Photographs from the Estate of Isabel Wachenheimer by Anonymous

Photographs from the Estate of Isabel Wachenheimer 1931 - 1937

anonymous

photo of handprinted image

personal snap photobooth

wedding photograph

photo restoration

photo element

historical photography

strong emotion

framed image

photo layout

photographic element

This photographic contact sheet features a young girl posed in various ways, likely taken by an anonymous photographer between 1931 and 1937 from the estate of Isabel Wachenheimer. The contact sheet, a format commonly used in the early days of photography, allows us to see the photographer’s process of selecting the best images for the final print. The young girl's playful expressions and poses offer a glimpse into the innocence of childhood, while the sheet's history, linked to the estate of Isabel Wachenheimer, hints at a personal and intimate story behind these photographs.

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In 1928 a daughter, Isabel, was born to Eugen and Else Wachenheimer. In 1934 they posed before the family home in Stuttgart on Isabel’s first day of school. The photograph at the lower right was taken almost ten years later (1943) in the Westerbork transit camp. Isabel had been rounded up in Amsterdam five months earlier. The family was first sent to Theresienstadt and then on to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Eugen and Else were gassed. Isabel was condemned to forced labour.