us-005578-irn47409-irn13736
type: RecordSet
archival history: The badge was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2000 by Felicia Hyatt.
biographical history: Felicia Hyatt (born Felicja Berland) was born on May 2, 1920. She was the only child of Sara Hilf and Abraham Berland, who ran a bakery in Chełm, Poland. Felicja attended a public gymnasium in the 1930s. She was one of four Jews in her class who were admitted under the quota system. Felicja's parents, moderately observant Jews, supplemented her secular education with private tutoring in Hebrew and Jewish liturgy. In June 1938 Felicja moved to Warsaw, Poland with her mother. The following spring her father left for Bolivia, hoping to gain entry into the United States. He did so in 1941. Felicja and her mother remained in Warsaw the first year of the war, but returned to Chełm in November 1940 to avoid being forced into the Warsaw ghetto. For two years they lived in the open Chelm ghetto, where they were forced to serve in labor battalions. For a time Felicja also worked for the Chelm Judenrat distributing bread rations. Her mother bought and sold clothing on the black market. On the eve of the final liquidation of the ghetto, Felicja and her mother went into hiding with two different Polish families. After the action Felicja was mistakenly informed that her mother had been shot. Felicja then resolved to kill herself and sat down on an isolated railroad track to await a passing train. She was pulled off by a railroad official who told her the train had been derailed by partisans. Soon after Felicja learned her mother was still alive. They were reunited briefly but decided their chances of surviving were better if they separated. From Chełm, Felicja moved from place to place until she was able to secure false papers. In Krakow she found a position as a housekeeper for the family of an SS officer. She remained there until she was arrested for carrying false papers in February 1943. Initially detained in the notorious Monte Loupich prison, her former SS employer had her transferred to the prison in the Krakow ghetto. During the liquidation of the ghetto, a few weeks late…
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular body constructed of white, orange, and red fabric. Handwritten in blue ink on white fabric is"86926" Badge attached to white cardboard backing with tape.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn13736
is or was included in: us-005578-irn47409
record resource extent: overall: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
title: Prisoner badge with red triangle and number