Izak Rozenwasser collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517169
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 1 year ago

The papers consist of photographs and documents relating to Izak Rosenwasser's imprisonment in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, and his attending and graduating from the ghetto high school and including his sister's auto-portrait and a document stating where she was buried in 1943.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517170
• English
• 1940-1942
• overall: Height: 3.060 inches (7.772 cm) | Width: 2.440 inches (6.198 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Self-portrait by Hela Rozenwasser, done from a photograph, when she was about 18 years old and living in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. She was imprisoned there, with her family, in September 1940, following the German occupation of Poland. In June, 1942, her father, Chaim, died. That September, her mother, Rajzl, was deported to the Chelmno killing center. Hela died of tuberculosis on May 11, 1943; her older brother, Szmul, would die 2 months later. Only her brother, Izak, age 24, who was deported to Hasag to serve as slave labor in February 1944, survived the Holocaust.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517171
• English
• 1940-1942
• overall: Height: 3.060 inches (7.772 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
• Updated 1 year ago

Portrait of Chaim Rozenwasser, done by his daughter, Hela, when she was about 18 years old and living in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. The Rozenwasser family was imprisoned there in September 1940, following the German occupation of Poland. In June, 1942, Chaim died. That September, her mother, Rajzl, was deported to the Chelmno killing center. Hela died of tuberculosis on May 11, 1943; her older brother, Szmul, would die 2 months later. Only her brother, Izak, age 24, who was deported in February 1944, to Hasag to serve as slave labor, survived the Holocaust.