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Baruch Hershstyn (2nd from left) poses in the snow with his family and children.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 71889
Baruch Hershstyn (2nd from left) poses in the snow with his family and children.

Baruch Hershstyn (2nd from left) poses in the snow with his family and children.

Date
1939
Locale
Krasnystaw, [Lublin] Poland
Variant Locale
Krasnostav
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Roma Becher

About This Photograph

Biography
Roma Becher is the stepdaughter of Baruch Hershstyn. He and his wife Chana lived in Krasnystaw in the Lublin district. Shortly after the start of World War II, Soviet forces occupied the town for two weeks before it was captured by Germans. Many Jews left with the retreating Soviet army. The Soviets deported Baruch to the Sverdovskaya Oblast to do forced labor. He survived but Chana and their two daughters, Dora and Zunia, perished.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Roma Becher
 
Record last modified: 2011-06-14 00:00:00
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