Accession Number: NEKHC:2013.11.42

Object: Photograph


Physical Description: 



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. This photograph shows a skiier and a snowy peak near Königsberg, where the family enjoyed skiing. As the family were Jewish, their business and home was taken from them during the Holocaust. Ellen survived as she was sent away from the increasing persecution to England on the Kindertransport, her parents were murdered by the Nazi regime.