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Ruth Salton photograph collection

Document | Accession Number: 1988.15.1 | RG Number: RG-10.280

The collection consists of 13 images of children and Bricha workers, including Ruth Salton, at Bricha centers and safe houses in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). They were taken by an unknown amateur photographer from 1946 to 1948.

Date
inclusive:  1946-1948
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder

About This Document

Document Creator
Ruth Salton
Biography
Ruth Salton was born January 22, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. She was hidden in Warsaw, Poland, by a Polish family at the time of the Nazi invasion in 1939. She escaped to the Russian-occupied region of Poland and was deported to Siberia until 1944. She moved to Stettin, Germany, and joined a kibbutz there and was later active in the Bricha, helping to smuggle Jews across Europe en route to Palestine (Israel).
System of Arrangement
Organization of the photographs is in the order in which they were received

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ruth Salton in 1988.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-27 08:05:01
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