Margalit Lujten collection

Identifier: irn46326
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn46326

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Margalit Lujten.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a miniature chocolate box and photographs relating to the experiences of Margalit Lujten in the Netherlands before and after the Holocaust, during which she and her family lived in hiding.

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Margalit Lujten photographs
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47631
- English
- folder oversize box 1 1
- Updated 1 year ago
Pre and post-war photographs of donor including the liberation of Dordrecht, Holland, Netherlands. Album of photos in Hachsara in S. Graveland.
Small Droste cocoa box saved by a Dutch Jewish girl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn47633
- English
- overall: Height: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm) | Width: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm) | Depth: 0.750 inches (1.905 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Miniature Droste cocoa box given to Margalit Lujten before the war and saved while she was in hiding in the Netherlands from September 1944 to May 1945. On May 10, 1940, Germany invaded the Netherlands. Margalit’s father Adrian was Christian and her mother Hanna was Jewish. Margalit and her brother Ad were raised as Christians, but according to German law, they were Jewish. Adrian secured a voucher that stated no one in the family was Jewish, so they were protected and remained at home for most of the war. Margalit and her father became involved with the Dutch resistance. From 1943-1944, Ma...

Margalit Lujten collection

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Margalit Lujten photographs

Small Droste cocoa box saved by a Dutch Jewish girl