Laja Grad Iarchy collection

Identifier: irn523241
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 Dr. Jean Iarchy.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a spinning wheel and photographs relating to the experiences of Laja Grad Iarchy, her son, Jean, and their family in Belgium before and during the Holocaust.

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Jean Iarchy papers
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523302
- English
- 1931-1941
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
The papers consist of an original photograph of Jean Iarchy's parents, Moise and Laja Grad Iarchy, with friends at the Institut de Commerce in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1931, as well as two copyprints of Jean Iarchy's birthday party on April 4, 1941, and a copyprint of Moise and Jean Iarchy in the garden prior to going into hiding in the summer of 1941.
Wooden spinning wheel used while in hiding in Belgium
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn523303
- English
- 1942-1945
- a: Height: 35.500 inches (90.17 cm) | Width: 16.750 inches (42.545 cm) | Depth: 11.500 inches (29.21 cm) b: Height: 8.380 inches (21.285 cm) | Width: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Depth: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) c: Height: 10.500 inches (26.67 cm) | Width: 9.380 inches (23.825 cm) | Depth: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Spinning wheel purchased by Laja Iarchy while she was living in hiding with her family in Durbuy, Belgium. She used it to spin wool from local sheep from which she knitted socks and sweaters that she sold to support her family. After the Germans invaded Belgium in May 1940, they enacted anti-Jewish legislation, confiscated property, and soon were targeting Jews for deportation to labor camps. To escape persecution, the Iarchy family decided to go into hiding in early 1942. Laja, her 3 year old son, Jean, and her mother left Antwerp and, with the assistance of the Belgium resistance, found r...

Laja Grad Iarchy collection

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Jean Iarchy papers

Wooden spinning wheel used while in hiding in Belgium