Object numberM2007/056
DescriptionHandkerchief, white with hand-stitched decorative orange embroidered border, made by Anja Lisman. Her initials 'AL' are stitched in one of the corners. It was given to her cousin, Fay Waigensberg, before the war. Anja was in her early twenties when she was deported from Poznan, Poland to a death camp. The handkerchief is the only object that remains that ‘speaks’ of Anja's existence; not even a photograph of her exists.
Fay kept this with her throughout the war as a memento – from being incarcerated in the Lodz Ghetto to being deported to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and from German slave labour camps until liberation. Fay brought it with her to Australia when she immigrated in 1949.
Fay kept this with her throughout the war as a memento – from being incarcerated in the Lodz Ghetto to being deported to Ravensbruck concentration camp, and from German slave labour camps until liberation. Fay brought it with her to Australia when she immigrated in 1949.
Subjectmemory, Memoralibia, Pre-war life
Object namehandkerchiefs
Materialcotton
Dimensions
- width: 233.00 mm
height: 223.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs Fay Waigensberg