Children in an orphanage in Turkowice with their guardian, sister Irena (Antonina Manaszczuk)

Family archiveAround 1942

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland

It was one of the orphanages where Jewish children were hidden during the Holocaust. One of the girls in the picture is Katarzyna Meloch, hidden as Irena Dąbrowska.

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Title: Children in an orphanage in Turkowice with their guardian, sister Irena (Antonina Manaszczuk)
Creator: Family archive
Date Created: Around 1942
Rights: Muzeum Historii Żydów Polskich POLIN

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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