Studio portrait of three Jewish girlfriends in Kalisz, Poland.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 33070

Date: 1939 January 22
Locale: Kalisz, [Poznan] Poland
Variant Locale: Kalisch
Kalish
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Studio Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Morris Slivka

Biography: Morris Slivka (born Mosze Slivka) is the son of Majer Nussen and Bajla (Fuksbruner) Sliwka. He was born April 8, 1920 in Dabrowa Gornicza, where his father owned a grain store . Mosze had twin sisters, Golda and Rywka (b. 1916) and a brother, Szymon (b. 1924). Mosze fled to the Soviet Union early in 1940, eventually making his way to Turkmenistan. There, in December 1942, he married Elli Grinberg. After the war the couple returned briefly to Poland, before moving on to Germany. They immigrated to Canada in 1953. Mosze's parents and sister, Golda, perished in Auschwitz. His other sister, Rywka, and brother, Szymon, both survived the war.
Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH
CLOSE-UPS
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (POLISH)
STUDIO PORTRAITS
WOMEN
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Morris Slivka
: Record last modified: 2010-07-16 00:00:00
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