A young couple poses on a bridge wearing armbands in Wadowice.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 74840

Date: 1941
Photo Designation: GHETTOS (MINOR) -- (W)
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Henryk Glucksman

Biography: Henryk Glucksman was born on June 30, 1923, in Wadowice, Poland. In April 1941 Henryk was deported to Gogolin labor camp in Poland where he was forced to build a highway ("Reichsautobahn"). Later he was transferred to Blechhammer, Gross Masselwitz, Gross Sarne, Brande, Graditz, Falbruck, and Langenbielau concentration and labor camps. In all the camps he was forced to work building and repairing highways and railroads. The Soviet Army liberated Henryk Glucksman on May 8, 1945.
Keyword: ARMBANDS
BADGES (STAR OF DAVID)
BRIDGES
CLOSE-UPS
GHETTO/OCCUPATION
JEWS
JEWS (POLISH)
WADOWICE
WOMEN
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Henryk Glucksman

Source Record ID: Collections: 1998.156.1
: Record last modified: 2014-08-28 00:00:00
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