As a flower girl, Stefa Friedfertig sits next to a bride at her wedding in the Belsen DP camp. Her mother, Dora Ordower Friedfertig stands behind her.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 31996

Overview

Caption: As a flower girl, Stefa Friedfertig sits next to a bride at her wedding in the Belsen DP camp. Her mother, Dora Ordower Friedfertig stands behind her.
Date: 1946 - 1947
Locale: Belsen, [Lower Saxony; Hannover] Germany
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Stefa Friedfertig Hasson

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Stefa Friedfertig Hasson

Keyword: BERGEN-BELSEN CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH DP CAMPS/CENTERS DPS (JEWISH) WEDDINGS WOMEN
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Bergen-Belsen -- Cultural/Religious Life

Biography: Stefa Friedfertig was born in the Lvov ghetto on February 28, 1942. Prior to the war her father Israel worked in a chocolate factory. Her mother Dora Odower Friedfertig was a housewife. After a year, in June 1943, Dora brought Stefa to Josef and Maria Amborski who hid her for the duration of the war. Originally they also hid Dora who posed as Josef's sister, but she eventually had to leave. After the war, Dora and Stefa were reunited, but Israel had perished. Dora and Stefa stayed in the Belsen DP camp before coming to the United States in June, 1950 on board the General House.