Ida Sterno photograph
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Ida Sterno
Biographical History
Ida Sterno was one of the leaders of the CDJ (Comite de Defense des Juifs) an organization made up of both Jews and Christians responsible for saving some 3000 Jewish children in Belgium.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The photograph was donated to the Museum by Andree Guelen-Herscovici in 2002.
Scope and Content
Contains a photograph of Ida Sterno, a social worker who was very active in Jewish underground organizations in Belgium during World War II. Rectangular form with scalloped edges; on recto, black and white image of headshot of a middle aged woman wearing a decorative pin at her neck; on verso, handwritten text that reads "Ida Sterno 1944" and photographer's stamp.
People
- Sterno, Ida.
Corporate Bodies
- CDJ
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Belgium.
Genre
- Photographs.
- Document
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