Photograph of Leon Apfel

Identifier
irn523198
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.428.1
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn523198

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Lea Bierlaire-Apfel

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Lea Bierlaire-Apfel

Scope and Content

The copyprint photograph depicts Leon Apfel. Unknown photographer. Leon Apfel was born inPrzemysl, Poland, to Rivka Feuer (b. 1897) and Samson (b. 1899). His sister Lea (b. 1931) was born in Belgium, where the family moved in 1929 or 1930. Following the German invasion of Belgium, Leon attempted to escape to Switzerland but was caught in France. He was deported to Drancy and then to Auschwitz and did not survive. His parents were deported to the Mechelen transit camp in 1942 and then to Auschwitz-Birkenau and did not survive. His sister Lea survived in hiding with a Catholic family.

People

  • Apfel, Leon.

Subjects

  • Holocaust victims--Belgium.

Genre

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