Shmaryagu Shargel photograph collection

Copyright Holder: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Shmaryagu Shargel (1927-2013) was born on 15 May 1927 in Janów neighborhood of Tarnopol, Poland (Ternopil, Ukraine) to Naftaly and Rosa Shargel. During the Holocaust, his wife Riva Shargel’s family was in a camp, possibly Bor, from 1942-1944. Reila Aizenberg served on the front throughout the war. Lazarus Mesyo (1916-1941) was tortured by Ukrainians in 1941. Shmaryagu’s father Naftaly was murdered by the Nazis in the Trembowla ghetto. The collection consists of six photographs depicting the family of Shmaryagu Shargel, originally of Janów neighborhood of Tarnopol, Poland (Ternopil, Ukraine), including Shmaryagu’s father Naftaly Shargel, Riva Shargel, Reila Aizenberg, and Lazarus Mesyo. There is also a post-war photograph of Shmaryagu with his family visiting the graves of Jews murdered in the Trembowla ghetto.