Sheva Zilberberg photograph collection

Identifier
irn517445
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.429.1
Dates
1 Jan 1943 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn517445

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sheva A. Zilberberg

The photographs were given to the donor when she returned home after her liberation from Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by the family's non-Jewish maid who remained in their home during World War II. The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Sheva Zilberberg.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of two black and white photographs. One image depicts three women (left to right, unknown, Rika Czerniak and Ruth Anzer) who were with Sheva Zilberberg [donor] during forced labor in Dombia, Poland, in 1943. The second photo shows a large group of men seated on the ground with their hands on their heads in Chelmno, Poland.

People

  • Anzer, Ruth.
  • Czerniak, Rika.

Subjects

  • Prisoners--Poland--Chełmno (Konin)--1940-1950.
  • Forced labor--1940-1950.

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.

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