Photograph
Extent and Medium
1 Photographic print,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lidia Siciarz
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Ms. Lidia K. Siciarz
Scope and Content
Photographic image; black and white image of group of young girls gathered around a nun, Sister Zofia, on the occasion of a visit of Sister Tekla's brother; the scratched out face is of Marylka Woloszynska [Lidia Kleinman], donor, who did this after she was told by Sister Zofia that she cannot be photographed anymore since she looks too Jewish; Urszula Pfeiffer, daughter of a judge from Sambor, a Jewish girl hidden in the convent is facing the camera, third from left; dated: spring 1942; location: Lomna, Poland
Genre
- Document