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A letter that is written on the verso of a color drawing created by Hans Ament, a Jewish refugee child living in the children's home in Izieu.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 30404
A letter that is written on the verso of a color drawing created by Hans Ament, a Jewish refugee child living in the children's home in Izieu. The letter is addressed to his mother, Ernestina Ament, who, stricken with tuberculosis, was confined to a sanatorium in Hauteville near Izieu.

A letter that is written on the verso of a color drawing created by Hans Ament, a Jewish refugee child living in the children's home in Izieu.

The letter is addressed to his mother, Ernestina Ament, who, stricken with tuberculosis, was confined to a sanatorium in Hauteville near Izieu.

Date
1943 - 1944
Locale
Izieu, [Ain] France
Variant Locale
Izieux
Photo Designation
ART OF THE HOLOCAUST -- Artists: Children (Other)
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alfred Ament

About This Photograph

Biography
Hans Ament was the son of Max Ament from Sanok, Poland and Ernestina (Reisz) Ament from Budapest. He was born in Vienna on February 15, 1934. The family left Austria for Belgium in 1939 and planned to emigrate to America. On March 22, 1940 Max was issued an American visa, but the family had to flee Belgium before he could pick it up. The Aments made their way to France. Max was deported on March 4, 1943 on convoy #50 from Drancy to either Sobibor or Majdanek, where he perished. On March 23, 1943 Ernestina entered the sanatorium L'Esperance in Hautville near Izieu suffering from tuberculosis; she died on August 7, 1944. Hans Ament was deported on May 30, 1944, in convoy #75. His brother, Alfred, who was six years older, was smuggled by the OSE into Switzerland and survived the war.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Artifact Photographer
Max Reid

Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Alfred Ament
Source Record ID: Collections: 1996.31.2
 
Record last modified: 2005-06-09 00:00:00
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