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Memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Charleroi, Belgium.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 55533
Memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Charleroi, Belgium.

Memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust from Charleroi, Belgium.

Date
After 1945
Locale
Charleroi, [Hainaut] Belgium
Photo Designation
BEARING WITNESS -- Memorials/Grave Stones
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leah Starkman

About This Photograph

Biography
Leah Starkman (born Leah Wajsfelner) is the daughter of Zelick (b 1903) and Leah (nee Szlamkiewicz, b. 1902) Wajsfelner. Leah was born in Chareloi, Belgium on July 31, 1929. Her parents were both born in Poland and immigrated to Belgium. After the German invasion of Belgium, Leah and her parents fled to France where they were incarcerated in the Venissieux internment camp. Leah later went into hiding in Lyon and in the farming village of Trescleoux in the French Alps. Her parents were deported to Auschwitz .

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Rights and Restrictions

Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Leah Starkman
Source Record ID: Collections: RG-50.166*0032
 
Record last modified: 2012-12-13 00:00:00
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