Posted on Jul 4, 2023
Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years
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The picture of three Jewish girls fleeing Nazi Germany became an iconic image appearing in museums, exhibitions and publications. It was taken at London's Liverpool Street station, but for more than 80 years the girls' identities were a mystery. Until now.
Inge doesn't remember the picture being taken and for decades did not even know of its existence.
The five-year-old had fled her home in Breslau, Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland, with her seven-year-old sister Ruth.
Their mother and younger sister had stayed behind and were murdered at Auschwitz.
It was not until she was a pensioner that Inge even realised she and Ruth, who died in 2015, had been forever immortalised as an icon of the Holocaust and Kindertransport, the mass evacuation of Jewish children from Nazi Germany in 1939.
Inge doesn't remember the picture being taken and for decades did not even know of its existence.
The five-year-old had fled her home in Breslau, Germany, now Wroclaw in Poland, with her seven-year-old sister Ruth.
Their mother and younger sister had stayed behind and were murdered at Auschwitz.
It was not until she was a pensioner that Inge even realised she and Ruth, who died in 2015, had been forever immortalised as an icon of the Holocaust and Kindertransport, the mass evacuation of Jewish children from Nazi Germany in 1939.
Mystery of Holocaust escape girls solved after 84 years
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."And during a visit by Debbie and Helen Singer, Getty Archives updated its records so the caption accompanying the photo gives the names of all three girls.
"I feel quite tearful, because our mother's name and where she came from are now attached to this photograph along with Inge and Ruth and they're not just nameless children," Debbie said.
Helen agreed, adding: "These were not just 'three little girls', they were people who had names and lives that mattered.
"They deserved to be named and we think our mother would have been happy about this."
Inge, now aged 89 and living in south London, has waited more than 80 years to learn the name of the kind girl who shared her doll with her.
She now knows much more about the photograph that has followed her around.
"This photograph has been a long way," she said, adding: "It just seems to attract people.""
..."And during a visit by Debbie and Helen Singer, Getty Archives updated its records so the caption accompanying the photo gives the names of all three girls.
"I feel quite tearful, because our mother's name and where she came from are now attached to this photograph along with Inge and Ruth and they're not just nameless children," Debbie said.
Helen agreed, adding: "These were not just 'three little girls', they were people who had names and lives that mattered.
"They deserved to be named and we think our mother would have been happy about this."
Inge, now aged 89 and living in south London, has waited more than 80 years to learn the name of the kind girl who shared her doll with her.
She now knows much more about the photograph that has followed her around.
"This photograph has been a long way," she said, adding: "It just seems to attract people.""
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There were a lot of books written about the Kindertransport and the families that took these children in.
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