Miniature plastic doll with a crocheted dress owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Tiny doll sent to Charlotte Landesmann Hirsch by her 16 year old sister, Roszi, shortly before Roszi and other family members were executed by German or Hungarian police soon after the German occupation of Hungary in spring 1944. Roszi. her parents, two sisters-in-law, and one niece were given refuge by the Swedish consulate in Budapest where her brother, Jancsi, was employed. German soldiers took them from the safe house where they were staying, shot them along the banks of the Danube River, and threw their bodies into the water. Jancsi escaped the execution with their brother Tibor’s young daughter. Charlotte was in a labor camp or living in hiding with her seven-year-old daughter during the German occupation.
- Title: Miniature plastic doll with a crocheted dress owned by a young girl in German occupied Budapest
- Provenance: The miniature doll was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Charlotte Drucker, the sister of Roszi Landesmann.
- Subject Keywords: Forced labor--Hungary. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Budapest--Personal narratives. Jewish families--Hungary--Budapest. Jews--Hungary--Budapest--Biography. Jews--Persecutions--Hungary--Budapest--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Hungary--Budapest--Biography.
- Type: Toys
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Plastic miniature female doll with jointed arms and legs and many painted details: blonde hair, black eyes and eyebrows, light colored skin tones with red lips and cheeks, white stockings, and black shoes. The doll wears a pink and white crocheted short-sleeved dress with a flared skirt.
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