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Betti Blaugrund collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a baby doll, and infant and doll clothing relating to the experiences of Betti Blaugrund in Belgium before and during the Holocaust when, as an infant, she was placed in hiding with Louise and Udile Ceulemans-Gryson, and of her cousin, Aline Klajn, who was deported and killed in a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Betti Blaugrund.
Date: 1942-approximately 1955

Geography: manufacture: Japan
received: Uccle (Belgium)
Date: received: after 1942 October
Geography: use: in hiding; Aarschot (Belgium)
Date: use: 1942 November-1944 September
Geography: use: in hiding; Aarschot (Belgium)
Date: use: 1942 November-1944 September
Geography: use: in hiding; Aarschot (Belgium)
Date: use: 1942 November-1944 September
Geography: use: Brussels (Belgium)
Date: use: approximately 1955
Geography: use: Brussels (Belgium)
Date: use: approximately 1955
Geography: use: Brussels (Belgium)
Date: use: approximately 1955
: Record last modified: 2023-05-05 13:26:35
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