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Doll kept in hiding with a Hungarian Jewish girl

Object | Accession Number: 2016.373.2
2016.373.2 front left Doll kept in hiding with a Hungarian Jewish girl Click to enlarge 2016.373.2 front right Doll kept in hiding with a Hungarian Jewish girl Click to enlarge 2016.373.2 back Doll kept in hiding with a Hungarian Jewish girl Click to enlarge

Doll owned by Veronika Pártos that she took wuith her when she went into hiding in 1944 Hungary.

Geography
manufacture: Germany
Classification
Toys
Category
Dolls
Object Type
Baby dolls (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Vera Lakatos

About This Object

Physical Description
Plastic doll with red painted lips and a cloth body. The maker's maker's mark is on the back of the neck.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 17.000 inches (43.18 cm) | Width: 8.000 inches (20.32 cm)
Materials
overall : plastic, cloth, paint
Markings
back of neck : Germany

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Vera Lakatos, the daughter of Veronika Pártos Lakatos.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2023-06-13 16:15:21
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Also in Veronika Pártos Lakatos family collection

The collection consists of a doll and an envelope relating to the experience of Veronika Pártos and her family in prewar Hungary and during World War II when Veronika lived in hiding.

Date: approximately 1944

Blank envelope

Blank envelope

Object

One blank envelope that the donor's father, Gustav Partos, used in his grocery store before World War II.

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