Group portrait of the girls in the chemistry class of the Hebrew gymnasium in Bialystok.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 34899

Date: 1935 May 29
Variant Locale: Belostok
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- School/University/Youth Groups
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leah Gutman

Biography: Leah Gutman (born Liza Grochowska) grew up in Bialystok, Poland. She was active in Maccabi and participated in basketball and, track and field events both in Bialystok and Palestine where she immigrated in December 1939. Her brother had previously immigrated four years earlier. In 1947 she immigrated to the United States. However, Liza's parents, Joseph (b. 1893) and Lova (nee Yevnin, b. 1895) and her sister Chaya (b. 1921) all perished in the Holocaust in 1943.
Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH
CHILDREN/YOUTH (RECOVERY OF)
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (POLISH)
SCHOOLS/TEACHERS/CLASSES
WOMEN
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Leah Gutman

Source Record ID: Collections: 2008.327
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