Koffer Riwka Herszberg | Suitcase Riwka Herszberg

Short biography from the exhibition of the Bullenhuser Damm Memorial. Riwka Herszberg was born on 7 June 1938 in Zduńska Wola near Łódz´ in Poland. Riwka and her mother Mania were housed in the women’s camp in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Riwka reportedly escaped a selection because one particular SS man took a liking to her because she resembled his daughter. Riwka Herszberg was taken to the Neuengamme concentration camp on 28 November 1944 and murdered on Bullenhuser Damm on 20 April 1945 aged 6.


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Media Type:
text
Media format:
digital media
Language:
german, english
Author:
Iris Groschek, Kristina Vagt
Publisher:
KZ-Gedenkstätte Neuengamme
Year of publication:
2011
Rights:
All rights reserved.



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The complete permanent exhibition "Time Traces" and the other side exhibitions on the grounds of the Neuengamme Concentration Camp Memorial are also available digitally in the memorial's media library. Unfortunately, the media library is only available in German.

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