Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The doll was given to Marguerite Lederman by a Hadassah group from the United States while she was in an orphanage in Belgium after the Holocaust.
- Geography
-
use:
Rumst (Belgium)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Marguerite Lederman Mishkin
Physical Details
- Classification
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Toys
- Category
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Dolls
- Object Type
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Dolls (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- The doll is made from a composite plaster material with applied paint and light brown hair. She is wearing a yellow dress with white lace ruffles. The dress is original, but the hair has been restored by a doll factory.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 18.000 inches (45.72 cm) | Width: 9.000 inches (22.86 cm)
- Materials
- overall : plaster, paint, cloth
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Corporate Name
- Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Marguerite Lederman Mishkin.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:35:17
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512789
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The collection consists of documents, photographs, and objects relating to Marguerite and Annette Lederman [donor and her sister] and their experiences as hidden children in Belgium during the Holocaust.
Doll in a red hat and uniform kept by a young girl while living in hiding
Object
Doll kept by 1.5 year old Marguerite (Margo) Lederman while she lived in hiding with her older sister, Annette, in Belgium from 1942-1945. Germany invaded Belgium in May 1940. Their father, Mordka, was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on October 31, 1942. Their mother, Rajala, placed the girls in hiding with the van Buggenhout family in Rumst. Rajala was deported to Auschwitz on the last transport out of Belgium in 1944. Both parents perished in the camp.
Marguerite Lederman Mishkin papers
Document
The papers consist of documents and photographs relating to Marguerite and Annette Lederman and their family's experiences during the time period of the Holocaust.
