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Actions Displays	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberM2009/099:001 DescriptionPair of grey long ski socks, with stripe of red and blue, belonging to Magda Grün. "Until 1944, Magda Grün, her husband Ernst and mother-in-law lived precariously as economically-important Jews. After the Slovak uprising in Banská Bystrica, they fled into the Strážov Mountains hiding in a hole in the ground. The importance of these socks was not just the provided warmth; the imprint which they left in the snow resembled that of a soft-soled Slovak peasant shoe." Helen Doctors, daughter Subjectsurvivors, survival Object namesocks Materialwool Dimensions length: 410.00 mm width: 220.00 mm Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helen Doctors

Object numberM2009/099:001

DescriptionPair of grey long ski socks, with stripe of red and blue, belonging to Magda Grün. "Until 1944, Magda Grün, her husband Ernst and mother-in-law lived precariously as economically-important Jews. After the Slovak uprising in Banská Bystrica, they fled into the Strážov Mountains hiding in a hole in the ground. The importance of these socks was not just the provided warmth; the imprint which they left in the snow resembled that of a soft-soled Slovak peasant shoe." Helen Doctors, daughter

Subjectsurvivors, survival

Object namesocks

Materialwool

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Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Helen Doctors

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