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1426. Nazi officers and female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) pose on a wooden bridge in Solahuette.
family. Hoecker, who worked as a bank teller in Lubbecke, joined the SS in 1933 and the Nazi party in ... of the WVHA (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt) in Berlin, and had never before worked in a camp ... official visits and ceremonies, as well as more personal photographs depicting the myriad of SS social ... activities. The earliest photos show the June visits first of Lufwaffe General Erich Quade and of SS
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1427. Nazi officers and female auxiliaries (Helferinnen) pose on a wooden bridge in Solahuette.
family. Hoecker, who worked as a bank teller in Lubbecke, joined the SS in 1933 and the Nazi party in ... of the WVHA (SS-Wirtschafts-Verwaltungshauptamt) in Berlin, and had never before worked in a camp ... official visits and ceremonies, as well as more personal photographs depicting the myriad of SS social ... activities. The earliest photos show the June visits first of Lufwaffe General Erich Quade and of SS
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1428. Heinrich Himmler collects wild flowers with his daughter Gudrun and his wife Margarete.
Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister ... Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945), Reichsfuehrer-SS, head of the Gestapo and the Waffen-SS, and Minister of the ... In 1929 Himmler was appointed head of the SS, Hitler's personal guard, and the following year, was ... gave him the power base to expand the SS and secure its independence from Roehm's SA (Storm Troopers
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1429. A large crowd gathers in an auditorium for a rally for sign blood and soil
volunteered for the SS and was accepted into the Leibstandart, Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was awarded for ... Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf ... Hitler Gerhard Pleiss, Hauptsturmfuhrer in the Waffen-SS, SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS "Adolf ... his leadership in the May 1940 invasion of France and the April 1941 Balkans campaign. In June 1941
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1430. Former German guards and military personnel bury corpses found in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in a mass grave.
April 18 and April 28, the dead were buried. At first the SS guards were made to collect and bury the ... interned abroad. Conditions in the camp were good by concentration camp standards, and most prisoners were ... Army retreated in the face of the advancing Allies, the concentration camps were evacuated and their ... thousands of prisoners and all basic services -- food, water and sanitation -- collapsed, leading to the
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1431. Livia Vermes and Bela Reiner pose in traditional Hungarian costumes while on their honeymoon.
give Istvan to his grandmother and to go through the selection alone. Livia told the SS men that she ... LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Hungary -- Family/Friends/Portraits ... Janos (John) Kovacs is the son of Livia Vermes and Geza Kohn Kovacs. He was born on September 14 ... 1 Janos (John) Kovacs is the son of Livia Vermes and Geza Kohn Kovacs. He was born on September 14
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1432. Sandor Kohn and his son Miklos stand outside a store front.
give Istvan to his grandmother and to go through the selection alone. Livia told the SS men that she ... LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Hungary -- Family/Friends/Portraits ... 1944. Miklos Kohn Kovacs survived the war in Bulgaria and was trained as a chemical engineer in Geneva ... Janos (John) Kovacs is the son of Livia Vermes and Geza Kohn Kovacs. He was born on September 14
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1433. Studio portrait of Lola, Nili and Yehuda Bielski.
he had survived the Holocaust and the two were reunited. Yehuda was commissioned an officer in the ... in the Holocaust. Yehuda's father and both sisters, along with their husbands and five children ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Yehuda and Lola Bell Collection; Leslie Bell ... Yehuda (b. April 16, 1909) was the youngest child of Zelig and Shifra (Israelit) Bielski. He was
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1434. Yehuda and his daughter Nili pose with their dog.
he had survived the Holocaust and the two were reunited. Yehuda was commissioned an officer in the ... in the Holocaust. Yehuda's father and both sisters, along with their husbands and five children ... Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Yehuda and Lola Bell Collection; Leslie Bell ... Yehuda (b. April 16, 1909) was the youngest child of Zelig and Shifra (Israelit) Bielski. He was
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1435. Marc Jarblum addresses a crowd of Jewish DPs at a demonstration in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp that called for free immigration to Palestine and protested the return of the Exodus 1947 passengers to Germany.
Josef Rosensaft (1911-1975) was the son of Menachem Mendel and Devora (Szpiro) Rosensaft. He was ... bo Josef Rosensaft (1911-1975) was the son of Menachem Mendel and Devora (Szpiro) Rosensaft. He was
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1436. Studio portrait of cousins Malka and Rifka Weiss.
Rifka Weiss (now Rebecca Fried) is the daughter of Alexander and Sima Leah (nee Kleinman) Weiss ... She Rifka Weiss (now Rebecca Fried) is the daughter of Alexander and Sima Leah (nee Kleinman) Weiss ... voice. Two of her older brothers studied in the yeshiva in Nitra, and the third studied in a yeshiva 6 ... annexed the Transcarpathia region of Czechoslovakia including Brod and later conscripted young men
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1437. Students and a teacher in a grade school in Nowy Sacz.
women were able to cross via a bridge, after bribing SS guards. On the Russian side, Mayer and Pinnuck ... LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- School/University/Youth Groups ... accountant and another who worked in the wine import business. Leib and Cypora owned a small grocery store ... in the grain business, selling oats to horse owners and other grains to mills to grind for flour
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1438. A Romani youth and a child pose for a photograph.
Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... Magd Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... anthropology professor at the University of Ghent, who could help him to fully understand and appreciate his ... experiences. For the next six years he divided his time between the home of his birth family and the world of
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1439. Romani women and children stand outside a caravan.
Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... Magd Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... anthropology professor at the University of Ghent, who could help him to fully understand and appreciate his ... experiences. For the next six years he divided his time between the home of his birth family and the world of
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1440. Portrait of Jan Yoors and a young Romani woman.
Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... Magd Jan Yoors (1922-1977) was the only child of Eugene Yoors, a prominent stained glass artist, and ... anthropology professor at the University of Ghent, who could help him to fully understand and appreciate his ... experiences. For the next six years he divided his time between the home of his birth family and the world of
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1441. Gina Tabaczynska (left) poses with her parents and aunt, Hala (Szczecinska) Tabaczynska (right), during a vacation in the resort town of Truskawiec.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Vacations/Outings ... Eugenia Shrut (born Gina Tabaczynska) is the daughter of Naftali and Rozalia (Szczecinska ... Tabaczyn Eugenia Shrut (born Gina Tabaczynska) is the daughter of Naftali and Rozalia (Szczecinska ... she attended the Mirlasowej gymnasium. In November 1940 her family fled Klodawa and was later forced
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1442. Gina Tabaczynska poses with her mother, Rozalia, and her aunt, Estera Szczecinska, during their vacation at the "Pensjonat Zacheta" winter resort in Otwock.
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Vacations/Outings ... Eugenia Shrut (born Gina Tabaczynska) is the daughter of Naftali and Rozalia (Szczecinska ... Tabaczyn Eugenia Shrut (born Gina Tabaczynska) is the daughter of Naftali and Rozalia (Szczecinska ... she attended the Mirlasowej gymnasium. In November 1940 her family fled Klodawa and was later forced
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1443. British medical personnel wash and disinfect survivors in Bergen-Belsen.
April 18 and April 28, the dead were buried. At first the SS guards were made to collect and bury the ... due to the sheer number of bodies and the lack of available personal. The remaining S.S. guards were ... interned abroad. Conditions in the camp were good by concentration camp standards, and most prisoners were ... Army retreated in the face of the advancing Allies, the concentration camps were evacuated and their
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1444. British medical personnel wash and disinfect survivors in Bergen-Belsen.
April 18 and April 28, the dead were buried. At first the SS guards were made to collect and bury the ... due to the sheer number of bodies and the lack of available personal. The remaining S.S. guards were ... interned abroad. Conditions in the camp were good by concentration camp standards, and most prisoners were ... Army retreated in the face of the advancing Allies, the concentration camps were evacuated and their
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1445. Wedding portrait of Helga Reinsch and Mario Pelligrino.
-grandparents, Abraham Isaak Abraham (known as Isaak) and Olga Freudenthal Abraham, were in the fur business ... and fought in the war. Their daughter, Helga, was born in June 1920. The Reinsches owned an ... briefly interned in Ravensbrueck, and the family had to pay a ransom for his release. By the mid-1930s ... the Abrahams and Reinsches planned to immigrate to Cuba and from there, to the United States. Their
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1446. Family wedding portrait of Gretel David and Walter Kleeblatt.
Kleeblatt and Rabbi David, the rest of the people in the photo did not survive the Holocaust. ... visas for the United States, and in February 1938 they sailed to America on the SS Manhattan with the ... Helene Kleeblatt (left), Paula David (middle), and next to her is Rabbi Moritz David, who performed the ... ceremony. Behind them are Adele Oschitzky (mother of Gretel’s friend Erika), and Rosa Grueneberg, (the
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1447. Group portrait of children and staff in Amseremme, Belgium.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; Judith and Joseph Schreiber ... (one of the counselors, next to Jonas Tiefenbrunner), Bronia Singer and Necha Lubinsky (both top center ... left), Sam Kisznitser (first row, fifth from left) and Judith Tiefenbrunner in the very front with ... Judith Schreiber (born Judith Tiefenbrunner) is the daughter of Jonas and Ruth (Feldheim
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1448. Erich Tauscher stands outside his watch and jewelry store.
Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum; John and Alice Morawetz ... visas for the United States for Hans, Therese, and Walter. His father had purchased an affidavit for ... employee who performed urgent work and his skills were necessary abroad. In May 1940, the three left Vienna ... by train for Genoa, Italy. From there, they embarked on the SS United States, one of the last ships
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1449. Portrait of Margot (Miriam) and Gerhard (Gad) Beck.
Gerhard (Gad) Beck is the son of Heinrich and Hedwig (Kretchmar) Beck. He was born, along with his ... Gerhard (Gad) Beck is the son of Heinrich and Hedwig (Kretchmar) Beck. He was born, along with his twin ... home in Vienna, moved to Berlin in the inter-war period and set up a mail order firm called Heinrich ... conversion to Judaism, and settled into an apartment above the business. In 1927 the family moved to a
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1450. Portrait of Josef and Roza Zylberszac wearing a Jewish badge.
Rina Nadel (born Renia Zylberszac) is the daughter of Josef and Roza (Tobiasz) Zylberszac. She was ... Rina Nadel (born Renia Zylberszac) is the daughter of Josef and Roza (Tobiasz) Zylberszac. She was ... married and returned to Palestine via Cairo in 1925. Subsequently, the family returned again to Poland ... and was caught in Dabrowa when the war broke out. The Zylberszacs lived in their home on Sobieskiego