Photos: Aaron Finger’s military identification card, dated October 18, 1945. USHMM, gift of Susan Bliss; Identification portrait of Charles Stein, circa 1934–38. USHMM, courtesy of Charles Stein; The Kovary family circa 1945. From left to right, Olivio, Tom, Esther, and Ernest. USHMM, gift of Myra Kovary and Vally Kovary; Ellen Kaufmann, 20 years old, circa 1940, three years before she joined the Women’s Army Corps. USHMM, gift of Anita Boucher; Otto Perl’s identification photo, dated January 7, 1939. USHMM, gift of Otto and Susanne Perl; Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus (center) posing with the 50 Austrian Jewish children they brought to the US. Hugo Zulawski is the boy on the right inside the life preserver ring. USHMM, courtesy of Steven Pressman; Halina Litman stands between her aunt, Irena Keh, and mother, Olga Litman, in a prewar photograph, circa 1934–39. Halina’s aunt was killed during the Holocaust. USHMM, courtesy of Halina Peabody; Rocket scientist Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi, receives a federal civilian service award from President Dwight D. Eisenhower circa 1959. Alamy |
Posts