Shmaryagu Shargel photograph collection
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Shmaryagu Shargel
Biographical History
Shmaryagu Shargel (1927-2013) was born on 15 May 1927 in Janów neighborhood of Tarnopol, Poland (Ternopil, Ukraine) to Naftaly and Rosa Shargel. During the Holocaust, his wife Riva Shargel’s family was in a camp, possibly Bor, from 1942-1944. Reila Aizenberg served on the front throughout the war. Lazarus Mesyo (1916-1941) was tortured by Ukrainians in 1941. Shmaryagu’s father Naftaly was murdered by the Nazis in the Trembowla ghetto.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Shmaryagu Shargel in 1988.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of six photographs depicting the family of Shmaryagu Shargel, originally of Janów neighborhood of Tarnopol, Poland (Ternopil, Ukraine), including Shmaryagu’s father Naftaly Shargel, Riva Shargel, Reila Aizenberg, and Lazarus Mesyo. There is also a post-war photograph of Shmaryagu with his family visiting the graves of Jews murdered in the Trembowla ghetto.
System of Arrangement
The collection is arranged as a single series.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
People
- Shargel, Naftaly.
- Aizenberg, Reila.
- Shargel, Riva.
- Mesyo, Lazarus.
- Shargel, Smaryagu.
Subjects
- Jews--Ukraine--Ternopil’.
- Ternopilʹ (Ukraine)
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.