Child's white rabbit fur bonnet received in a displaced persons camp
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
White rabbit fur bonnet worn by two year old Alice Robinson, in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp in Germany, where she lived from 1945-1948. Alice's parents, Ephraim and Sarah had left Poland soon after September 1939, when it is occupied by Nazi Germany. They fled east to Russian controlled territory where the Soviet Union demanded that Jewish refugees keep moving further east. They had a daughter, Fay, in 1941, in Odessa, and Alice was born in 1944 in Romanovka. When the war ended in May 1945, they returned from Uzbekistan to Bessarabia, where they crossed the border to Poland. In October 1945, they were relocated to Zeilsheim, with the assistance of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. Ephraim, Sarah, and their 3 children, Fay, Alice, and Joseph, born in the camp in 1946, got passage on the first immigrant transport to depart under the Displaced Persons Act, the SS General Black, which arrived in the United States on October 30, 1948.
- Title: Child's white rabbit fur bonnet received in a displaced persons camp
- Provenance: The bonnet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Alice Robinson Lev, the daughter of Ephraim and Sarah Robinson.
- Subject Keywords: Jewish children in the Holocaust--Biography. Jewish families--Germany. Jewish refugees--Germany. Jewish refugees--United States. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--United States--Personal narratives. World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Germany.
- Type: Dress Accessories
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: White rabbit fur, squarish bonnet with 2 ear flaps and long, synthetic cords that tie under the chin. The inside is lined with a quilted, diamond patterned, offwhite cloth.
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