Zvi and Ester Steinkeller Weinstadt family collection

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Ester and Zvi Weinstadt photograph collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn59310
- English
- folder 1
- Updated 7 months ago
Contains 41 photographs of the Steinkeller family of Katowice, Poland and the Weinstadt family of Łódź, Poland before World War II, after the war in a Stuttgardt displaced persons camp, in an internment camp on Cyprus, and later in Israel.
Watercolor self-portrait by a Polish Jewish refugee in Stuttgart DP camp
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn59311
- English
- overall: Height: 12.375 inches (31.433 cm) | Width: 9.750 inches (24.765 cm)
- Updated 7 months ago
Watercolor self-portrait created by 20 year old Cai Her Wajnsztat (later Zvi Weinstadt) in Stuttgart displaced persons camp in Germany. In February 1940, the Germans turned the Jewish quarter of Łódź, Poland, where Zvi lived with his parents, Icek and Blima, and his 11 year old sister Hadasa, into a sealed ghetto. In September 1942, Blima and the children were rounded up for transport to Chelmno killing center. Zvi and Hadasa jumped off the wagon, but when Blima jumped, she was run over. Icek brought her home. Soon after, he was taken away and Blima died of her injuries. On August 8, 1944, ...