Sia Hertsberg photographs

Identifier
irn36409
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.408.1
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1980
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36409

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Sia Hertsberg collection

Sia Hertsberg donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Scope and Content

Consists of 22 photographs of the pre-war, wartime, and post-war experiences of Sia Izrailewitsch Hertsberg, originally of Riga, Latvia. Includes photographs of Sia as a child with her parents and younger sister, Margo, photographs of pre-war life in Riga, photographs of Jewish women convalescing at a hospital in Koloma after their liberation from Stutthof, and photographs of Sia Hertsberg's post-war life and family.

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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.