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Portrait of a Jewish toddler holding onto a chair in the garden of a home in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 60705
Portrait of a Jewish toddler holding onto a chair in the garden of a home in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Pictured is one-year-old Brigitte Joseph.

Portrait of a Jewish toddler holding onto a chair in the garden of a home in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Pictured is one-year-old Brigitte Joseph.

Date
1932
Locale
Frankfurt-am-Main, [Hesse-Nassau; Hesse] Germany
Variant Locale
Frankfort
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Schools/School Holiday Celebrations -- General
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ira Kleinfeld

About This Photograph

Biography
Brigitte Joseph is the daughter of Benno and Hertha Joseph. She was born in 1930) and lived with her parents in Berlin. In May 1939 Brigitte sailed with her family on board the MS St. Louis to Havana. When the ship was forced to return to Europe, the Josephs were given refuge in France. Subsequently, they were arrested and interned in Drancy. On September 9, 1942 they were deported to Auschwitz on convoy #30. Hertha and Brigitte were gassed upon arrival. Benno was removed from the convoy, along with 200 other men, when it made a stop in Kosel, Germany and conscripted for forced labor. He was later deported to Auschwitz on April 1, 1944. Benno survived and immigrated to the U.S. in 1946. He remarried in 1950 and died in 1969.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Ira Kleinfeld
 
Record last modified: 2013-05-17 00:00:00
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