ObjectnummerM2017/018:001
BeschrijvingPhotograph donated by Holocaust survivor, Kuba Enoch. Taken by a U.S soldier following the liberation of Buchenwald concentration camp. Enoch is pictured in the middle and is holding a gun and wearing the pants from a German uniform. The photo was staged - placing him in the position of an officer, pointing a gun at an inmate dressed in prison uniform.
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.
Datum 1945 - 1945
Onderwerpghettos, survival, liberation, , families, Red Cross, Buchenwald concentration camp, camp experiences
Objectnaamphotographs
Materiaalphotographic emulsion, paper, paper
Formaat
- width: 94.00 mm
height: 65.00 mm
Taal
- English
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Kuba Enoch