Photograph; Ellen Rawson Collection 101

Accession Number: NEKHC:2015.1.2

Object: Photograph

Physical Description: Photograph; complete. 

Information: This photograph forms part of the Ellen Rawson Collection. It is from a collection of over three hundred photographs of Ellen's family enjoying activities such as swimming and holidaying, before the Holocaust.

Further Information 

This photograph forms part of the Ellen Rawson Collection, Ellen was born in 1922 in Königsberg, East Prussia. The family lived there happily during Ellen’s early childhood. They kept many of the Jewish holidays, and religion was an important part of family life. As the family were Jewish, their business and home was taken from them during the Holocaust. The photograph shows Ellen, who is on the left, and her younger brother Gert. The two were both born in 1922, with Ellen born in January and Gert born in the December. Ellen survived as she was sent away from the increasing persecution to England on the Kindertransport, Ellen's parents were murdered in the Holocaust.

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