Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Augusta Kaplan had this shoe for a toy while in Antwerp, Belgium.
- Date
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use:
1940-1944
- Geography
-
use:
Antwerp (Belgium)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Augusta F. Kaplan
- Contributor
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Subject:
Augusta F. Kaplan
Physical Details
- Classification
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Decorative Arts
- Category
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Ceramics
- Object Type
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Ceramic shoes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Toy ceramic shoe with blue glaze and floral designs.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) | Depth: 1.750 inches (4.445 cm)
- Materials
- overall : ceramic, glaze
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The ceramic shoe was donated the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Augusta F. Kaplan.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-02-21 07:11:15
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn520484
Also in Augusta F. Kaplan collection
Consists of artifacts and documents relating to Augusta Feldhorn's childhood in Vienna, Austria; later as a hidden child in the convent Les Soeurs du St. Coeur de Marie, Malaise-La Hulpe, Belgium; and after emigrating to the United States in 1949.
Date: 1934-1957
Doily
Object
Doily was embroidered by Augusta Feldhorn during her stay in the Les Soeur du St. Couer de Marie convent, Malaise-La Hulpe, Belgium.
Yellow cloth Star of David badge with the letter J. to identify a Belgian Jew
Object
The badge was worn by Augusta Kaplan in Brussels, Belgium.
Augusta F. Kaplan papers
Document
Collection of artifacts and documents relating to Augusta Feldhorn's (donor) childhood in Vienna, Austria and later as a hidden child (under the false name August de Cooman) in Malaise-La Hulpe, Belgium. Includes ten devotional cards as well as photographs, passports, and letters.
Prayer book
Object
Prayer book given and dedicated to Augusta Kaplan on the occasion of her first Communion at Malaise-La Hulpe, Belgium.
