Lea Herlinger Kaluzna family collection

Identifier: irn522396
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 2005 by Allan and Lea Kaluzna, the son-in-law and daughter of Elsa and Ivo Herlinger.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a Leica camera, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Elsa, Ivo, and Lea Herlinger before the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, during and after the Holocaust in Italy, including the years they lived in hiding, and after their 1950 emigration to the United States.

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Herlinger family papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517349
- English
- 1923-1956
- folders 11
- Updated 7 months ago
The Herlinger family papers consist primarily of identification documents for Ivo and Elsa Herlinger, who lived as refugees from the Nazis in Italy during World War II, and later immigrated to the United States. The majority of the documents are items such as identification cards, passports, a birth certificate, and a marriage certificate. Other items of identification include verification of employment for Ivo, and his declaration of intent to the United States. The Herlinger family papers consist primarily of identification documents for Ivo and Elsa Herlinger, who lived as refugees from ...
Chrome Leica II 35mm camera used by a Yugoslav refugee to document his family's life in hiding
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn517350
- English
- 1940-1950
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Chrome Leica 35mm camera used by Ivo Herlinger while he was living in hiding in Italy from 1941-1944. After Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia in June 1941, Ivo and his wife, Elsa, fled Zagreb to avoid internment in a German labor camp. They had to leave their 2 year old daughter, Lea, with an aunt. A few months later, using jewels they had sewn into the lining of their clothes, they paid a student to bring Lea to them in Trieste, Italy. The family spent the next three years hiding under false identities in Rome and other towns in Italy, where Ivo used his camera to document their daily life. ...

Lea Herlinger Kaluzna family collection

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Herlinger family papers

Chrome Leica II 35mm camera used by a Yugoslav refugee to document his family's life in hiding