Clara Chelner, Henry Chelner and Silviu Chelner

The one in the middle is my father's sister, Clara Chelner, with her two boys called, Henry - Ricu - was older, and Silviu the younger.

On the back of the photo they wrote: "With much sympathy from Clara, Ricu and Silviu. March 1933."

There is also the stamp of the photography studio: "Foto Royal, Botosani, Calea Nationala 158."

The Centropa Collection at USHMM

The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

Academics please note: USHMM can provide you with original language word-for-word transcripts and high resolution photographs. All publications should be credited: "From the Centropa Collection at the United States Memorial Museum in Washington, DC". 

Please contact collection [at] centropa.org (collection[at]centropa[dot]org).