Parting from one's child was a difficult experience for parents who placed their offspring with foster families. [LCID: 58162]
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A mother's photograph

Parting from one's child was a difficult experience for parents who placed their offspring with foster families. Eda Künstler entrusted this photograph of herself to her daughter's rescuer, Zofji Sendler. On the back it is inscribed, "Anita's real mother."

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children hiding rescuers
  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum

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