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Group portrait of Jewish youth living at the Hôme de la Forêt children's home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 99453
Group portrait of Jewish youth living at the Hôme de la Forêt children's home in Geneva, Switzerland. Among those pictured are Gérard Alexander, Norbert Bikales, Heinz Diewold, Alex Kramskoi, David Hirsch and Walter Herzig.

Group portrait of Jewish youth living at the Hôme de la Forêt children's home in Geneva, Switzerland.

Among those pictured are Gérard Alexander, Norbert Bikales, Heinz Diewold, Alex Kramskoi, David Hirsch and Walter Herzig.

Date
Circa 1945
Locale
Geneva, Switzerland
Variant Locale
Genf
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Orphans/Children's Homes/Summer Camps -- Switzerland
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Angela Schneider

About This Photograph

Event History
Hôme de la Forêt was an all boys children's home run by OSE Suisse. Most of the staff and children had previously been in OSE homes in France and had fled to safety in Switzerland. After the war, the home also cared for young survivors from Buchenwald.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Angela Schneider
 
Record last modified: 2018-04-30 00:00:00
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