Elzbieta (Elizabeth), Chana and Celinka (Cecile) Zilberbogen

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: [ca. 1947] (indexed as 1947)
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Scope & content: White border, outdoor urban scene of Elzbieta (Elizabeth) on the left, Chana in the middle and Celinka (Cecile) Zilberbogen on the right. The three of them are wearing summer dresses. In the background, building and people walking. Narrative: The Zilberbogen were a Jewish family originally from Warsaw (Poland). Mother Chana and daughters Elzbieta (born 1933) and Celinka (born 1937) moved to Belgium in 1939. The father, Szygmundt, an engineer, stayed in Poland. During the Second World War, the mother and daughters were first sent to a transit camp in the South of France before being released. Chana was then hospitalized and spent the war hidden in a Sanatorium in Mazamet. Elzbieta and Celinka were hidden in various locations in the South of France, including a farm and different children's homes run by OSE. Szygmundt was killed in Poland. Chana and her daughters went back to live in Belgium after Liberation until immigrating to Canada in 1951.
In the picture: City Couple Dress Girl Handbag Jewish Community Pedestrian Portrait Shop Shopper Sidewalk Street Streetscape Summer WomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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