Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen in the Columbia boat

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: 1951 (indexed as 1951)
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Scope & content: White border with deckled edges. Indoor scene. Group picture of people standing up in elegant clothes. The first woman from the left is Elzbieta (Elizabeth) Zilberbogen Narrative: Photograph was taken aboard Columbia ship en route to Canada. 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: Crowd Dance Dress Exhibition Hall Group Portrait Immigration Interior View Jewish Community Lantern Party Ship WomanTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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