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* [https://sfi.usc.edu/content/auschwitz-childrens-photo USF Shoah Foundation]
* [https://sfi.usc.edu/content/auschwitz-childrens-photo USF Shoah Foundation]


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These photographs was taken at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Alexander Vorontsov, a Soviet photographer who accompanied the soldiers of the Red Army after they liberated the camp on 27 January 1945.  The photographs depicts a group of thirteen children.
 
These photographs was taken at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Alexander Vorontsov, a Soviet photographer who accompanied the soldiers of the Red Army after they liberated the camp on 27 January 1945.  The photographs depicts thirteen children.


All the children have been identified. From the left to the right they are:
All the children have been identified. From the left to the right they are:


* (1) '''[[Tomy Shacham]]''' / [[Tomy Schwarz]] / Tomasz Szwarz (M / Slovakia, 1933) -- <Israel>
* (1) [[Tomy Shacham]] / [[Tomy Schwarz]] (M / Slovakia, 1933)  
 
* (2) [[Miriam Friedman]] / [[Miriam Ziegler]] (F / Poland, 1933)  
* (2) [[Miriam Friedman]] / [[Miriam Ziegler]] (F / Poland, 1933) -- <Canada>
* (3) [[Pessa Balter]] / [[Paula Lebovics]] (F / Poland, 1933)  
 
* (3) [[Pessa Balter]] / [[Paula Lebovics]] (F / Poland, 1933)) -- <United States>
 
* (4) [[Ruth Muschkies]] / [[Ruth Webber]] (F / Poland, 1935)
* (4) [[Ruth Muschkies]] / [[Ruth Webber]] (F / Poland, 1935)
 
* (5) [[Bracha Katz]] / [[Berta Weinhaber]] (F / Slovakia, 1930)
* (5) '''[[Bracha Katz]]''' / Berta Weinhaber (F) <Israel>
* (6) [[Erika Dohan]] / [[Erika Winter]] (F / Czechia, 1931)  
 
* (7) [[Marta Wise]] / Marta Weiss (F / Slovakia, 1934)
* (6) [[Erika Dohan]] / Erika Winter (F / Czechia, 1931) <Israel>
* (8) [[Eva Slonim]] / Eva Weiss (F / Slovakia, 1931)
 
* (9) [[Gabor Hirsch]] (M / Poland, 1929)
* (7) [[Marta Wise]] (
* (10) [[Gabriel Neumann]] / [[Gabriel Nejman]] (M / Czechia, 1937-2012)
 
* (11) [[Shmuel Schelach]] / [[Robert Schlesinger]] (M / Czechia, 1934-2006)
* (8) [[Eva Slonim]] (
* (12 & 13) [[Eva & Miriam Mozes]] / [[Eva Kor]] & [[Miriam Zieger]]
 
* (9) [[Gabor Hirsch]] <Switzerland>
 
* (10) '''[[Gabriel Neumann]]''' / Gabriel Nejman (fourth from the right) <Israel>
 
* (11) '''[[Shmuel Schelach]]''' / [[Robert Schlesinger]] (third from the right) <Israel>
 
* (12 & 13) '''[[Eva & Miriam Mozes]]''' / Eva Moses Kor & Miriam Moses Zieger (wearing knitted hats)


== Picture of a group of small children ==
== Picture of a group of small children ==

Revision as of 21:45, 2 September 2020

Picture of a group of 13 children

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These photographs was taken at Auschwitz-Birkenau by Alexander Vorontsov, a Soviet photographer who accompanied the soldiers of the Red Army after they liberated the camp on 27 January 1945. The photographs depicts a group of thirteen children.

All the children have been identified. From the left to the right they are:

Picture of a group of small children

The photo includes: (1) Tova Friedman; (2) Sarah Ludwig; and (3) Michael Bornstein.

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