Studio portrait of Chava Leichter, murdered in Treblinka in 1942 at the age of 25. [LCID: 67471]
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Studio portrait of Chava Leichter

Studio portrait of Chava Leichter, murdered in the Treblinka killing center in 1942 at the age of 25. Her brother Chaim emigrated to Palestine in 1937 on the boat Polania. He served in the British army in Libya during the war. This photograph was taken in 1939.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Sara and Chaim Leichter
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