| May 9, 2005 |
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Silent Witness: The Story of Lola Rein and Her Dress
Fleeing  the Nazis in 1943, a young Polish girl named Lola Rein hid in a hole beneath a barn with three people she'd never met before. She would stay there for seven months, wearing her only possession -- a thin, white frock embroidered by her mother. In this site from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, we follow the tale of Lola's parents, the women who hid Lola, and Lola's eventual liberation. And we see her dress. A clickable image offers close inspection of the garment's colorful needlework -- it looks so heartbreakingly fragile. We also meet Lola herself who, in two video clips, recounts aspects of her harrowing ordeal. This is a lush, sorrowful site -- and an in-depth glimpse at one of the thousands of objects in the Holocaust Museum's collection. (in The Holocaust) |
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