Pair of red leather toddler's shoes worn by a child in Łódź Ghetto
Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Pair of red leather toddler's shoes that belonged to Lea Kufert, who was born in December 1938 to Yitzkhak and Fridl. The family was deported from Berlin, Germany, to the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1939. Lea died there that year. Fridl was deported to Chelmno killing center and murdered in 1942. Yitzkhak died in the Łódź ghetto in 1944. The shoes were sent to relatives in Palestine.
- Date
-
use:
1939
- Geography
-
received:
Berlin (Germany)
use: Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland); Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Gershon Kufert
Physical Details
- Classification
-
Dress Accessories
- Category
-
Footwear
- Object Type
-
Children's shoes (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- a. Left red leather child's shoe with a strap with a button closure.
b. Right red leather child's shoe with a strap with a button closure. - Materials
- overall : leather
- Inscription
- a. sole, stamped : ADA-ADA 18
b. sole, stamped : ADA-ADA 18
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 shoes were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Gershon Kufert.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:29:54
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523084
Also in Fridl and Lea Kufert collection
The collection consists of a pair of child's red shoes and a photograph relating to the experiences of Fridl Kufert and her daughter Lea who perished during the Holocaust.
Date: 1939
Gershon Kufert papers
Document
Photographic postcard of two women holding a baby. The two women are Frieda Kufert (née Kranz) and her mother. The baby is Frieda's daughter Lea Kufert. All perished in the Holocaust.
