Portrait of Chaim and Ruda Borensztajn, the donor's maternal grandparents.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 16546

Date: Circa 1923
Locale: Radomsko, [Czestochowa] Poland
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Studio Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Steven S. Goldberg

Biography: Steven S. Goldberg (born Szlama Goldberg) is the son of Lejbus and Frymeta (Borensztajn) Goldberg. He was born November 22, 1925 in Radomsko, Poland, where his father was a merchant. He has two sisters, Rachela (b. March 12, 1923) and Ruda (b. January 15, 1925). The family left Poland for Canada on May 28, 1930 and resettled in Montreal. They remained in contact with Frymeta's father, sister and niece, who sent them letters describing their plight in the Radomsko ghetto. Frymeta's father, Chaim Borensztajn, died in the ghetto in 1940. Her sister, Hendel, was deported to Treblinka along with her daughter, Sonia, where they perished.
Keyword: CLOSE-UPS
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
JEWS (POLISH)
STUDIO PORTRAITS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Steven S. Goldberg
: Record last modified: 2001-10-18 00:00:00
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