Charlotte Szwajcer papers

Identifier
irn523636
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2000.299
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Dutch
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523636

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

  • Charlotte Szwajcer

Biographical History

Jakub Szwajcer was born on June 14, 1903 in Bedzin, Poland. In 1919, he immigrated to Palestine. After seven years, he and his future wife, Bajla Ferens, immigrated to Rotterdam, Netherlands, where Jakub found work as a merchant. After the German invasion of the Netherlands, they moved to Gouda, Netherlands and in October 1942 found a hiding place there. Bajla found life in hiding to be very difficult and left. She was captured and deported to Auschwitz concentration camp on November 13, 1942. Jakub Szwajcer survived the Holocaust and remarried a survivor from Belgium.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charlotte Szwajcer

The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Charlotte Szwajcer in 2000.

Scope and Content

Consists of a studio portrait depicting five Jewish women and a Jewish man, including Jakub Szwajcer and Bajla Ferens Szwajcer (Jakub Szwajcer's first wife). All six are wearing Stars of David with "Jood" stamped on them. The photograph was taken in Gouda, The Netherlands.

People

  • Ringel, Klara.
  • Rosen, Jadzia.
  • Charlotte Szwajcer
  • Zweifach, Golda.
  • Szwajcer, Bajla Ferens.
  • Szwajcer, Jacob.
  • Malinger, Regina.

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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