Photograph

https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn76147
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 2 1/4 in.
Date
[Prior to 1945]
Collection
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Description Level
Item
Material Type
graphic material
Physical Description
Photograph : Paper ; Ht: 3 in. x W: 2 1/4 in.
Other Title Information
Documentary Artifact
Date
[Prior to 1945]
Physical Condition
Good
Notes
b&w, white border, indoors. Portrait of young man with black hair, wearing suit and tie. Narrative: The photograph was found hidden in the wooden beams of the roof of a Jewish home in Poland. An uncle of the donor, Elizabeth Cicigoi, purchased the house after the war and discovered it. It had been hidden with a transit pass, a letter, and two Jewish prayer books. Elizabeth's mother was Jewish; she was murdered during the Holocaust.
Accession No.
1995.32.03
Name Access
Cicigoi, Elizabeth
Places
Poland, Europe
Archival / Genealogical
Archival Descriptions
Repository
Montreal Holocaust Museum
Images
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