Lucie Eisenstab Porges family collection

Identifier: irn522507
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 2004 by Lucie Eisenstab Porges.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a drawing relating to the experiences of Lucie and Peter Paul Porges after the war and of certificates, a documents, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Lucie Eisenstab, her parents, Eisig and Jetty, and sister Elfie before the Holocaust in Vienna, Austria, and during and after the Holocaust in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Lucie Eisenstab papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522523
- English
- 1932-1942
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The papers consist of four certificates from "Bibleschule," one photograph of Lucie Eisenstab (later Lucie Eisenstab Porges) with her parents Eisig and Jetta Eisenstab and sister Elfie in 1938 in Vienna, Austria; one photograph of Lucie with her father in Geneva, Switzerland after World War II; and one identification travel pass ("récépissé") issued to Lucie Eisenstab in 1942.
Ink drawing of a Paris street scene created by a Jewish refugee in the US
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn522524
- English
- 1950
- overall: Height: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Width: 7.000 inches (17.78 cm) pictorial area: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Ink illustration of a busy Parisian intersection created by Peter Paul Porges in 1950. In March 1939, Peter, 12, was sent from Vienna, Austria, to France on a Kindertransport. He lived in Chateau de la Guette, a refugee children's home supported by the Rothschild family. When Germany invaded France in May 1940, the children were evacuated south to La Bourboule. In April 1942, Peter was captured trying to enter illegally into Spain and was imprisoned in Rivesaltes internment camp. He escaped and, in January 1943, was smuggled into Switzerland. In May 1945, he met Lucie Eisenstab while attend...

Lucie Eisenstab Porges family collection

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Lucie Eisenstab papers

Ink drawing of a Paris street scene created by a Jewish refugee in the US