The Lidgi family in Chicago

This picture was taken in the USA, in Chicago, at the end of the 19th century. This is a photo of the Lidgi family members, who left - my mother had two brothers and one sister, who immigrated to the USA in 1897/8. I have had this family photo ever since I was a child. Until I got married, it was placed on my mother's chest of drawers. She missed her brothers very much, because she had not met them and they never came to Bulgaria. First from right to left, sitting, is tanti [aunt] Sali, my mother's sister and her husband Ralf is standing behind her. The second man standing from right to left is uncle Leon Lidgi. His wife Sarah is in front of him. At that time their twins Haim and Norbert were not born yet.

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).