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Nussbaum"s parents immigrated to The British Mandate of Palestine in 1935. However, they found life too difficult there, and so returned in 1939 to Sandomierz in Poland. Tsvi"s brother disappeared, never to be seen again.
When caught, they were deported to the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen.
After 1945, Tsvi moved to The British Mandate of Palestine. After living in Israel for eight years, he moved to the United States.
Initially, he did not speak English. But having a talent for science, he later studied medicine and became an otolaryngologist in New York City.
There are several considerations that count against Nussbaum being the boy in the photograph.
Nussbaum"s family was arrested at the Hotel Polski which is not in the Warsaw ghetto where all of the photos from the Stroop Report are generally thought to have been taken. Further, the incident he claims was in July 13, 1943. This was nearly two months after the Stroop report was completed, and sent to Himmler and Kruger.
The German soldiers would not have needed combat uniforms at the hotel.
The heavy clothing worn by most of the Jews suggests that the photograph was taken in May.