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Charlotte Szwajcer papers

Document | Accession Number: 2000.299

Consists of a studio portrait depicting five Jewish women and a Jewish man, including Jakub Szwajcer and Bajla Ferens Szwajcer (Jakub Szwajcer's first wife). All six are wearing Stars of David with "Jood" stamped on them. The photograph was taken in Gouda, The Netherlands.

Date
creation:  1942 July
Language
Dutch
Genre/Form
Photographs.
Extent
1 folder
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charlotte Szwajcer

About This Document

Document Creator
Charlotte Szwajcer
Biography
Jakub Szwajcer was born on June 14, 1903 in Bedzin, Poland. In 1919, he immigrated to Palestine. After seven years, he and his future wife, Bajla Ferens, immigrated to Rotterdam, Netherlands, where Jakub found work as a merchant. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, they moved to Gouda, Netherlands and in October 1942 found a hiding place there. Bajla found life in hiding to be very difficult and left. She was captured and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on November 13, 1942. Jakub Szwajcer survived the Holocaust and remarried a survivor from Belgium.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Charlotte Szwajcer in 2000.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-05-25 14:56:54
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Contains materials documenting the experiences of Charlotte Szwajcer's family during the Holocaust. Some of these materials may be combined into a single collection in the future.

Charlotte Szwajcer papers

Document

Consists of a certificate of incarceration, issued to Szajndla Harsrawa nee Szmulewicz (Charlotte Szwajcer's maternal grandmother) on 24 March 1960, in Antwerp, Belgium, by the International Committee of the Red Cross as well as an identity card issued in Brussels, Belgium, on 13 December 1943, to Szajndla Harsrawa, nee Szmulewicz, stating that her nationality was Polish.

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