United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Liny Pajgin Yollick was born in 1924 in The Hague, Netherlands to Leo Pajgin and Chaja Esther Pajgin. Her parents were wealthy and owned a shoe store and a movie theater. In May 1940, the Germans occupied the Netherlands. At some point following Nazi occupation, her father died of a heart attack. After her father's death, Liny, her mother, and her sister escaped to southern France in 1942. They pretended to be Protestant, obtained visas to travel through Spain and Portugal, and were on one of the last trains to cross into Spain after the Germans took over southern France. They boarded a Portuguese ship bound for Dutch Guiana (Surinam) where, on arrival, Liny and her family were placed in a refugee camp. The Dutch government in exile arranged for the completion of Liny's education. In 1945, Liny immigrated to the United States and worked in the Dutch embassy in Washington, D.C. She married Bernard Yollick and eventually settled in Texas. They had two children: Ingrid Alpern and Eric Yollick. Bernard died in 2012 and Liny died in 2014.
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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The Liny Yollick papers is arranged in a single series.
The Liny Yollick papers were created in 1942 and include a “Sauf Conduit,” safe conduct pass in lieu of a national passport, issued to Liny Paula Pogin, Nice, France, 1942. A black and white photograph of Liny is affixed and a stamp of the emblem of the Regional Police of Nice. A pencil sketch of a man wearing a chef’s cap drawn by an unknown man that Liny befriended while in Nice, France, 1942. A postcard written in French and addressed to Liny in memory of time spent aboard the SS Nyassa. On the front of the postcard is a full color reproduction of a drawing of the SS Nyassa. A vaccination certificate issued by Henrique Miranda Ferreira, the ship’s doctor for the SS Nyassa, which certifies that Liny received her vaccinations, 1942.
Liny Yollick papers