Photograph of mourners at a gravesite

Identifier
irn515499
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1990.298
  • RG-10.430
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn515499

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sheva Berland

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Museum by Sheva Berland in 1990. Created by unknown photographer, 1940, Warsaw, Poland.

Scope and Content

The image depicts the unveiling of the gravestone of Etla Suchomicka at the Gesia Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, in 1940. Included in the picture are Etla Suchomicka's husband, her daughter, her son, and the Rabbi. All of the people in the photograph are wearing yellow badges.

Subjects

  • Memorial rites & ceremonies--Poland--Warsaw--1940-1950.
  • Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Poland--Warsaw--1940-1950.
  • Cemeteries--Poland--Warsaw.

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.