Overview
- Description
- Contains a photograph of Ida Sterno, a social worker who was very active in Jewish underground organizations in Belgium during World War II. Rectangular form with scalloped edges; on recto, black and white image of headshot of a middle aged woman wearing a decorative pin at her neck; on verso, handwritten text that reads "Ida Sterno 1944" and photographer's stamp.
- Date
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1944
- Collection Creator
- Ida Sterno
- Biography
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Ida Sterno was one of the leaders of the CDJ (Comite de Defense des Juifs) an organization made up of both Jews and Christians responsible for saving some 3000 Jewish children in Belgium.
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Extent
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1 folder
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- The Museum is in the process of determining the possible use restrictions that may apply to material(s) in this collection.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium. World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belgium.
- Personal Name
- Sterno, Ida.
- Corporate Name
- CDJ
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The photograph was donated to the Museum by Andree Guelen-Herscovici in 2002.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 07:09:14
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521086
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