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  4. Wooden pencil box used by Mira Kristianpolerow from Poland, who was deported to Siberia and perished

Wooden pencil box used by Mira Kristianpolerow from Poland, who was deported to Siberia and perished

Wooden pencil box containing pencils and other writing implements that were used by young Mira Kristianpolerow from Probuzna, Poland
Wooden pencil box containing pencils and other writing implements that were used by young Mira Kristianpolerow from Probuzna, Poland

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Eliyahu Richter, Haifa

Mira Kristianpolerow with the family's cook, Poland, 1936
Mira Kristianpolerow with the family's cook, Poland, 1936

Page on which Mira Kristianpolerow wrote the Grace After Meals in Latin letters at an improvised school in Siberia
Page on which Mira Kristianpolerow wrote the Grace After Meals in Latin letters at an improvised school in Siberia

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Eliyahu Richter, Haifa

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