An elderly Jewish man poses on a sidewalk in Breisach, Germany on his way to the synagogue.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 69547

Overview

Caption: An elderly Jewish man poses on a sidewalk in Breisach, Germany on his way to the synagogue.

Pictured is Leopold Geismar. He was born in Breisach on January 10, 1843 and died in Gailingen on November 10, 1938.

This is part of series of photographs taken of the Breisach Jewish community 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 Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Robert Bahr

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Robert Bahr

Keyword: CLOSE-UPS ELDERLY EXTERIORS JEWS (GERMAN)
Photo Designation: JEWISH LIFE IN NAZI GERMANY -- Daily Life/Families/Street Scenes