Sara Kupinski Cohen collection

Collection

Collection Summary: The collection consists of a kimono, shoes, a vase, decorative silver figurines, a novelty card, and a photograph relating to the experiences of Sara Kupinski Cohen and her family in Poland and Lithuania, before and during the Holocaust, in the Soviet Union, Japan, and China during the Holocaust, and in Canada after the war.
Provenance: The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Lynda Cohen, the daughter of Sara Kupinski Cohen.
Date: approximately 1920-1947

Geography: acquired: Kobe-shi (Japan)
en route: Shanghai (China)
en route: Canada
Date: acquired: 1941 February-1941 October
Geography: acquired: Kobe-shi (Japan)
en route: Shanghai (China)
en route: Canada
Date: acquired: 1941 February-1941 October
Geography: acquired: Shanghai (China)
creation: Shanghai (China)
en route: Canada
Date: creation: approximately 1925-approximately 1945
acquired: 1941 November-1948 December 31
Geography: manufacture: Poland
en route: Europe
en route: Asia
en route: Canada
Date: manufacture: approximately 1850-approximately 1935
emigration: 1939-1949
Geography: acquired: Shanghai (China)
manufacture: Shanghai (China)
en route: Canada
Date: manufacture: 1900-1940
acquired: 1941 November-1948 December 31
Geography: acquired: Shanghai (China)
manufacture: China
en route: Canada
Date: manufacture: 1870-1948
acquired: 1941 November-1948 December 31
Geography: en route: Europe
en route: Asia
en route: Canada
Date: emigration: 1939-1949
: Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:30:58
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