Номер объектаM1995/021:006
НазваниеPiece of Boot
ОписаниеTop fragment of a brown leather lace-up boot belonging to Anna Weber’s (nee Hirschler), mother, Irene Hirschler. Anna’s mother gave her boots to her oldest daughter Szusa on the train; she later cut the top off and kept it as a memento. 1n 1944, Anna along with her mother and sister were deported to Auschwitz. Anna recalled that her mother had accompanied them on the train to Auschwitz, however she does not remember what her mother’s fate had been beyond this point. When describing this lapse in her memory in her Shoah Foundation testimony, she believed that “it must have been something terrible, because my brain stops, I can’t remember what happened to her."
The donor, Anna Weber (nee Hirschler), was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
The donor, Anna Weber (nee Hirschler), was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
Дата
Темаsurvivors
Наименованиеshoes
Материалleather
Размерность
- height: 100.00 mm
width: 230.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs. Anna Weber