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Portrait of a Jewish girl taken shortly before she left Germany on a Kindertransport to Scotland.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 44214
Portrait of a Jewish girl taken shortly before she left Germany on a Kindertransport to Scotland. Pictured is Dorrith Oppenheim.

Portrait of a Jewish girl taken shortly before she left Germany on a Kindertransport to Scotland.

Pictured is Dorrith Oppenheim.

Date
1939
Locale
Kassel, [Hesse-Nassau] Germany
Variant Locale
Cassel
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Daily Life/Families/Street Scenes
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Dorrith Oppenheim Sim

About This Photograph

Biography
Dorrith Sim (born Dorith Oppenheim) is the daughter of Hans and Trudi (Lindenfeld) Oppenheim. She was born December 8, 1931in Kassel, Germany, where her father was a salesman. On July 24, 1939, Dorrith was sent on a Kindertransport to Edinburgh, Scotland. Both of her parents were deported to Auschwitz, where they perished in October 1944.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Dorrith Oppenheim Sim
 
Record last modified: 2002-08-28 00:00:00
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