Johanna Hirsch Liebmann collection

Identifier: irn521888
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521888

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Johanna Hirsch Liebmann.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a change purse, drawings, correspondence, and documents relating to the experiences of Johanna Hirsch and her family before and during the Holocaust in Karlsruhe, Germany, their deportation to Gurs concentration camp in southern France, and Johanna's escape and travel through France to Switzerland.

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Small straw purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515323
- English
- overall: Height: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Small woven straw purse owned by Johanna Hirsch Liebmann made by her mother Ella wile imprisoned in Gurs internment camp in France. It was given to one fo Ella's sisters, Helene Goldstein or Rose Traub, when were also interned in Camp de Gurs. Hanne, 16, also was an inmate of Gurs from 1940-1941. For Hanne, one of the worst things about the camp was that there was nothing for the inmates to do. Many crafted items to fight the tedium, and also to possibly earn a few pennies or barter with the items. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs in October 1940. In ...
Epitaph and drawing of tombstones of friends buried at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515324
- English
- overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Colored pencil and ink drawing made for 16 year old Johanna Hirsch by another prisoner, E. Ettlinger, in Camp de Gurs, France, where she was interned from 1940-1941. It depicts the tombstones of three friends who died at the camp, Rosa Adler, Herbert Mecklenberg, and Peter Meier. See 2004.233.4 and 5 for other drawing by Ettlinger. For Hanne, one of the worst things about the camp was that there was nothing for the inmates to do. Many crafted items to fight the tedium, and also to possibly earn a few pennies or barter with the items. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, G...
Watercolor scene of barracks and snowy mountains at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515325
- English
- overall: Height: 4.120 inches (10.465 cm) | Width: 5.560 inches (14.122 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Watercolor made for 16 year old Johanna Hirsch by another prisoner, E. Ettlinger, in Camp de Gurs, France, where she was interned from 1940-1941. It depicts barracks with laundry and trash outside and barbed wire fence poles receding towards distant snowcovered mountains. See 2004.233.4 and 5 for other drawing by Ettlinger. For Hanne, one of the worst things about the camp was that there was nothing for the inmates to do. Many crafted items to fight the tedium, and also to possibly earn a few pennies or barter with the items. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, Germany, ...
Colored pencil drawing of barracks at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn515326
- English
- overall: Height: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm) | Width: 6.750 inches (17.145 cm)
- Updated 12 months ago
Colored pencil and ink drawing made for 16 year old Johanna Hirsch by E. Ettlinger, another prisoner in Camp de Gurs, France, where she was interned from 1940-1941. It depicts the Red Cross building and two barracks at the camp. See 2004.233.4 and 5 for other drawing by Ettlinger. For Hanne, one of the worst things about the camp was that there was nothing for the inmates to do. Many crafted items to fight the tedium, and also to possibly earn a few pennies or barter with the items. Hanne and her mother Ella were deported from Karlsruhe, Germany, to Gurs in October 1940. In September 1941, ...
Johanna Hirsch Liebmann papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522122
- English
- 1940-1944
- folder 1
- Updated 12 months ago
The papers consists of documents and correspondence relating to the experiences of Johanna Hirsch Liebmann living under Nazi rule in Karlsruhe, Germany, her family's deportation to Camp de Gurs in southern France, and her escape and travels through Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, France, to Switzerland.

Johanna Hirsch Liebmann collection

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Small straw purse made in Gurs internment camp for a German Jewish prisoner

Epitaph and drawing of tombstones of friends buried at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate

Watercolor scene of barracks and snowy mountains at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate

Colored pencil drawing of barracks at Gurs internment camp made by an inmate

Johanna Hirsch Liebmann papers