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.
Details
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
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