Fridl and Lea Kufert collection

Identifier: irn523082
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 1996 by Gershon Kufert.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a pair of child's red shoes and a photograph relating to the experiences of Fridl Kufert and her daughter Lea who perished during the Holocaust.

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Gershon Kufert papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523083
- English
- 1939
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Photographic postcard of two women holding a baby. The two women are Frieda Kufert (née Kranz) and her mother. The baby is Frieda's daughter Lea Kufert. All perished in the Holocaust.
Pair of red leather toddler's shoes worn by a child in Łódź Ghetto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523084
- English
- 1939
- Updated 7 months ago
Pair of red leather toddler's shoes that belonged to Lea Kufert, who was born in December 1938 to Yitzkhak and Fridl. The family was deported from Berlin, Germany, to the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1939. Lea died there that year. Fridl was deported to Chelmno killing center and murdered in 1942. Yitzkhak died in the Łódź ghetto in 1944. The shoes were sent to relatives in Palestine.

Fridl and Lea Kufert collection

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Gershon Kufert papers

Pair of red leather toddler's shoes worn by a child in Łódź Ghetto