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Anna Leist collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a handmade portfolio and five books relating to the experiences of Anna Zajac and her sister Lydia in the Ahawah Children's Home in Berlin, Germany, from 1936-1938 and her subsequent journey to Great Britain as a Kindertransport refugee in December 1938.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Anna Zajac Leist.
Date: 1936-1938 December

Geography: publication: Przemysl (Poland).
Date: publication/distribution: 1925
Geography: publication: Halberstadt (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1923
Geography: publication: Halberstadt (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1923
Geography: publication: Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1914
Geography: publication: Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Date: publication/distribution: 1936
Geography: received: Ahawah (Orphanage : Berlin, Germany)
Date: received: 1938 October-1937
creation: approximately 1935 July
: Record last modified: 2023-02-24 12:19:45
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