Photograph of Leon Felhendler
Extent and Medium
folder
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Creator(s)
- Leon Felhendler
Biographical History
Leon Felhendler, the son of a rabbi from Zólkiewka, Poland, was a leader in the prisoner revolt at Sobibor concentration camp in October 1943. He and about 300 other prisoners at Sobibor escaped after staging an armed uprising at the camp. Felhendler successfully evaded Nazi pursuers after his escape from Sobibor, but was killed in 1945 by Polish Army troops.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
Funding Note: The cataloging of this collection has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
The photograph was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Nicholas N. Kittrie.
Scope and Content
The copy print is from an original photograph created in 1933 and depicts Leon Felhendler, Nicholas N. Kittrie's uncle.
People
- Felhendler, Leon, 1910-1945.
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Sobibór (Concentration camp)--Uprising, 1943.
Genre
- Document
- Photographs.