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Polish Jews refugees who spent World War II in the Soviet interior, bake matzah for the Passover holiday.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 62536
Polish Jews refugees who spent World War II in the Soviet interior, bake matzah for the Passover holiday. Among those pictured are Joseph Bankir (top row, next to the boy), Israel Bankir (top row, the little boy), Pola Bankir (second row from the top, left), Mojzesz Szczukowski (second from the left, holding the shovel), Hela (Krakower) Szczukowski (front row, left, holding the child, Malka Szczukowski).

Polish Jews refugees who spent World War II in the Soviet interior, bake matzah for the Passover holiday.

Among those pictured are Joseph Bankir (top row, next to the boy), Israel Bankir (top row, the little boy), Pola Bankir (second row from the top, left), Mojzesz Szczukowski (second from the left, holding the shovel), Hela (Krakower) Szczukowski (front row, left, holding the child, Malka Szczukowski).

Date
Circa 1945
Locale
USSR
Photo Designation
DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- DP Camps/Postwar Communities -- USSR
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Hynda Szczukowski Halpren

About This Photograph

Biography
Hynda Szczukowski (now Halpern) is the daughter of Mojzesz and Hela Szczukowski. Originally from Lodz, the Szczukowski family fled to the east in 1939. They spent the early years of the war in Siberia, before relocating to Zamin in 1941. After the war, they made their way to Germany, where they lived in the Hofgeismar displaced persons camp until 1948.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Hynda Szczukowski Halpren
 
Record last modified: 2004-10-15 00:00:00
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