Close-up photograph of two Jewish children.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 24945

Date: Before May 1940
Variant Locale: Den Haag
's Gravenhage
Hague
La Haye
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Netherlands -- Family/Friends/Portraits
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Zehava Gealel

Biography: Zehava Gealel (born Zahava Shetal) is the daughter of Ze'ev and Yocheved Shetal. She was born in 1935 in The Hague, Holland and had two brothers, Avraham, and Yosef. In April, 1942 Ze'ev saved his family from transport to Auschwitz but went himself and died several weeks later. Yocheved and her children were taken to Westerbork later in 1942. From there they were sent to several camps. In 1945 they were transported out from Ravensbrueck and when their train reached a bombed portion of track, they marched to Bergen-Belsen. They were liberated in 1945 and after the war returned to Holland. Yocheved sent Zahava and Avraham to Israel, via the ship Cyrenia. In 1954, Zahava met Avraham Gaelal, and the two married in 1957.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
CLOSE-UPS
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
GHETTO/OCCUPATION
JEWS (DUTCH)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Zehava Gealel

Source Record ID: Collections: 2005.306.1
: Record last modified: 2013-09-24 00:00:00
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