Rachel Mordo with her fiance, in military uniform, appearing in a porthole behind her.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 27508

Date: Circa 1916
Locale: Greece
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Greece -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Perla Lina Mordo Koulias

Biography: Perla Koulias (born Perla Mordo) is the daughter of Jacob and Ester Mordo of Corfu. She had two brothers, one of them named Moses. Before the German invasion she lived with her family in Yakov Polila. During the war she was deported to Auschwitz, and from there was sent to other camps, including Bergen-Belsen and Mauthausen. Perla and her unnamed brother survived; her father and brother Moses perished during the Holocaust.
Keyword: CLOSE-UPS
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
JEWS (GREEK)
JEWS (SEPHARDIM)
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (GREEK)
SOLDIERS/MILITARY (JEWISH)
STUDIO PORTRAITS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Perla Lina Mordo Koulias

Source Record ID: Registry 023594

Second Record ID: Registry F-036588
: Record last modified: 2021-07-27 00:00:00
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