Object numberM2017/018:007
DescriptionThis is a photograph donated by Holocaust survivor, Kuba Enoch. It was taken circa 1946 whilst he was attending the ORT school in Bex, Switzerland. The ORT is a not-for-profit organisation that was active at the time in providing survivors with edcuation and vocational training opportunities.
Kuba was born in Krakow, Poland 1926. He was 13 years old when the war began; soon after, he and his family were rounded up into Krakow ghetto. When it was liquidated in 1943, Kuba's younger brother was removed and his parents were sent to Plaszow concentration camp. Hoping to locate his mother, Kuba volunteered to go on the next transport. He was sent to Ostrowiec, Aushwitz-Birkenau and was eventually moved to Buna camp where he remained until it was evacuated. Kuba was then marched to Buchenwald. Throughout his ordeal he was never reunited with his mother.
Following liberation by U.S forces, Kuba was sent by the Red Cross to recover in Switzerland. He arrived in Australia in 1948.
Kuba was born in Krakow, Poland 1926. He was 13 years old when the war began; soon after, he and his family were rounded up into Krakow ghetto. When it was liquidated in 1943, Kuba's younger brother was removed and his parents were sent to Plaszow concentration camp. Hoping to locate his mother, Kuba volunteered to go on the next transport. He was sent to Ostrowiec, Aushwitz-Birkenau and was eventually moved to Buna camp where he remained until it was evacuated. Kuba was then marched to Buchenwald. Throughout his ordeal he was never reunited with his mother.
Following liberation by U.S forces, Kuba was sent by the Red Cross to recover in Switzerland. He arrived in Australia in 1948.
Production date 1946 - 1948
Subjectghettos, survival, liberation, , families, Red Cross, Buchenwald concentration camp, camp experiences, education
Object namephotographs
Materialphotographic emulsion, paper, paper
Dimensions
- width: 62.00 mm
height: 94.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Kuba Enoch