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For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the same

  • Written by Hana Green, Postdoctoral Fellow in Holocaust Studies, Zucker/Goldberg Center for Holocaust Studies, College of Charleston
For some Jewish women, ‘passing’ as Christian during the Holocaust could mean survival – but left scars all the sameA 1943 post office identification card for Annelies Herz, a German Jewish woman who managed to survive by posing as a Christian woman with the last name 'Stein.'From the Collection of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust. Gift of Annelies and Helmut Herz, 393.89.

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