Josef Schwartz photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Josef Schwartz
Biographical History
In October 1944, Josef Szwarc (b. November 17, 1921 in Lodz, Poland), his two brothers, Pinchas and Leib, and their father, Jakub Szwarc, were deported to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. They survived World War II. Josef's mother, Chaja Fajga, survived as well, but Ester Ita, a sister, who was born in 1919, was killed in Auschwitz-Birkenau in August 1944.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Josef Schwartz.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of 48 photographs from Łodź, Poland, before World War II and of the Łodź ghetto. The collection illustrates the Szwarc family before the war and during their imprisonment in the Łodź ghetto.
People
- Schwartz, Josef.
- Szwarc family.
Subjects
- Jews--Poland--Łodź.
- Ethnic neighborhoods--Poland--Łodź--1940-1950.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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.