Class portrait of children and teachers in the Jewish kindergarten in Uzhorod.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 26721

Date: 1932
Locale: Uzhorod, [Transcarpathia] Czechoslovakia
Variant Locale: Uzhgorod
Ungvar
Hungary
Ukraine
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Czechoslovakia -- School/University/Youth Groups
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Irving and Emma Eisner

Biography: Emma Eisner (born Emma Guttman) is the daughter of Sandor and Berta Guttman. She was born in Uzhorod, then part of Czechoslovakia, and had seven siblings. In 1935 the family was forced to leave their hometown because Sandor was a Hungarian Jew. The Guttmans then moved to Budapest, where they lived for the next ten years. Emma's entire family survived the war in Budapest in a safe house secured by the Swedish diplomat, Raul Wallenberg. After the war Emma left for Germany, where she settled in the Pocking displaced persons camp. There she met Ignacz (now Irving) Eisner. They married on February 8, 1949 and one month later left for Israel, sailing on board the Negba immigrant ship.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (CZECH)
JEWS (HUNGARIAN)
JEWS (TRANSCARPATHIAN)
SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Irving and Emma Eisner
: Record last modified: 2003-11-18 00:00:00
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