Pair of black leather lace-up ice skates owned by a German Jewish refugee 2007.101.13 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Pair of ice skates kept by 17 year old Hanni Sondheimer when she and her family fled Lithuania in February 1941. "I couldn't bring much, and I loved ice skating and I could take my ice skates because I thought in America you can ice skate." Hanni, her parents, Moritz and Setty, and her 14 year old brother, Karl, fled Kaunas due to the Soviet occupation in 1940. They planned to emigrate to the United States, but visa restrictions made them take a difficult route through Russia to Japan. Classified as stateless refugees when they reached Japan in March 1941, they were deported to Shanghai where they survived the war in the Hongkew ghetto. Hanni married a US soldier and emigrated to the United States in 1946. Her family emigrated the next year. following the Soviet occupation in 1940. They planned to emigrate to the United States, but quota restrictions made them take a difficult route through Russia to Japan. Classified as stateless refugees when they reached Japan in March 1941, they were deported to Shanghai, China, where they survived the war in the Hongkew ghetto. Hanni married a US soldier and emigrated to the United States in 1946. Her family emigrated the next year.
Pair of ice skates kept by 17 year old Hanni Sondheimer when she and her family fled Lithuania in February 1941. "I couldn't bring much, and I loved ice skating and I could take my ice skates because I thought in America you can ice skate." Hanni, her parents, Moritz and Setty, and her 14 year old brother, Karl, fled Kaunas due to the Soviet occupation in 1940. They planned to emigrate to the United States, but visa restrictions made them take a difficult route through Russia to Japan. Classified as stateless refugees when they reached Japan in March 1941, they were deported to Shanghai where they survived the war in the Hongkew ghetto. Hanni married a US soldier and emigrated to the United States in 1946. Her family emigrated the next year. following the Soviet occupation in 1940. They planned to emigrate to the United States, but quota restrictions made them take a difficult route through Russia to Japan. Classified as stateless refugees when they reached Japan in March 1941, they were deported to Shanghai, China, where they survived the war in the Hongkew ghetto. Hanni married a US soldier and emigrated to the United States in 1946. Her family emigrated the next year.
- Title: Pair of black leather lace-up ice skates owned by a German Jewish refugee 2007.101.13 front
- Provenance: The ice skates was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Lloyd Vogelweid, the widower of Hanni Vogelweid, on behalf of the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid., The ice skates was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 by Lloyd Vogelweid, the widower of Hanni Vogelweid, on behalf of the Estate of Hanni Vogelweid.
- Subject Keywords: Jewish families--China--Shanghai--Biography. Jews, German--China--Shanghai. Jewish refugees--Lithuania--Kaunas. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Lithuania--Kaunas. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--China--Shanghai., Jewish families--China--Shanghai--Biography. Jews, German--China--Shanghai. Jewish refugees--Lithuania--Kaunas. Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Lithuania--Kaunas. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--China--Shanghai.
- Type: Dress Accessories, Dress Accessories
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: a. Black leather right lace-up boot with a steel figure skating blade attached to the sole. The cloth-lined boot has 6 eyelets and 8 hooks with a cloth shoelace. A leather buckle strap with a metal buckle crosses the ankle. The boot has a wooden heel and sole. The blade is screwed into the sole through metal plates attached to the blade. The blade has a toe pick with saw-like teeth in the front. b. Black leather left lace-up boot with a steel figure skating blade attached to the sole. The cloth-lined boot has 6 eyelets and 8 hooks with a cloth shoelace. A broken leather buckle strap with a metal buckle crosses the ankle. The boot has a wooden heel and sole. The blade is screwed into the sole through metal plates attached to the blade. The blade has a toe pick with saw-like teeth in the front., a. Black leather right lace-up boot with a steel figure skating blade attached to the sole. The cloth-lined boot has 6 eyelets and 8 hooks with a cloth shoelace. A leather buckle strap with a metal buckle crosses the ankle. The boot has a wooden heel and sole. The blade is screwed into the sole through metal plates attached to the blade. The blade has a toe pick with saw-like teeth in the front. b. Black leather left lace-up boot with a steel figure skating blade attached to the sole. The cloth-lined boot has 6 eyelets and 8 hooks with a cloth shoelace. A broken leather buckle strap with a metal buckle crosses the ankle. The boot has a wooden heel and sole. The blade is screwed into the sole through metal plates attached to the blade. The blade has a toe pick with saw-like teeth in the front.
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