A sepia toned portrait of two young children with light skin tone. The older, taller child on the left has dark brown hair and wears a dark dress with a bonnet tied around her neck. They have one hand placed on the other’s shoulder and is holding hands with the other. The younger, shorter child has short dark hair and wears a dark shirt with dark pants. They have one hand on their waist and is holding hands with the other.
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1937 studio portrait of Suri and Ari Deutsch

Prewar studio portrait in Sighet of Jewish siblings Suri and Ari Deutsch, both of whom died in the Holocaust. This photograph comes from the album of their cousin, Rosalia Dratler Roiter. Rosalia was deported to and died at Auschwitz. Sighet, Romania, 1937.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Solange Dratler Lebowitz

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