Portrait of a young Jewish woman wearing an armband in the Chrzanow ghetto.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 99715

Overview

Caption: Portrait of a young Jewish woman wearing an armband in the Chrzanow ghetto.

Pictured is Itka Gerstner. She was the daughter of Josef and Jochevet Gerstner. She had two brothers, Moshe and Mordechai. She was born in 1924 and perished in Bergen-Belsen after liberation. Her mother and brothers also perished.
Date: 1940 - 1943
Locale: Chrzanow, [Krakow] Poland
Variant Locale: Chryzanow
Krenau
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hadassa Cudzynowski Gerstner

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Hadassa Cudzynowski Gerstner

Source Record ID: Collections: 2004.251

Keyword: ARMBANDS CHILDREN/YOUTH CHRZANOW CLOSE-UPS GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) WOMEN YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MINOR) -- (C)