Janet Beasley collection

Identifier: irn68673
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn68673

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Janet Beasley.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a bisque doll, a stuffed animal, a wooden toy, and a children's book relating to the experiences of Jutta Grybski (later Janet Beasley) before the Holocaust in Berlin, Germany, during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp, and after the Holocaust near Terezin in Czechoslovakia.

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Small white tinted all bisque doll brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11790
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Depth: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Porcelain kewpie style doll brought by 8 year old Jutta Grybski to Theresienstadt ghetto labor-camp, where she was held from October 1944 to May 1945. The doll belonged to Jutta’s mother when she was a girl. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a Catholic father, Hans, who divorced in late 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Hans enlisted in the German Army. His Aryan status and military service would protect Jutta and Kaethe from deportation, although their lives were restricted by anti-Jewish legislation. Jutta could not attend school or use public parks. Kaethe was forced to work in a commercial ...
Small handsewn stuffed brown and yellow dog brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11791
- English
- overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm) | Depth: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Small stuffed dog brought by 8 year old Jutta Grybski to Theresienstadt ghetto labor-camp, where she was held from October 1944 to May 1945. It was given to Jutta by her maternal grandmother. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a Catholic father, Hans, who divorced in late 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Hans enlisted in the German Army. His Aryan status and military service would protect Jutta and Kaethe from deportation, although their lives were restricted by anti-Jewish legislation. Jutta could not attend school or use public parks. Kaethe was forced to work in a commercial laundry. Jutta’s...
Handmade, moveable, wooden chicken toy purchased for a German Jewish girl after her liberation from Theresienstadt
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11792
- English
- overall: Height: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Width: 12.000 inches (30.48 cm) | Depth: 0.625 inches (1.588 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Moveable wooden toy given to 9 year old Jutta Grybski after her liberation from Theresienstadt ghetto in May 1945. Soon after Soviet forces liberated the camp on May 9, a friend, Siegbert Einstein, who had also been a prisoner, went to the nearby town of Litomerice and brought the toy back for Jutta. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a Catholic father, Hans, who divorced in late 1938 in Berlin, Germany. Hans enlisted in the German Army. His Aryan status and military service would protect Jutta and Kaethe from deportation, although their lives were restricted by anti-Jewish legislation....
Bunte Luftballons [Book]
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn11793
- English
- 1928
- Updated 7 months ago
Illustrated poetry book used by 9 year old Jutta Grybski (Janet Beasley) in the Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp. The book was found by Jutta in the ghetto. She had brought an identical copy of the book with her to the camp when she was deported from Berlin, but then lost it. The book she found may be the same one that she lost. She wrote a note inside the book recounting this history. The cover illustration features a young girl who looks like very much like a bisque Kewpie style doll, 1996.76.1, that Jutta also brought with her to Theresienstadt. Jutta had a Jewish mother, Kaethe, and a C...

Janet Beasley collection

Child Items

Small white tinted all bisque doll brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt

Small handsewn stuffed brown and yellow dog brought by a German Jewish girl to Theresienstadt

Handmade, moveable, wooden chicken toy purchased for a German Jewish girl after her liberation from Theresienstadt

Bunte Luftballons [Book]