Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Shoe was worn by Lenke Keszler who was interned in a sub-camp of Riga. While Lenke was in Latvia, her foot became sore. She wrapped a blanket around her foot instead of wearing the shoe. Lenke was pulled away and killed in Latvia. Her daughter Clari saved the shoe and kept it while she was in hiding.
- Date
-
use:
approximately 1930-1940
- Geography
-
use:
Latvia
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Clari Levy
Physical Details
- Classification
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Dress Accessories
- Category
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Footwear
- Object Type
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Women's shoes (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 10.000 inches (25.4 cm) | Width: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Depth: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm)
- Materials
- overall : leather, wood, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The shoe was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Clari Levy, the daughter of Lenke Keslzer.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:22:28
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn8841
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