Young children carry small bags and flags during a Simchat Torah celebration in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.
Overview
- Caption
- Young children carry small bags and flags during a Simchat Torah celebration in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp.
Clara is the little girl being held by the woman on the far left, back row. - Date
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1946
- Locale
- Berlin, [Berlin] Germany
- Variant Locale
- Berlin-Buckow
Berlin-Mariendorf
Berlin-Ploetzensee
Berlin-Reinickendorf
Berlin-Tempelhof
Berlin-Wannsee
Berlin-Schlachtensee
Berlin-Duppel - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Clara Finkelstein Schnitzer
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Clara Finkelstein Schnitzer
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Clara Schnitzer (born Finkelstein) is the daughter of Moshe (Moszek) Finkelstein (b. May 16, 1916, Warsaw, Poland) and Frania (Freida) Mirt (b. September 5, 1920, Bialystok). Clara was born on September 4, 1941 in Pinsk, Poland. Her father Moshe was a radio technician in Poland and is believed that he survived the war in the Russian Army working in his field. Frania, her sister, and Clara escaped to Uzbekistan. After the war, Frania and Moshe reunited and stayed in the Schlachtensee displaced persons camp, for about three years. The family later returned to Poland where they lived in Walbrzych (Waldenburg). Because of Moshe's profession, the family could not leave Poland until 1956 when they immigrated to Israel via Naples, Italy. There they boarded a ship to Israel. Clara grew up in Nes Ziona, Israel. Frania died in Israel in 1974. Moshe died May 9, 1995 in Israel.
Clara married Rafi Schnitzer. Rafi was born in 1941 in Palestine. His family emigrated from Vienna, Austria in 1939. Rafi and Clara have two children and five grandchildren.
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