Julie Keefer family collection

Overview

Collection Summary

The collection consists of a tin cup, documents, a manuscript, and photographs relating to the experiences of Aisik Eisen and his granddaughters Tola and Jula (later Julie Keefer) during the Holocaust in the ghetto and in hiding with the assistance of Lucia Nowicka, as well as a hat and table runner brought by Thea Klestadt from Dusseldorf, Germany, to the United States in 1938.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 and 2017 by Julie Keefer, granddaughter of Aisik Eisen and adopted daughter of Thea Klestadt.