Liberation of Auschwitz

Picture of 13 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.

A number of the children have been identified, either by themselves or others (to the best of their memory).from the left to the right:

• (1) Tomy Shacham / Tomy Schwarz / Tomasz Szwarz (first from the left) <Israel>

• (2) Miriam Ziegler (F) <Canada>

• (3) Pessa Balter / Paula Lebovics (F / Poland, 1933)) <United States>

• (4) Erika Dohan / Erika Winter (fourth from the left) <Israel>

• (5)

• (7) Marta Wise

• (8) Eva Slonim

• (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 (wearing knitted hats); or Bracha Katz (Berta Weinhaber) & ???

• Gabriel Neumann / Gabriel Nejman (fourth from the right) <Israel>
• Bracha Katz / Berta Weinhaber (second from the right) <Israel>
• Shmuel Schelach / Robert Schlesinger (third from the right) <Israel>
• Marta Wise / Marta Weiss / Marta Wiess (seventh from the left) <Israel>
• Eva Slonim / Eva Weiss (eighth from the left) <Australia>.

• Eva & Miriam Mozes (wearing knitted hats)

• Alicja Gruenbaum
• Solomon Rozalin
• Gita Sztrauss
• Wiera Sadler;
• Boro Eksztein;
• Josef Rozenwaser; Rafael Szlezinger;
• Adek Apfelbaum;
• Hillik (later Harold) Apfelbaum;
• Mark Berkowitz (a twin);
• Pessa Balter;
• Rut Muszkies]] (later Webber);
• Miriam Friedman