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Close-up portrait of an elderly Jewish woman in Breisach, Germany.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 69540
Close-up portrait of an elderly Jewish woman in Breisach, Germany. Pictured is Emilie Geismar (nee Schnurmann). She died in Breisach from natural causes. This is part of series of photographs taken of the Breisach Jewish community on their way to and from synagogue in 1937. In October 1940 the entire community was deported to the Gurs internment camp in southern France.

Close-up portrait of an elderly Jewish woman in Breisach, Germany.

Pictured is Emilie Geismar (nee Schnurmann). She died in Breisach from natural causes.

This is part of series of photographs taken of the Breisach Jewish community on their way to and from synagogue in 1937. In October 1940 the entire community was deported to the Gurs internment camp in southern France.

Photographer
Heinz Bähr
Date
1937
Locale
Breisach, [Baden; Baden-Wuerttemberg] Germany
Variant Locale
Alt Breisach
Breisasch Am Rhine
Photo Designation
JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Daily Life/Families/Street Scenes
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Bahr

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Robert Bahr
 
Record last modified: 2006-03-21 00:00:00
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