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Gerda Schild Haas portrait

1939 - private collection

Thank you to Elliott Epstein for the photo

Note:
Gerda Schild Haas, a German Jew trained as a nurse, survived nearly two years of Nazi internment in the notorious Theresienstadt Ghetto during the World War II. In 1946, she emigrated to the U.S., married Dr. Rudy Haas, a fellow German-Jewish refugee and settled in Lewiston-Auburn.
People: Gerda Haas