Julia Rabinowicz collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn43556
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Collection of six photographs depicting Hana Gorodecka (donor's paternal grandmother); Julia Rabinowicz's (donor's mother's) friends Zosia and Jurek Flasjszman, who survived together in the Łódź ghetto; Tadek Gothelf, husband of Jadzia Gorodecka (donor's paternal aunt); Sabina Rabinowicz (donor's maternal aunt) who perished; as well as a post-war family portrait of Ida Marzan, a co-worker of Dr. Janusz Korczak.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517352
• English
• oversize boxes folder 2 1
• Updated 7 months ago

The papers consist of a photo album and photographs of Julia Rabinowicz [donor's mother] and her friends in the children's home in Helenowek near Łódź, Poland, from 1946 to 1949; other photographs showing Julia, her sister, Krystyna, and her parents before and during World War II in the ghetto in Łódź; miniature notebooks in a small bag; an autograph book; notes written on birch bark; two documents stating that Julia Rabinowicz has been released from Kratzau (Chrastava), Czechoslovakia, and is returning to her hometown of Łódź; a document issued by the Jewish Historical Institute in W...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517354
• English
• 1946-1949
• overall: Height: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Pencil sketch of a man owned by Julia Rabinowicz, possibly acquired while she was in the Helenowek children's home. In 1939, the Germans invaded and occupied Poland. The next year, Julia, her parents, Becalel and Solomea, and her sister, Krystyna, were interned in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź. In August 1944, when she was 17 years old, Julia and her mother were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Julia was then transferred to the Kratzau labor camp in Czechoslovakia, where she was liberated on May 9, 1945. Her parents perished in the Holocaust. Her sister survived. Julia returned to Łódź...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn517356
• English
• 1946-1949
• overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Depth: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Small leather wallet owned by Julia Rabinowicz. She used it to hold miniature notebooks where she wrote about her experiences during the Holocaust. In 1939, the Germans invaded and occupied Poland. The next year, Julia, her parents, Becalel and Solomea, and her sister, Krystyna, were interned in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź. In August 1944, when she was 17 years old, Julia and her mother were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp. Julia was then transferred to the Kratzau labor camp in Czechoslovakia, where she was liberated on May 9, 1945. Her parents perished in the Holocaust. Her sister ...