us-005578-irn163958
date: circa 1926-1947
title: Dozia Altschuler Mehl photograph collection
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn163958/acquisitions/1
identifier: irn163958
type: RecordSet
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record resource extent: folder 1
scope and content: The Dozia Altschuler Mehl photograph collection consists of 11 photographs depicting the family of Dozia Altschuler in Ukraine, and the family of her husband Wolcio Mehl.
biographical history: Dozia Altschuler (later Doris Mehl) was born in Lvov on February 16, 1926. She was the oldest child of Simcha and Ester (nee Zimmer) Altschuler, and their younger daughter Hela was born in 1932. The family was very observant, they kept kashrut, and Dozia attended Hebrew gymnasium. Simcha was a stockbroker, and the family was very well off financially. Simcha’s brother lived in Przemyślany and after the German invasion of Poland, the Altschulers moved there to keep the family together. The entire family was forced to move into the Przemyslany ghetto. Prior to moving into the ghetto, Simcha and Ester had made arrangements with a Ukrainian man to hide them. When that man decided he no longer wanted to hide them and Hela, he brought them to the main lager (camp) at Kurowice, a forced labor camp. Doris had remained in the ghetto, and they were reunited in Kurowice. Dozia Altschuler (later Doris Mehl, 1926-2018) was born in Lvov (Lviv, Ukraine) on February 16, 1926. She was the oldest child of Simcha and Ester (nee Zimmer) Altschuler, and their younger daughter Hela was born in 1932. The family was very observant, they kept kashrut, and Dozia attended Hebrew gymnasium. Simcha was a stockbroker, and the family was very well off financially. Simcha’s brother lived in Przemyślany and after the German invasion of Poland, the Altschulers moved there to keep the family together. The entire family was forced to move into the Przemyślany ghetto. Prior to moving into the ghetto, Simcha and Ester had made arrangements with a Ukrainian man to hide them. When that man decided he no longer wanted to hide them and Hela, he brought them to the main lager (camp) at Kurowice, a forced labor camp. Doris had remained in the ghetto, and they were reunited in Kurowice. From the camp, Dozia had the opportunity to escape into the woods with the partisans. The plan was that she would go first, and the rest of the family would follow. Simcha had made arrangements for the family to get to Hungary,…
has or had some members with language: pol
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record resource structure: The Dozia Altschuler Mehl photograph collection is arranged in a single series.
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