the Holocausts
prisoners uniforms
This striped prisoner's jacket originally belonged to a German Capo.
Execution
Execution of Polish POW's near Ciepielow in September 1939. Here some of the 300 Polish prisoners-of-war who were executed by firing squad are visible
pictures of the holocaust
Id tag
Holocaust survivors
Students at the Holocaust Survivors: Portraits and Conversations Exhibit view a portrait of Jack Berman, a native of Radom, Poland and survivor of many slave labor camps.
polish identification tag
Identification tag issued to Szebsel Zitler. MOJ stands for Mojzeszowa (followers of Moses), the Polish designation for the Jewish religion.
Berele with Cat
Berele was Eva's younger brother. He was named after the Belzer Rebbe who blessed Eva as an infant. Berele jumped with Eva from the death train.
Warsaw ghetto on fire
A block of housing on fire as a result of the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw ghetto in April and May 1943.
John Menszer, Project Director
John Menszer in his darkroom with a part of the Holocaust Survivors: Portraits and Conversations Exhibit. The panels are 4 feet tall.
Isak
Isak displays the pictures of his family as he tells his story of survival. Only Isak and his brother Abe (the middle picture)survived the war. His brother's health was ruined by his experience in the concentration camps and he died young.
hungry man
A man drinks soup from a soup pail outside a soup kitchen in the Lodz ghetto. Written on the back of the photo in Yiddish is "Drinking the longed for midday meal." The average daily food ration in the Lodz ghetto was less than 1,100 calories per day.
childrens letter
Eva aunt Helen moved to Israel and married uncle Joseph. The children in the household sent greetings to the betrothed, and this letter was recovered after the war
letter
Letter to Eva Galler's aunt and uncle who married in Israel.