Overview
- Caption
- Ann Goldman poses with actress Helen Hayes holding the photograph of a young European Jewish boy.
Helen Hayes agreed to adopt him through the organization, Save the Children. - Date
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Circa 1941 - 1945
- Locale
- New York United States
- Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Marsha Mirkin
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Marsha MirkinSource Record ID: Collections: IRN 524955Second Record ID: collections: 2015.506.1
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Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Ann Goldman (1917-2001, later Ann Pravder) was born in Klodawa, Poland to Menachem Mendel Goldman (d. 1939) and Sadie Sunshine Goldman Ehrlich (d. 1963). Ann had two brothers, Motl Leibman and Itzik Goldman. Her family, except for her brother Motl, all moved to the United States in July, 1920. Ann married Sidney Pravder (1909-2002) in 1950. She joined Vaad Hatzala in 1941 while taking a class at Barnard College, and was active with the organization during and after the war. Her activities with Vaad Hatzala included serving as the only woman on their board of directors in 1942, lobbying in Washington, D.C., working with Save the Children, and working overseas in France and Germany after the war to aid refugees. Her brother Motl Leibman and his wife and children resided in Lubartow and were killed in the Holocaust.
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- 2017-02-13 00:00:00
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