Overview
- Brief Narrative
- The toy was created by for Max Arpels-Lezer by his rescuer while he was in hiding in the Netherlands during the Holocaust. Max (Marcus) Lezer was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Assen, Netherlands, to Flora (Arpels) and Solomon Lezer. In the summer of 1942, Solomon and Flora sent Max to his grandparents in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, for a holiday. During Sept. 1942 Flora was arrested and sent to Westerbork transit camp and then to Auschwitz where she perished. After Flora's arrest, Solomon felt he could no longer care for Max and arranged for him to be placed in hiding.
- Date
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1940-1945
- Geography
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use:
Apeldoorn (Netherlands)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Max Arpels-Lezer
- Contributor
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Subject:
Max Arpels-Lezer
- Biography
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Max (Marcus) Lezer was born on October 9, 1936, in Assen, Netherlands, to Flora (Arpels) and Solomon Lezer. In the summer of 1942, Solomon and Flora sent Max to his grandparents in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, for a holiday. During Sept. 1942 Flora was arrested and sent to Westerbork transit camp and then to Auschwitz where she perished. After Flora's arrest, Solomon felt he could no longer care for Max and arranged for him to be placed in hiding.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Toys
- Category
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Wooden toys
- Object Type
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Pull toys (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- The toy is a hand-made wooden horse and buggy consisting of two separate pieces. The wooden horse (a) is mounted on a board. The wagon (b) is flat with a green exterior and red wheels and bar with hook in front.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 12.598 inches (31.999 cm) | Width: 9.449 inches (24 cm)
overall: Height: 18.110 inches (45.999 cm) | Width: 5.906 inches (15.001 cm) | Depth: 7.087 inches (18.001 cm) - Materials
- overall : wood
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The toy was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Max Arpels-Lezer.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:27
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512925
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