Gift of Rose Skier, Yaffa Eliach Collection donated by the Center for Holocaust Studies

Id no. 5043.89, Toy/game

1943, Sosnowiec, Poland

Created by:  Rose Silberberg

Subject(s):  Hiding, Escape and rescue, Children

Rose Silberberg (born Jaworzno, Poland in 1934) and her younger sister made playing cards from torn up cigarette boxes and cartons while hiding in a chicken coop in 1943. There were up to sixteen people at different times hidden in the chicken coop belonging to Mrs. Chicha, a Lithuanian Christian. Her father made the coop more liveable and built a bunker underneath. The cards were found after the war.

Discover more about this artifact and other stories from the Museum?s collection in, ?To Life: 36 Stories of Memory and Hope? http://www.pickmanmuseumshop.com/tolif36storo.html.