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The Doll “Lala” (“Ilana”) that Vera Lifschitz Received in the Transit Camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)

With the outbreak of war, Chaim and Regina Lifschitz fled east from their home in Bielsko, Poland to the vicinity of Lvov, then under Soviet control. Their daughter Vera was born in Lvov in May 1940. When she was barely three weeks old the family was deported to Siberia on a month-long train journey. The Lifschitz family arrived in Aldan in eastern Siberia where they were housed in huts outside the town. Only thanks to their own resourcefulness did they survive the harsh conditions.

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Vera Brand-Lifschitz donates her doll to Yad Vashem for safekeeping as part of the "Gathering the Fragments" project.
Vera Brand-Lifschitz donates her doll to Yad Vashem for safekeeping as part of the "Gathering the Fragments" project.

Haifa, 25 July 2010

Vera Brand-Lifschitz donates her doll to Yad Vashem for safekeeping as part of the "Gathering the Fragments" project.
The doll “Lala” (Ilana) that Vera Lifschitz received from an Indian soldier in the tent camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)
The doll “Lala” (Ilana) that Vera Lifschitz received from an Indian soldier in the tent camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)

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Gift of Vera Brand-Lifschitz, Haifa, Israel

The doll “Lala” (Ilana) that Vera Lifschitz received from an Indian soldier in the tent camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)
Vera Lifschitz as a child in the camp in Karachi
Vera Lifschitz as a child in the camp in Karachi

Vera Lifschitz as a child in the camp in Karachi
Vera Brand-Lifschitz donates her doll to Yad Vashem for safekeeping as part of the "Gathering the Fragments" project.
Vera Brand-Lifschitz donates her doll to Yad Vashem for safekeeping as part of the "Gathering the Fragments" project.
The doll “Lala” (Ilana) that Vera Lifschitz received from an Indian soldier in the tent camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)
The doll “Lala” (Ilana) that Vera Lifschitz received from an Indian soldier in the tent camp in Karachi, India (today Pakistan)
Vera Lifschitz as a child in the camp in Karachi
Vera Lifschitz as a child in the camp in Karachi
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