Silvia Rosenfeld photograph

Identifier
irn533509
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2016.125.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
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Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Silvia Rosenfeld was born Silvia Friedmann on October 13, 1924 in Gherla, Romania to Reghina (nee Jacobs) and Herman Friedmann. She had six siblings including brothers Jakob (Janki) and Bumi and sister Lucica (Lea). Her family was deported to Auschwitz in May 1944, and only she and her brother Bumi survived. She was transferred to a labor camp in October 1944 and then sent on a death march to Volary in April 1945. She convalesced at a hospital in Volary from May to November 1945 and was then tranferred to a sanatorium in Prahatice until February 1946. She returned to Gherla, maarid Martin Rosenfeld in 1947, and had son Erwin in 1951. Her family moved to Munich in 1965. Silvia Rosenfeld gave an oral history interview to the USC Shoah Foundation (6627) in 1995.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ervin Rosenfeld

Ervin Rosenfeld donated the Friedmann family photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016. The Friedmann family is the family of Ervin Rosenfeld's mother.

Scope and Content

Photograph of the Friedmann family in Gherla, Romania. The photograph shows Silvia in the back row between her brothers Jakob and Bumi. Her sister Lucica is seated between their parents Reghina and Herman Friedmann.

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Genre

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