Helga Arndtheim reads in the grass at a convalescent home in Sweden. On the back of the photo, she says in German "To my beloved Aunt Paula from her niece Helga."
Overview
- Caption
- Helga Arndtheim reads in the grass at a convalescent home in Sweden. On the back of the photo, she says in German "To my beloved Aunt Paula from her niece Helga."
- Date
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September 1945
- Locale
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Helga Arndtheim Melmed
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Helga Arndtheim MelmedSource Record ID: Registry 028947
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Medical Care -- Sweden
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Helga Melmed (born Helga Arndtheim) is the daughter of Georg (b. October 31, 1883) and Frieda (b. December 23m, 1896). Helga was born in Berlin on December 28, 1927. The family was deported to the Lodz ghetto where her parents died in 1942. Helga was sent to Auschwitz, Hamburg Labor Camp, and Bergen-Belsen. After liberation, she joined the children's transport to Sweden and eventually immigrated to the United States.
- Record last modified:
- 2012-02-01 00:00:00
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