Photograph of Leon Felhendler

Identifier
irn514221
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.347.1
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1933
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514221

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Leon Felhendler

Biographical History

Leon Felhendler, the son of a rabbi from Zólkiewka, Poland, was a leader in the prisoner revolt at Sobibor concentration camp in October 1943. He and about 300 other prisoners at Sobibor escaped after staging an armed uprising at the camp. Felhendler successfully evaded Nazi pursuers after his escape from Sobibor, but was killed in 1945 by Polish Army troops.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Nicholas N. Kittrie.

Scope and Content

The copy print is from an original photograph created in 1933 and depicts Leon Felhendler, Nicholas N. Kittrie's uncle.

People

  • Felhendler, Leon, 1910-1945.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • Sobibór (Concentration camp)--Uprising, 1943.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.