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Warsaw, Poland, 1941, Harry Hostysser, in a hospital in the German army.

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The woman in the photograph visited the wounded in the medical hospital. The man in the photograph, Harry Hostysser, enlisted in the Polish army before the outbreak of World War II (as a Jew), was wounded in the war, and was taken captive. He was hospitalized in the German military hospital in Warsaw and in Chelm. Despite his being Jewish, he was treated and released. After his release, he worked on a Polish estate, hid in the fields, and managed to survive until the end of the war. In 1949, he emigrated to the United States.
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The woman in the photograph visited the wounded in the medical hospital. The man in the photograph, Harry Hostysser, enlisted in the Polish army before the outbreak of World War II (as a Jew), was wounded in the war, and was taken captive. He was hospitalized in the German military hospital in Warsaw and in Chelm. Despite his being Jewish, he was treated and released. After his release, he worked on a Polish estate, hid in the fields, and managed to survive until the end of the war. In 1949, he emigrated to the United States.
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Beside him, are two wounded Ukrainians, and two female Ukrainian visitors.
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The photograph was taken in the Pilkutshi hospital. Visitors to the hospital can be seen in the photograph.
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The other men in the photograph were patients in the military hospital.
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The second girl is Danka Kuchelauwa.
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Second from the right: Benzion Fuchs Fox.
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Miriam Fuchs Fox was the grandmother of Sara Fox Mostysser, a survivor.
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Two wounded Ukrainians, and two female Ukrainian visitors can be seen in the photograph.
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5903/1
Name of Submitter
Harry Mostysser
Source
Harry Mostysser
Credit
Yad Vashem
Place
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Warsaw,Warszawa,Warszawa,Poland
Date of Accession
24/11/1997
Type of material
Photograph
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