Gold-colored sequined mask

Porcelain doll with dress

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Doll wig

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Julia Schor played with the wig while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll hat

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Julia Schor played with the doll hat while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll vest

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Julia Schor played with the doll vest while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll vest

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Julia Schor played with the doll vest while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll hat

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Julia Schor played with the doll hat while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll slip

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Julia Schor played with the doll slip while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll purse

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Julia Schor played with the doll purse while in hiding during the Holocaust.

Doll purse

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Julia Schor played with the doll purse while in hiding during the Netherlands.

Pink pillow

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Lace button jacket worn during bris in prewar Vienna

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Lace netting baby bonnet worn during bris in prewar Vienna

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Bonnet worn by Herbert Mauthner, during his circumcision in Vienna, Austria. Julia Schor was born Betty Julia Ensel on April 4, 1937,to a non-Jewish German mother, Rose Marie Schink, and a Jewish father, Guy Weinberg, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. During World War II, Rose Marie Schink hid 12 Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum, Netherlands, and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.

Hat

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Child's white cotton dress with lace and embroidery

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Julia Schor wore the dress during World War II.

Star of David badge with Jood printed in the center

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Tarot cards

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Julia Schor played with the cards while she was in hiding during the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

Children's playing cards

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Julia Schor played with the cards while she was in hiding during the Holocaust in the Netherlands.

Van drie kaboutertjes

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Apron

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The apron was made for Julia Schor while she was in hiding as a child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

Apron

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The apron was made for Julia Schor while she was in hiding as a child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

Hat

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The hat was worn by Julia Schor while she was in hiding as a child in the Netherlands during the Holocaust.

Book

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Two-sided crayon drawing of a girl wearing a cross created by a young girl living in hiding

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Double-sided drawing made by Betty Julia Ensel while she was living under an assumed identity in the Netherlands. One side depicts a girl in a dress wearing a cross; the drawing on the opposite side portrays 6 girls. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, three year old Julia lived in Amsterdam with her parents, Rose Marie Schink, who was not Jewish, and Guy Weinberg, who was Jewish. Rose Marie hid twelve Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.

Crayon drawing of a green leaved wreath with purple flowers made by a young girl while living in hiding

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Crayon drawing made by Betty Julia Ensel while she was living in hiding in the Netherlands. It depicts a wreath of green leaves and purple flowers. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, three year old Julia lived in Amsterdam with her parents, Rose Marie Schink, who was not Jewish, and Guy Weinberg, who was Jewish. Rose Marie hid twelve Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.

Crayon drawing of a girl with a basket created by a young girl while living in hiding

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Crayon drawing made by Betty Julia Ensel while she was living in hiding in the Netherlands. It depicts a girl holding a basket and a list of cities. When Germany occupied the Netherlands in May 1940, three year old Julia lived in Amsterdam with her parents, Rose Marie Schink, who was not Jewish, and Guy Weinberg, who was Jewish. Rose Marie hid twelve Jews in the attic of her house in Blaricum and was in contact with the Dutch resistance movement. Julia attended school under her mother's maiden name in order to avoid suspicion about her Jewish ancestry. Julia, her mother, and all of the Jews hiding in their house were liberated in May 1945.

Dance card

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The dance card consists of a small booklet with an intricately decorated cover and a pencil hanging from a cord at the side. Dance cards, or "Ballspenden," were especially popular at balls in Vienna, Austria, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were used to list, in order, the names of the partners with whom a woman had agreed to dance at a formal ball or party.

Julia Schor papers

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The Julia Schor papers consist of biographical materials, clippings, a guest books, a library catalog, and a memoir documenting Schor's childhood in Amsterdam, the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, being disguised as a Gentile in Blaricum, her mother's work for the Dutch Resistance, and the Jewish people her mother hid in their attic.