Sara Lamhaut Boucart collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn27592
• English
• a: Height: 5.750 inches (14.605 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) b: Height: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm) | Width: 3.875 inches (9.843 cm) | Depth: 1.250 inches (3.175 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Bible and cover given to Sara Lamhaut in December 1943 as part of her confirmation while in hiding at a convent school in Wezembeek-Oppem, Belgium. Sara was born in Brussels in 1931, to Polish parents, Icek and Chana Lamhaut. After Belgium was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Chana and Icek began participating in resistance activities, including covertly printing Jewish newspapers in their apartment. On May 26, 1942, Chana and Icek were taken into custody by gestapo and SS officers. Icek was released, but Chana was imprisoned and tortured for six months in the Saint Gilles prison. She was th...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn702532
• English
• overall: Height: 14.875 inches (37.783 cm) | Width: 10.750 inches (27.305 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Hand-embroidered child’s vest sent to Sara Lamhaut in Brussels, Belgium, by her grandmother, Rykla Goldwasser, in Łódź, Poland. Sara was born in Brussels in 1931, to Polish parents, Icek and Chana Lamhaut. After Belgium was invaded by Germany in May 1940, Chana and Icek began participating in resistance activities, including covertly printing Jewish newspapers in their apartment. On May 26, 1942, Chana and Icek were taken into custody by gestapo and SS officers. Icek was released, but Chana was imprisoned and tortured for six months in the Saint Gilles prison. She was then sent to the Mec...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn740781
• English
• 1942-1944
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The Sara Boucart papers include letters from Sara’s mother written in Saint-Gilles prison in Brussels and a photograph and devotional cards documenting Sara’s time in hiding in the Soeurs de Sainte Marie convent in Wezembeek-Oppem.