George Ehrman and his brother Charles wearing Stars of David on Prikopy Street

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Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

1941 (indexed as 1941)

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Extent

Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 5,5 in. x W: 3,5 in.

Scope & content

b&w, white border. Outdoors. Two men walking along a sidewalk. They are both wearing yellow star badges on their coats. People and advertising posters can be seen in the background. Narrative: George (Jiri) Ehrman was born in Strakonice (Czech Republic) on March 8, 1920. He was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt ghetto-camp (Czech Republic) in June 1942. In December 1943 he was sent from the Theresienstadt ghetto-camp to Auschwitz concentration camp (Poland) where his prisoner number was #170128. In July 1944, George Ehrman was sent to concentration camp Schwarzheide, a subcamp of Sachsenhausen, where he received this identification prisoner number.George recalls that he was made to build bunkers and repair damages after Allied air raids. From April 4, 1945 to May 5, 1945 George was part of a death march from Schwarzheide camp toward Theresienstadt ghetto-camp. He was with his brother Charles (Karel) during the march. Mr Ehrman believes that from their hometown, only him and his brother Charles (Karel) survived the Holocaust. George Ehrman immigrated to Canada and settled in Montreal.

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AdvertisingBillboardCoatCrowdHatJewish CommunityManPedestrianShop SignSidewalkStreetStreetscapeWinterTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

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