A young Jewish woman poses in Town Hall Square in Copenhagen during the German occupation.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 59706

Date: 1941 - 1942
Locale: Copenhagen, Denmark
Variant Locale: Kobenhavn
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Denmark
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: CLOSE-UPS
JEWS (DANISH)
STREET SCENES
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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