Leah Wajsfelner plays a mandolin while her mother Fajgla stands next to her.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 55566

Date: Before 1939
Locale: Charleroi, [Hainaut] Belgium
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Belgium
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Leah Starkman

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 .
Keyword: CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
CLOSE-UPS
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
JEWS
JEWS (BELGIAN)
JEWS (FOREIGN BORN IN BELGIUM)
MUSICIANS/INSTRUMENTS
WOMEN
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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