Doll made at Bergen Belsen
Object numberM2022/020:004
TitleDoll made at Bergen Belsen
DescriptionTraditionally dressed cloth doll with stitched face and brown wool hair made in Bergen Belsen, circa 1945. It includes a 1943 5 Mark Ghetto coin worn as a necklace.
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).
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
Object namedolls
Dimensions
- width: 235.00 mm
height: 470.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection





