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Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources

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Hansi Share papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275053949252]
Identifier: 6160
Abstract Hansi Share, creator of the Monica Doll, was a Jewish emigre to the United States from Germany. In Germany, she was married to Hermann Ploschitzki, co-owner of Karstadt, a German department store chain, who died in 1932. She was subsequently married to Julius Wilhem Fehr, and then Leon Share, who sponsored her emigration to the United States. After her emigration, she designed and created the Monica Doll, which was notable as the first doll to use real human hair implanted in the head. ...
Dates: 1924-1971