Portrait of the donor's mother with her four older brothers and sister.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 37228

Date: 1920
Variant Locale: Kasentin
Konstantin
Konstantin Yashan
Konstantinov
Konstantynow nad Bugiem
Konstantynow Podlaska
Kosintin
Kosnitin
Kostentin
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Miriam Pomerantz Weissman

Biography: Miriam Weissman (born Michla Pomerantz) is the daughter of Abraham and Chaja. She was born on October 25, 1926 in Konstantyinowo, Poland. She had four older brothers and a sister. Michla lived in the ghetto in Wolkowysk, Belarus from 11/2/42-1/43, and was sent to Auschwitz. She remained in Auschwitz from January 1943 until liberation her liberation in January, 1945 at the age of nineteen. After liberation she stayed in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp before immigrating to the United States on the Marine Perch July 1946.
Keyword: CHILDREN (0-3 YEARS)
CHILDREN (4-12 YEARS)
CHILDREN/YOUTH
FAMILIES (PREWAR JEWISH)
GROUP PORTRAITS
JEWS (POLISH)
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Miriam Pomerantz Weissman
: Record last modified: 2014-04-11 00:00:00
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