Judith Leiber

Judith Leiber was born Judith Peto in 1921 in Budapest, Hungary. She is a world renowned designer in the development of haute-couture handbags and clutches. She was the first woman who joined artisans who hand - made bags in Budapest. As a Jew, she avoided the Holocaust in World War II. Her father managed to save her with a document that he had (Swiss Shutzpass), which is now preserved in "The Holocaust Museum in Washington DC". After the war, she began to engage in hand making of purses in her house, and later in a friend’s small factory. She immigrated to USA in 1948 with her husband, an Ame