Two Jewish policemen in the Landsberg displaced persons camp.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 29842

Date: 1946 - 1947
Locale: Landsberg, [Bavaria] Germany
Variant Locale: Landsberg Am Lech
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- Germany: Major Centers -- Landsberg -- Administration/Police
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Eva Silbiger

Biography: Szmuel Aron Silberger is the son of Natan Akiwa and Ewa (Holzer) Silberger. He was born October 27, 1923 in Oswiecim, Poland, where his family had lived for 400 years, in a house situated near what later became Auschwitz II. Szmuel's father owned a brick factory, farm and inn. Szmuel had three siblings: Mirka, Lilka and Szymek. During World War II his mother and brother perished. When the war was over Szmuel settled in the Landsberg displaced persons camp, where he worked as a policeman. While living in Landsberg he joined the Irgun revisionist Zionist underground. He left for Palestine in June 1948 traveling aboard the Altelena, which set sail from France with a large cache of arms for the Irgun milita in Israel. The government of the new Jewish State ordered that the ship be blown up upon its arrival to prevent the supply of a competing Israeli fighting force.
Keyword: ARMBANDS
DP CAMPS/CENTERS
DPS (JEWISH)
LANDSBERG
POLICE
POLICE (JEWISH)
STREET SCENES
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Eva Silbiger
: Record last modified: 2000-12-18 00:00:00
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