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  5. Decorative wooden boxes that Ruth Kohn received for her birthday in Oskar Schindler's factory

Decorative wooden boxes that Ruth Kohn received for her birthday in Oskar Schindler's factory

Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Ruth (Kohn) Zaks, Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel

Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Ruth (Kohn) Zaks, Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel

Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Ruth (Kohn) Zaks, Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel

Decorative wooden box that Ruth Kohn received for her nineteenth birthday in February 1945 while she was working in Oskar Schindler's factory
Ruth Kohn, photo from an identity card issued in Krakow, 1940
Ruth Kohn, photo from an identity card issued in Krakow, 1940

Yad Vashem Artifacts Collection
Donated by Ruth (Kohn) Zaks, Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel

Ruth Kohn, photo from an identity card issued in Krakow, 1940
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