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Two members of the Chug Halutzi underground Zionist youth group pose outside by a fence in Berlin.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 46179
Two members of the Chug Halutzi underground Zionist youth group pose outside by a fence in Berlin. Pictured are Edith (Ewo) Wolff (left) and Jizchak Schwersenz (right).

Two members of the Chug Halutzi underground Zionist youth group pose outside by a fence in Berlin.

Pictured are Edith (Ewo) Wolff (left) and Jizchak Schwersenz (right).

Date
March 1943 - May 1943
Locale
Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
Variant Locale
Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Political Life -- Zionist Political Activity
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Jizchak Schwersenz

About This Photograph

Biography
Edith Wolff (b. 1904), was the child of a Christian mother and Jewish father, who was baptised and raised as a Protestant. In 1933, however, she converted to Judaism. In 1936 an aunt had her name removed from the membership list of the Jewish community, which provided her with a measure of protection. Wolff worked with Recha Freier, leader of the German Youth Aliyah movement. In 1942 Wolff used her position as a clerk at the Diederich city directory publishers to help Jews living in hiding. Together with Christian supporters, Wolff organized food and housing and even illegal immigration for Jews living underground.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Jizchak Schwersenz
 
Record last modified: 2003-06-13 00:00:00
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