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Bat mitzvah photo of Hilde Bornstein (later Herz), 1919.
OP ENHEIM, Wrocław, Poland
With the development of liberal Reform Judaism, girls could also celebrate the ceremony of entering adulthood known as bat mitzvah. In this photo, fifteen-year-old Hilde Bornstein poses with her friends and the rabbi who prepared them for the ceremony. Three years later, Hilde would marry Walter Herz, and together they would run a shoe store in the Oppenheim House.