rings
Номер объектаM1995/021:001
Названиеrings
Создатель Zsusa Hirschler (maker)
ОписаниеAluminium ring made from scrap metal by Szusa Hirschler in a German ammunitions factory in Lippstadt. The letters ‘IH’ have been monogrammed onto the ring representing the initials of Szusa and Anna’s mother, Irene Hirschler. In the factory Szusa made small rings out of scrap metal for the German guards in exchange for bread. Anna recalled that the extra food that her sister received, “helped a lot…she was very good to me, she was like a mother, always I was first…I don’t think I could survive without her”.
Anna Weber (nee Hirschler) was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
Anna Weber (nee Hirschler) was born 11 January 1928 in the village of Kapolnasnyek near Budapest, Hungary. She lived with her mother Irene, father Sandor and older sister Szusa (Susan). Her father passed away when she was 13 years old in a motorbike accident in 1941. In May 1944, their village was invaded by the German Wehrmacht (army); they were transported to Szekesfehervar ghetto. They worked as forced labourers in the brick factory located in the ghetto. From Szekesfehervar, the three women were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where her mother perished. Anna and her sister spent six weeks in Auschwitz before being transported to Lippstadt. In Lippstadt, the sisters worked in a German ammunitions factory which was responsible for manufacturing V-2 rockets. They were liberated by American Soldiers whilst on a death march from Lippstadt near the town of Kolnitz on 1 April 1945. They were later placed in a DP camp in Bergen-Belsen. Anna and Karl Weber met in Bergen-Belsen in June 1946; they eventually married. Anna, Karl and Szusa immigrated to Australia in 1951. Anna and Karl had two children and ran a business in Sydney. Anna passed away in 2005.
Наименованиеjewellery
Материалaluminium
Размерность
- diameter: 20.00 mm
Кредитная линияSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mrs. Anna Weber