Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger collection
- Collection Summary
- The collections consists of a doll and photographs relating to the experiences of Elzbieta Lusthaus after the war when she and her mother Helena, who survived in hiding in Poland, were reunited with her father Edmund in Ancona, Italy, where he was stationed with the 2nd Polish Corps, British Army. Accretion: Purse which belonged to Zofia Schiff (donor's maternal grandmother)
- Provenance
- The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 and 2014 by Elizabeth Lusthaus Strassburger.
- Date
- 1945-1951 May
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- Geography
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received:
Ancona (Italy)
- Date
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received:
1945 September
- Geography
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received:
Tarnow ghetto;
Tarnow (Wojewodztwo Malopolskie, Poland)
- Date
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received:
1942
creation: approximately 1920
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Record last modified: 2019-12-04 15:04:34
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Large doll with long blond hair given to a former hidden child by her father when reunited postwar
Object | Accession Number: 2013.459.1
Floral tapestry purse saved by a hidden child
Object | Accession Number: 2013.459.3