germany.
Handmade linen band
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5968
- English
- overall: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Detached handmade linen pocket
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5969
- English
- overall: Height: 19.000 inches (48.26 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
White tablecloth with blue and yellow needlepoint flowers saved from the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5970
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Small tablecloth with embroidered flowers saved by a Jewish family from Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish...
White apron used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5971
- English
- overall: Height: 58.500 inches (148.59 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Apron used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and t...
Small wallet handmade from red paper from the German occupation
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5972
- English
- overall: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 6.875 inches (17.463 cm) | Depth: 0.500 inches (1.27 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small wallet handmade from red paper from the German conquest.
Cleaver used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5973
- English
- overall: Height: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm) | Width: 8.250 inches (20.955 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Cleaver used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and...
Kitchen pestle used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5974
- English
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Kirched pestle used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synago...
Fork used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5975
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Fork used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and tw...
Fork used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5976
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Fork used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and tw...
Star of David badge with a blank center worn in the Radun ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5977
- English
- overall: Height: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Star of David badge worn by Moshe Sonenson in the Radun ghetto in Poland (Belarus) from October 1941-May 1942. Jews were required to wear the badges displayed on their clothing at all times, to mark them as undesirables. On June 23, 1941, the town, Eisiskes, where Moshe lived with his wife Zipporah, newborn son, 5 year old daughter Yaffa, and 9 year old son Yitzhak, was occupied by German troops. When the Germans encouraged celebration of the Jewish New Year that September, Moshe was suspicious and sent Yaffa and Yitzhak to their Polish housekeeper. A few days later, Lithuanian collaborator...
Spoon used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5978
- English
- overall: Height: 8.750 inches (22.225 cm) | Width: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Spoon used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and t...
Glass bottle handcrafted prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5979
- English
- overall: Height: 7.125 inches (18.098 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Handblown bottle made in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the syna...
Loom shuttle used prewar in the Eisiskes shtetl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn5980
- English
- overall: Height: 10.125 inches (25.718 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Depth: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Shuttle used in prewar Ejszyszki (Eisiskes) Poland (now Lithuania). Jews had lived in Eisiskes for over 900 years. Prewar Eisiskes, circa 1939, had approximately 3500 Jews, the majority of the population. The town was occupied by German troops on June 23, 1941, days after the surprise invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. The German authorities issued a proclamation in September that gave Jewish residents permission to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Just before the holiday, Lithuanian collaborators rounded up the Jewish residents and detained them in the synagogue and...