Bronislaw Gelczynski (Abraham Gordon) and an unidentified woman pose in front of a display of Holocaust photographs.
Overview
- Caption
- Bronislaw Gelczynski (Abraham Gordon) and an unidentified woman pose in front of a display of Holocaust photographs.
- Date
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Circa 1945 - 1949
- Locale
- Germany?
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Mimi Schnier
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Mimi Schnier
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Abraham Gordon (born Bronislaw Gelczynski), the father of the donor, was the son of Chaim and Mirjam Gelczynski. He was born in Rozena, Poland on December 25, 1926. In November 1940 he was incarcerated in the Warsaw ghetto and then deported to Auschwitz the following year. He remained there for three years before being transferred to Buchenwald. In 1945 he was evacuated first to Lodz and then to Theresienstadt where he was liberated in May, 1945.
- Record last modified:
- 2015-10-21 00:00:00
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/pa1177857
