Ruth Goldstein photograph collection

Identifier
irn513028
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.161.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Hebrew
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ruth Goldstein (née Rotenburg) was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1932. At the end of 1938, her family was expelled to Poland. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, her family fled to the Soviet-controlled area of the country and was deported to Archangelsk, a Siberian labor camp. Ruth, her brother, and her mother eventually went to a collective farm in Uzbekistan where her mother died. Ruth and her brother were sent to an orphanage in Sobkhiz where her brother died, and she subsequently spent the rest of World War II in an agricultural school. Her father found her after the war, and they returned to Poland in 1946. Ruth joined the Gordonia (Gordonyah) youth movement and stayed at their hachshara in Niemce, Poland. In the summer of 1946, Ruth and 250 other children traveled to the children's home in Selvino, Italy. She remained in Selvino until her emigration to Palestine

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Ruth Goldstein.

Scope and Content

Contains 23 photographs depicting groups of young men and women from the children's home in Selvino, Italy.

Subjects

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.