Marychna (Miriam) Kominkowska stands in front of a Polish ice-cream parlor.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 63920

Date: 1936
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Miriam Kominkowska Greenstein

Biography: Marychna (Miriam) Kominkowska (now Greenstein) was born in Sompolno, Poland. Before the war she lived in Radziejow, Alexandrow, and Lubraniec. After the German occupation, she was sent to the Lodz ghetto. From there she was deported to Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Magdeburg, and returned to Bergen-Belsen. After her liberation, she was was sent by the International Red Cross to Sweden in order to recuperate.
Keyword: BUSINESSES
CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
JEWS (POLISH)
SIGNS
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Miriam Kominkowska Greenstein
: Record last modified: 2012-02-01 00:00:00
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