Photograph of a woman carrying another woman

Identifier
irn514793
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.90.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn514793

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Ita Spiller

Ita Spiller donated this photograph to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996.

Scope and Content

The photograph depicts two women, one carrying the other, outside of what appears to be a farm in the town of Świerże, near Chelm, Poland. According to the donor, the woman being carried in the photograph was her mother's sister. The photo is inscribed on the verso in Yiddish.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged as a single series.

Subjects

  • Farms--Poland--Świerże--1940-1950.
  • Świerże (Chelm, Poland)

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.

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