Studio portrait of a Jewish family in Jaworzno in German-occupied Poland.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 47650

Overview

Caption: Studio portrait of a Jewish family in Jaworzno in German-occupied Poland.

Pictured are Esther (Halman) Hirschberg and her two daughters. Leah Hirschberg is pictured on the right wearing a Jewish badge.

The photo was taken shortly before they were deported to Auschwitz where they were killed by the Germans. Esther's husband, Mailoch Hirschberg, kept the photograph folded in two and hidden in his shoe until the end of the war. Esther was the youngest sister of Felicja (Halman) Lieberfreund.
Date: 1940 - 1943
Locale: Jaworzno, [Krakow; Katowice] Poland
Variant Locale: Yavarzna
Yavorzhne
Yavorzno
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Richard Sheramy

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Richard Sheramy

Keyword: BADGES BADGES (STAR OF DAVID) CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS) CHILDREN/YOUTH CHILDREN/YOUTH (WHO PERISHED) CLOSE-UPS FAMILIES (WARTIME JEWISH) GHETTO/OCCUPATION JEWS (POLISH) PHOTOGRAPHS (HIDDEN) STUDIO PORTRAITS WOMEN
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MINOR) -- (J)