Ketty Levy (maiden name, Beniakar) poses with her two sons, Maurice and Albert.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 63929

Date: 1942
Locale: Athens, [Attica] Greece?
Variant Locale: Athenai
Photo Designation: INVASION & OCCUPATION -- Greece -- JEWS -- Athens
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henriette (Ketty) Beniakar Levy

Biography: Ketty (Henriette), her husband, Elias, and their two children, Maurice and Albert lived in Athens, Greece prior to the war. In late 1943 the family went into hiding and assumed Christian names. They lived in hiding for five months until the SS arrested Henrietta and her family on March 25, 1944. They were sent to the concentration camp, Haidari, outside of Athens. The family survived the war and immigrated to the United States.
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
FAMILIES (WARTIME JEWISH)
GREEKS
JEWS (GREEK)
STREET SCENES
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Henriette (Ketty) Beniakar Levy
: Record last modified: 2012-02-01 00:00:00
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