Close-up portrait of a Jewish woman in Breisach, Germany.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 69541

Overview

Caption: Close-up portrait of a Jewish woman in Breisach, Germany.

Pictured is Emilie Wurmser, nee Itzkowitz. Born in Rastatt on 2/17/1884, she was widowed in 1925. She managed to send her two daughters Paula and Erna (b. 10/25/1914) to the United States in 1936 and 1937, and she immigrated to New York City in 1938.

This is part of series of photographs taken of the Breisach Jewish community on their way to and from synagogue in 1937. In October 1940 the entire community was deported to the Gurs internment camp in southern France.
Photographer: Heinz Bähr
Date: 1937
Locale: Breisach, [Baden; Baden-Wuerttemberg] Germany
Variant Locale: Alt Breisach
Breisasch Am Rhine
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Bahr

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert Bahr

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS JEWS (GERMAN) WOMEN
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Daily Life/Families/Street Scenes