Photographs from the Estate of Isabel Wachenheimer Possibly 1935
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This anonymous black and white photograph, likely taken around 1935, depicts a young girl, Isabel Wachenheimer, standing in front of a doorway. She is wearing a coat, a hat, and a backpack, suggesting she is on her way to school. The photograph, likely taken for personal documentation, provides a glimpse into the life of a young girl during this time period. The subject’s posture and attire suggest a sense of formality and perhaps a hint of nervousness, capturing the essence of childhood innocence amidst the complexities of the era.
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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.
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