Ruth Salton photographs

Identifier
irn514024
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1988.15.1
  • RG-10.280
Dates
1 Jan 1946 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Ruth Salton was born January 22, 1927, in Berlin, Germany. She was hidden in Warsaw, Poland, by a Polish family at the time of the Nazi invasion in 1939. She escaped to the Russian-occupied region of Poland and was deported to Siberia until 1944. She moved to Stettin, Germany, and joined a kibbutz there and was later active in the Bricha, helping to smuggle Jews across Europe en route to Palestine (Israel).

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The photographs were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Ruth Salton in 1988.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of 13 images of children and Bricha workers, including Ruth Salton, at Bricha centers and safe houses in Stettin, Germany (now Szczecin, Poland). They were taken by an unknown amateur photographer from 1946 to 1948.

System of Arrangement

Organization of the photographs is in the order in which they were received

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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.