Zofia Majewska
I was born in Warsaw. Until 1939, I lived with my parents, Henryk Kroszczor,and Rachel, née Krokiet, on the grounds of the Berson-Bauman Hospital in Warsaw, where my father was the administrative director. My mother worked as a gynecologist in a hospital in the Czyste district (on the street now named Kasprzak Street). I attended […]
Eugenia Magdziarz
I was born in the village of Dobromierz, which belonged to the Jewish community of Przedbórz. In this village lived the parents of my mother, Michał and Rajzla Koplewicz. My original family name was Weinstein, the name to which I returned in the sixties. My father’s first name was Zelik and Mother’s, Cyrla. In 1928, […]
Zofia Lubińska
I was born in Łódź as the only child of parents who were no longer so young. My mother, Chaja (after the war, Halina), née Menkes, and Father, Juda Leon (after the war, Józef) were not rich people, but our home was comfortable. Both my parents had positions in offices of private firms, and I […]
Regina Loss-Fisior
I was born in Baranowicze, in the Nowogródek province (at present, Belarus), where I lived with my parents and siblings until 1934. My father, Grzegorz Loss, was a teacher. My mother, Franciszka Loss, née Liss, was occupied with bringing up her children, Eugenia, Sonia, Adam, and Regina. Our home with its beautiful garden and orchard […]
Henoch Rafael Lisak
I was born in Kalisz as the son of Icek and Frajdla, née Dessauer. At the beginning of World War II, my family, i.e., my mother, my father, my brother, and I, were relocated from Kalisz to Warsaw. In Warsaw, we moved in with friends or relatives (I don’t remember exactly) at 22 Ludwik Zamenhof […]
Roman Lewin
I was born in Sąsiadowice (district of Sambor, province of Lwów). My parents were Izydor and Klara Lewin. My mother’s maiden name was Erdman (in 1946, through a mistake, it was changed to Malwin). My grandparents, on my mother’s side, lived in the same community. My parents were engaged in retail trade, which constituted the […]
Henryk Lewandowski
I was born in Zamość where my father, Dawid Garfinkiel, was co-owner of a brewery. My mother, Maria, née Jungman, was also from Zamość. From the beginning of the war in 1939 until October 1942, I stayed with my family in Zamość. From April until November 1942, I was in the Zamość Ghetto. In 1942, […]
Maria Leszczyńska Ejzen
I had time still, during the first six years of my life, to be happy in my little native town of Konin. The entire clan of Leszczyńskis (owners of windmills, and later, flour mills and oil processing plants) and Ejzens were people without a fortune who achieved everything by themselves—doctors, lawyers, historians, and even actors […]
Robert Kulka
I was born in Katowice into a Jewish family originating from Moravia. We practiced the main traditions of the Mosaic religion but, at the same time, were to a large degree assimilated. My parents, Leon and Gizela, née Huppert, held Czech citizenship. They used the passports of this country until the 1950s and, thus, also […]
Zenobia Krzyżanowska
I was born in Kraków into a Jewish working-class family. My father came from Domaniówka near Odessa, Mother, from the area of Niepołomice. I am the youngest of eight siblings. During the period of occupation, Father worked as a carpenter in the Benedictine Cloister in Staniątki near Kraków. Mother was a seamstress, and in return […]