Group portrait of Jewish female survivors of Bergen-Belsen, who were evacuated to Sweden at the end of the war, and are now convalescing at hospital in Stensjoen Nomnekul.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 01963

Overview

Caption: Group portrait of Jewish female survivors of Bergen-Belsen, who were evacuated to Sweden at the end of the war, and are now convalescing at hospital in Stensjoen Nomnekul.

Pictured in the back row, at the base of the stairs and seventh from the right, is the donor's wife, Helen Kaufman. Originally from Beregasz, in Hungarian-controlled Slovakia, Kaufman was deported to Auschwitz in May 1944. She was later transferred to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated.

Also among those pictured are Barbara (Borbala) Grunstein (third from the left in the front row) and her Ilona Gerendas (second from the left in the first row).
Date: 1945 August 13
Locale: Stensjoen Nomnekul, Sweden
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alexander Taub

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Alexander Taub

Keyword: CONVALESCENCE GROUP PORTRAITS HOSPITALS/INFIRMARIES/CLINICS JEWS (CZECH) JEWS (HUNGARIAN) JEWS (SLOVAK) MEDICAL CARE/NURSES/MEDICS SURVIVORS WOMEN
Photo Designation: DISPLACED PERSONS/RETURN TO LIFE -- Medical Care -- Sweden