Zachariasz family photographs

Identifier
irn523054
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1999.194
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Swedish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Judith Popinski (born Judyta Zachariasz) on August 5, 1923 in Łódź, Poland. Her father, Gecel Zachariasz, was a textile engineer and her mother, Fajga Rywa (Regina) Talmud Zachariasz took care of Judyta and her younger brother, Jakób, (b. 1927). In 1939 the family was forced into the Lodz ghetto. Gecel died in 1941 and Jakób contracted typhus and died in 1942. On August 17, 1944, during the liquidation of the ghetto, Judith and her mother were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Fajga Rywa was killed on arrival and Judith was transferred to several slave labor camps including Berlin-Neukoelln, Sachsenhausen, and Ravensbrück. On April 26, 1945 Judith and 500 other women prisoners were handed over to the Swedish and Danish Red Cross and transferred to Sweden. After the war Judith married a fellow survivor from Łódź, Abram Popinski in July 1946.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on February 23, 1999 by Judit Popinski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of four photographs of Judit Popinski (born Judyta Zachariasz) and her family while in the Łódź ghetto, Poland.

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Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.