"Kibbutz to the Victory in Krakow" - Holocaust survivors in Krakow - A Collection of Photographs

"Kibbutz to the Victory in Krakow" - Holocaust survivors in Krakow - A Collection of Photographs

A collection of photographs of Jews Holocaust survivor  in Krakow, most of them from 1944-1946. The Goldman, Kaminsky, and Liderman families.

An album containing 122 photographs of at least three different Jewish families originating in Krakow and surviving the Holocaust. The album open in a number of described photos (in Hebrew or Polish) and dated on the back to before the Nazi occupation - Krakow, 1935, and 1936. Later in the album appears Group photos of the various families from 1942 and 1945. A rare photograph appears, showing a group of teenagers holding a sign on it: "Kibbutz to the  Victory in Krakow" and a Magen David painting. Also, various photographs of Jewish survivors of Krakow appear after their arrival in Israel dated to 1948-1949, the last of which were taken in the city of Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv photographers' stamps on the back).

Photographs of Krakow Jews during and after the Holocaust are extremely rare, as there are almost no Jews left after the Holocaust. On September 6, 1939, with the conquest of the city, the Nazis launched a systematic persecution of the millennial Jewish community, numbering 60,000 before the war. With the liquidation of the Krakow ghetto in March 1943, the last Jews were sent to the extermination camps, and the city was almost completely cleared of its Jewish residents. Individual survivors returned to the city from the camps after liberation, or from hiding places. the survivors were mainly trying to rebuild their lives, preparing for immigration to Israel, and usually did not commemorate their last moments on Polish soil in photographs.

An album with a copper relief of David Tower 28x20 cm. Photographs of different sizes: 14x9 cm, and 7x9 cm. Some of the photos are in the pockets of the album, and some detached. overall very good condition.