Object numberM2017/026:008
DescriptionMug, with printed image of Pierre Lang and his sister Herma, circa 1920, created for the celebration of Pierre's 95th birthday. It is displayed in a sealed Perspex showcase.
Pierre was born Wilhelm Lang into a wealthy Austrian Jewish family on 31 January 1913. In the final days before the annexation of Austria by Germany, Pierre fled Austria and attempted to gain entry to Switzerland and, failing that, France, where he worked as a chauffeur for a countess and later enlisted in the French Army. When France was defeated by Germany, Pierre stayed in the small town of Condom working odd jobs until 1942 when, upon trying to enlist in the French Foreign Legion, he was arrested and deported to a series of slave labour camps in Eastern Europe. He survived through to the end of the war and returned to Condom where he married Raymonde Duler (1925-?). The pair immigrated to Australia in 1950, the one working as a refrigeration engineer, the other as a hairdresser. The remaining years of his life were spent in lecturing students in Jewish history and the Holocaust. Pierre died aged 96 on 6 August 2009.
Pierre was born Wilhelm Lang into a wealthy Austrian Jewish family on 31 January 1913. In the final days before the annexation of Austria by Germany, Pierre fled Austria and attempted to gain entry to Switzerland and, failing that, France, where he worked as a chauffeur for a countess and later enlisted in the French Army. When France was defeated by Germany, Pierre stayed in the small town of Condom working odd jobs until 1942 when, upon trying to enlist in the French Foreign Legion, he was arrested and deported to a series of slave labour camps in Eastern Europe. He survived through to the end of the war and returned to Condom where he married Raymonde Duler (1925-?). The pair immigrated to Australia in 1950, the one working as a refrigeration engineer, the other as a hairdresser. The remaining years of his life were spent in lecturing students in Jewish history and the Holocaust. Pierre died aged 96 on 6 August 2009.
Production periodpre-World War II
Subjectcelebration, birthday parties
Object namemugs
Materialplastic
Dimensions
- width: 155.00 mm
depth: 125.00 mm
height: 111.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Valerie Stern