Daisy Leier is carried on her father's back.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 09335

Date: Circa 1944
Locale: Nitra, [Slovakia; Bratislava] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale: Neutra
Nyitra
Slovakia
Photo Designation: NAZI SATELLITE STATES -- Slovakia -- JEWS
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Daisy Leier Gross

Biography: Daisy Gross (born Daisy Leier) is the daughter of Alexander and Olga (Deuts) Leier. She was born April 20, 1939 in Nitra, Slovakia. In 1944 at the age of five, Daisy was placed in hiding in the home of Antonia Pavticova in Solany. For the next year Daisy lived under the assumed name of Annichka Vovotny. Following the liberation she was taken to Hungary. Daisy was the sole survivor of her family.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
CLOSE-UPS
FAMILIES (WARTIME JEWISH)
JEWS (CZECH)
JEWS (SLOVAK)
JEWS IN HIDING
JEWS IN HIDING (BEFORE THE EXPERIENCE)
STUDIO PORTRAITS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Daisy Leier Gross

Source Record ID: HCC-Montreal
: Record last modified: 2013-03-19 00:00:00
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