Overview
- Date
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Circa 1932
- Locale
- Lodz, [Lodz] Poland
- Variant Locale
- Litzmannstadt
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mina Colton
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Mina ColtonSource Record ID: Collections: 2006.94.1
Keywords & Subjects
- Photo Designation
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LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- School/University/Youth Groups
Administrative Notes
- Artifact Photographer
- Max Reid
- Biography
- Mina Colton (born Mindla Reiss) is the daughter of Sholom and Frymeta Reiss. She was born on May 21, 1924 in Lodz and attended the private Hochstein Jewish Gymnasium. She has one brother, Natan. In August 1944 Mindla was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau and later to Berlin Neukoeln - slave labor camp Kruppwerke. Mina was transferred to Ravensbruck and from there she was rescued in April 1945 by the Swedish Red Cross. Her parents perished in Auschwitz, but her brother Natan survived. In 1947 Mindla immigrated illegally to Palestine; she was caught and sent to a camp in Cyprus. She finally arrived in Israel in 1948, and in 1956 she came to the United States.
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- 2020-06-17 00:00:00
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