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In 1942, seven-year-old Inge Auerbacher was deported with her parents to the Theresienstadt ghetto.  She brought along this doll, named “Marlene” after German actress Marlene Dietrich, which her grandmother had given her.  It would remain with Inge throughout her three years of imprisonment in the ghetto.

In 1942, seven-year-old Inge Auerbacher was deported with her parents to the Theresienstadt ghetto. She brought along this doll, named “Marlene” after German actress Marlene Dietrich, which her grandmother had given her. It would remain with Inge throughout her three years of imprisonment in the ghetto.

— USHMM Collection, Gift of Inge Auerbacher


 

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