Elen Chajet Murad collection

Identifier: irn73086
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Elen Chajet Murad.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a doll and photograph relating to the experiences of Helene Chajet during the Holocaust when she lived in hiding in Arleuf, France.

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Elen Chajet Murad papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85725
- English
- 1944
- folder 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Photographic copies and vintage image document the family's lives surrounding the Holocaust in Lithuania, Poland, and France.
Small doll made from a stick by a French Jewish hidden child
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn85726
- English
- 1943
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Small stick doll made by 8 year old Helene Chajet while in hiding in Arleuf, France. Helene was often lonely and had always wanted a doll, so she carved the doll out of a stick with a knife. Her foster mother gave her a scrap of cloth to dress it. Helene never named the doll but loved it and took it with her everywhere. France was occupied by Germany in June 1940. Helene was placed into hiding with Georges and Louise Dussert by her parents, Abel and Chana, after mass arrests in Paris in summer 1942. The entire village knew she was Jewish, but when the Germans searched Arleuf for partisans i...

Elen Chajet Murad collection

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Elen Chajet Murad papers

Small doll made from a stick by a French Jewish hidden child