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Portrait of two young Jewish boys in Chelm.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 25512
Portrait of two young Jewish boys in Chelm. Pictured are Mojszale Nissenbaum (left) and ? Schumacher, cousins of Estera Ajzen, who were later killed in Chelmno.

Portrait of two young Jewish boys in Chelm.

Pictured are Mojszale Nissenbaum (left) and ? Schumacher, cousins of Estera Ajzen, who were later killed in Chelmno.

Date
1937
Locale
Chelm, [Lublin] Poland
Variant Locale
Kholm
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ester Ajzen Lewin

About This Photograph

Biography
Ester Lewin (born Estera Ajzen) is the daughter of Chaim Josef and Necha (Schumacher) Ajzen. She was born October 5, 1919 in Chelm and had four sisters: Chaika, Mania, Malka and Ethel. After finishing school Estera worked in Foto-Film Venus, a photography studio in Chelm. Following the German invasion of Poland, the Ajzen family fled to the Soviet zone. A few months later, in January 1940, they were deported to the Viatka labor camp in the Komi SSR. After their release in April 1941, Estera and her family moved to Gorky, where her father died a few days later, on April 9, 1943. While in Gorky, Estera met Abram Lewin, a Soviet Jewish soldier from Derazhnya, Ukraine. The couple was married on February 8, 1944. After the war Estera and Abram settled in Poland, where they remained until immigrating to the United States in 1956.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Ester Ajzen Lewin
 
Record last modified: 2004-01-08 00:00:00
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