Two sisters prepare to leave for their first day of school in Belgium where their family had fled shortly after the Nazi seizure of power.
Overview
- Caption
- Two sisters prepare to leave for their first day of school in Belgium where their family had fled shortly after the Nazi seizure of power.
From left to right are Shulamit and Gitta Posner. - Date
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1933
- Locale
- Antwerp, Belgium
- Variant Locale
- Anvers
Antwerpen - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Shulamith Posner-Mansbach
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Shulamith Posner-Mansbach
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Shulamit Mansbach (born Shulamit Posner) is the daughter of Rabbi Dr. Akiva Baruch Posner and Rosie Wurzburg Posner. She was born on April 12, 1927 in Kiel, Germany where her father served as the town's rabbi. Her older sister Gitta was born in 1925 and her younger brother Avraham Chaim was born in 1929. On April 1, 1933, a Jewish boy, from out of town, visited his parents who owned a store in Kiel. This was the day of the boycott. He found the store surrounded by Nazis but decided to enter anyhow. The Nazis murdered him on the spot, and Rabbi Posner buried him that evening. After the funeral, members of the community urged Rabbi Posner to flee warning that him that his life was now in danger. Rabbi Posner was reluctant to leave his congregation but eventually was persuaded. The family left Kiel for Antwerp Belgium two months later. Rabbi Posner opened up a store for Jewish religious articles and a Jewish lending library. The family lived behind the store. In the meantime, Rabbi Posner's sister immigrated to Palestine, and she urged him to join her there. The Posners immigrated to Palestine in mid 1935, and Rabbi Posner worked first as a librarian for the Mizrachi Seminar and then became the head librarian of Hechal Shlomo.
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