Bienonida Ezoory collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn618403
• English
• 1939-1944
• overall: Height: 13.125 inches (33.338 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handmade embroidered dress with a floral design worn by Bienonida Behar (later Ezoory) as a baby in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) before and during the Holocaust. Her parents Aharon and Rebeka had a very close friendship with Aharon’s business partner Aleksander Todorov and his wife, Blaga. When the Axis invaded Yugoslavia and partitioned the country in April 1941, Skopje fell under Bulgaria’s control. The Bulgarian authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. On March 11, 1943, the Jewish populations of Macedonia were rounded up by Bulgarian and Germa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn618411
• English
• 1939-1944
• overall: Height: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) | Width: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Handmade lace dress with a floral design worn by Bienonida Behar (later Ezoory) as a baby in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) before and during the Holocaust. Her parents Aharon and Rebeka had a very close friendship with Aharon’s business partner Aleksander Todorov and his wife, Blaga. When the Axis invaded Yugoslavia and partitioned the country in April 1941, Skopje fell under Bulgaria’s control. The Bulgarian authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. On March 11, 1943, the Jewish populations of Macedonia were rounded up by Bulgarian and German force...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn639656
• English
• overall: Height: 17.750 inches (45.085 cm) | Width: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Depth: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Celluloid doll made by the German firm, Buschow & Beck, and given to Bienonida Behar (later Ezoory) as a child in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia) during the Holocaust. Her parents Aharon and Rebeka had a very close friendship with Aharon’s business partner Aleksander Todorov and his wife, Blaga. When the Axis invaded Yugoslavia and partitioned the country in April 1941, Skopje fell under Bulgaria’s control. The Bulgarian authorities quickly created new legislation that restricted Jewish life. On March 11, 1943, the Jewish populations of Macedonia were rounded up by Bulgarian an...