Photograph
Extent and Medium
1 Photographic print,
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lidia Siciarz
Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1999 by Ms. Lidia K. Siciarz
Scope and Content
Photographic image; black and white image of nuns, priest and small girls, orphans in the Franciscan convent; seated fourth from left, in the first row is Tereska (last name unknown), a Jewish girl hidden by the nuns, who stayed in the orphanage after the liberation, since no one from her family claimed her; Sister Blanka Piglowska is seated second from right in the second row; Sister Tekla Budnowska is seated third from right in second row; Sister Zofia Olszewska is seated first from left in second row; the sign reads: " Lomna in Lubien on April 24, 1946"; dated: April 24, 1946; location: Lubien Kujawski, Poland; in Polish
Genre
- Document