Object numberM2015/014:004a
DescriptionPhoto of Lisl (Liselotte) Schab, c1939/1940, depicting her on the street at night, walking in the city (Sydney) well dressed and groomed, bespectacled, in a hat and 3/4 length fur coat. She is carrying a closed umbrella and hand bag. The photo-reverse bears a stamp of the photographic studio - 'Majestic Photo Service, Her Majesty's Arcade Sydney' - and pencil marked production reference number IR530-34.
Lisl (Liselotte) Schab was born in Vienna on 28 February 1922 and died 21 March 2010 in Sydney at the age of 88. Aged 16, she left her native Vienna with her parents in September 1938, leaving behind a large family and a considerable wealth. She lost three close family members in the Holocaust. Some family members managed to leave for the USA and another fled to Palestine. Lisl arrived in Sydney in August 1939. Her journey and first impressions is recorded in her 1939 diary. Lisl started writing a diary when she was 15 years old. She married in Sydney in August 1945 at the Temple Emanuel, Woollahra. The family opened a cafe in Pitt Street, central district Sydney in early 1940s called Claridges which allegedly was the first European-style cafe in Sydney. It was sold a decade later, in the early 1950s. Uncle Felix also opened a cafe shop, in George Street.
This is one of five photographs donated by Peter Sussman of his late mother Lisl (Liselotte) Schab, dating from 1939, soon after her arrival in Sydney, up to the celebration of her 85th birthday in 2007. The collection also includes her German Passport, issued in Vienna in September 1938 and two diaries.
Lisl (Liselotte) Schab was born in Vienna on 28 February 1922 and died 21 March 2010 in Sydney at the age of 88. Aged 16, she left her native Vienna with her parents in September 1938, leaving behind a large family and a considerable wealth. She lost three close family members in the Holocaust. Some family members managed to leave for the USA and another fled to Palestine. Lisl arrived in Sydney in August 1939. Her journey and first impressions is recorded in her 1939 diary. Lisl started writing a diary when she was 15 years old. She married in Sydney in August 1945 at the Temple Emanuel, Woollahra. The family opened a cafe in Pitt Street, central district Sydney in early 1940s called Claridges which allegedly was the first European-style cafe in Sydney. It was sold a decade later, in the early 1950s. Uncle Felix also opened a cafe shop, in George Street.
This is one of five photographs donated by Peter Sussman of his late mother Lisl (Liselotte) Schab, dating from 1939, soon after her arrival in Sydney, up to the celebration of her 85th birthday in 2007. The collection also includes her German Passport, issued in Vienna in September 1938 and two diaries.
Production date 1939 - 1939
Object namephotographs
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 89.00 mm
length: 139.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Peter Sussman