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Object numberM2022/020:001

TitleDoll made at Bergen Belsen

DescriptionTraditionally dressed cloth doll made in Bergen Belsen, 1945 by J Wessoloski. It features a stitched felt yellow star on its arms with 'Jude'. The face has painted features and a red scarf covers her blond wool hair.

Part of a collection of four dolls dressed in Polish folk costume made by refugees in Bergen Belsen DP (displaced persons) camp, and gifted to British Red Cross nurses Mrs Thompson, Miss Johnson and Miss Smith (later Mrs Bailey).

Production placeBergen-Belsen concentration camp

Production date 1945 - 1945

Production periodWorld War II (1939-1945)

Subjectconcentration camps, liberation, toys, Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, rehabilitation centres

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection

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