Saving Photos

From the USHMM’s Facebook:

During the Holocaust, people went to great lengths to save precious photographs. Explore some of the ways photos survived:

Niusia Gordon kept this photograph of her parents while living in hiding under a false identity. They did not survive. Photo: USHMM, courtesy of Regina Gordon.

Wilhelm and Johanna Schischa mailed this final photo of themselves in the Opole ghetto to relatives in Vienna. Photo: USHMM, courtesy of Lilli Schischa Tauber.

Magdalena Mermelstein recovered her family’s photos from their Christian neighbors. She was the only member of her immediate family to survive. Photo: USHMM, courtesy of Magda Mermelstein Berkman.

Mendel Grossman took thousands of illegal photos in the Łódź ghetto. He did not survive, but his photos did. Photo: Beit Lohamei Haghetaot.

Rosa Liebermann hid this photo of her son, Alex, in her mouth during concentration camp selections. He did not survive. Photo: USHMM, courtesy of Emanuel Shiber, Esq.