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Sam (Zalman) Bereshkovsky helps clean up some rubble outside a store in Dayton, OH.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 67828
Sam (Zalman) Bereshkovsky helps clean up some rubble outside a store in Dayton, OH. Zalman Bereshkovsky (b. 1895) immigrated to the United States only to return to Poland to serve in World War I. He later died in the Holocaust, probably in Treblinka.

Sam (Zalman) Bereshkovsky helps clean up some rubble outside a store in Dayton, OH.

Zalman Bereshkovsky (b. 1895) immigrated to the United States only to return to Poland to serve in World War I. He later died in the Holocaust, probably in Treblinka.

Date
1913
Photo Designation
USA/CANADA: JEWISH LIFE -- Pre-war
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Michael Friedman
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Biography
Abraham Friedman (originally Wolenchik) was the father of the donor. He was born in Zelva in 1907. He immigrated to the United States as an orphan together with his brother Zalman (Sam). He was adopted by the Friedman family and assumed their name. Most of his relatives remained in Europe and perished in the Holocaust.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Michael Friedman
 
Record last modified: 2014-12-31 00:00:00
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