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[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M2018/060:004
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]Photograph of Eugenie (Genia) Lehrer (nee Weissager) and her brother Julek Weissager.
Eugenie was born 24 June 1918 in Jaroslaw (Galicia region), Poland to Izak Weissager and Beila Weissager (nee Mandel). Eugenie was the youngest of four children - brother, Julek (Julian) and two sisters, Leontyna, 18 months older than her, and Rozalia, 12 years older. Both perished in the Holocaust. Eugenie grew up in Lemberg/Lvov, where she studied singing at the Conservatorium of Music.
Julek had the trunk in his apartment in Stryj, Poland. He was a photographer who had false identity papers, purporting to show that he was not Jewish. He went out to work each day while his sister, Eugenie stayed hidden in his apartment. Julek's small dog, it was hoped, made sounds which would mask Eugenie’s footsteps during the day. The apartment block was occupied by Ukrainian families, hostile to Jews; Eugenie and Julek’s situation felt precarious. The trunk was where she hid when callers came; newspapers were used to keep the lid of the trunk ajar to allow air flow. The trunk was kept by Julek until his death in 1995, after which his sister inherited it.
Also donated is the wooden chest in which Eugenie hid during the war.
Eugenie was born 24 June 1918 in Jaroslaw (Galicia region), Poland to Izak Weissager and Beila Weissager (nee Mandel). Eugenie was the youngest of four children - brother, Julek (Julian) and two sisters, Leontyna, 18 months older than her, and Rozalia, 12 years older. Both perished in the Holocaust. Eugenie grew up in Lemberg/Lvov, where she studied singing at the Conservatorium of Music.
Julek had the trunk in his apartment in Stryj, Poland. He was a photographer who had false identity papers, purporting to show that he was not Jewish. He went out to work each day while his sister, Eugenie stayed hidden in his apartment. Julek's small dog, it was hoped, made sounds which would mask Eugenie’s footsteps during the day. The apartment block was occupied by Ukrainian families, hostile to Jews; Eugenie and Julek’s situation felt precarious. The trunk was where she hid when callers came; newspapers were used to keep the lid of the trunk ajar to allow air flow. The trunk was kept by Julek until his death in 1995, after which his sister inherited it.
Also donated is the wooden chest in which Eugenie hid during the war.
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]photographs
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]digital
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Prof Gus Lehrer