A Jewish refugee from Denmark, who was ferried to Sweden during the Danish rescue operation in October 1943, works at his own barbershop in Sweden.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 59695

Date: 1943 - 1944
Locale: Tyringe, Sweden
Photo Designation: RESCUE MISSIONS -- Diplomatic Rescue -- Denmark: Rescue of Danish Jewry -- In Sweden
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Esther Diament Nussbaum

Biography: David Nussbaum is the son of Saul and Chane Nussbaum. He was born December 13, 1924 in Copenhagen, Denmark, where his father owned a barbershop. Both of David's parents had immigrated to Denmark from Poland. David had one brother, Leon (b. 1914), who died at the age of 20 in 1934. In October 1943 during the German occupation of Denmark, the Nussbaums were ferried to safety in Sweden on a Danish fishing boat. The Swedish government helped them to establish a barbershop in Tyringe, where they remained until the end of the war. When the Nussbaums returned to Copenhagen in the late spring of 1945 their Danish friends returned the property that had been entrusted to them, and the Danish government provided assistance to reopen their barbershop. In January 1946 David Nussbaum married the donor, Esther Diament (b. 1922).
Keyword: BARBERS/BARBER SHOPS
BUSINESSES
BUSINESSES (JEWISH)
CLOSE-UPS
INTERIORS
JEWS (DANISH)
REFUGEES (JEWISH)
SWEDES
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Esther Diament Nussbaum
: Record last modified: 2003-12-09 00:00:00
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