Doll in a red hat and uniform kept by a young girl while living in hiding

Identifier
irn512788
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.371.2
Dates
1 Jan 1942 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Annette (now Linzer) and Marguerite Lederman (now Mishkin) are the daughters of Mordka and Rajala Zylberszac Lederman, a Jewish couple from Łódź, Poland, who had moved in the 1930s to Belgium, then to France, and then back to Belgium. On October 31, 1942, Annette and Margo's father was deported to Auschwitz. Their mother placed the girls in hiding with the van Buggenhout family in Rumst, Belgium.

Archival History

The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Marguerite Lederman Mishkin.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marguerite Lederman Mishkin

Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Scope and Content

Doll kept by 1.5 year old Marguerite (Margo) Lederman while she lived in hiding with her older sister, Annette, in Belgium from 1942-1945. Germany invaded Belgium in May 1940. Their father, Mordka, was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on October 31, 1942. Their mother, Rajala, placed the girls in hiding with the van Buggenhout family in Rumst. Rajala was deported to Auschwitz on the last transport out of Belgium in 1944. Both parents perished in the camp.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Doll with a painted bisque head dressed in a red hat and uniform.

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Genre

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