Miriam Pomerantz and other survivors pose in front of a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp.
Overview
- Caption
- Miriam Pomerantz and other survivors pose in front of a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust in the Zeilsheim displaced persons camp.
- Date
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1945 - 1946
- Locale
- Zeilsheim, Germany
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Miriam Pomerantz Weissman
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Miriam Pomerantz Weissman
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- 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.
- Record last modified:
- 2014-04-28 00:00:00
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