Lichtenstein and Tisch families photographs

Identifier
irn561712
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.652.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • Yiddish
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Mania Lichtenstein was born in Włodzimierz Wołyński, Poland (presently Volodymyr-Volynskyi, Ukraine) in 1923 to Gerszon and Gitel Tisch. She had two older sisters, Rivka and Nechama. The family remained in Włodzimierz Wołyński through the Soviet occupation of the city in 1939. With the German invasion in 1941 the family faced increasing persecution and in February 1942 were forced in to the first of three ghettos to be designated in the city. In September 1942 German forces carried out a large mass killing action targeting Jews in the region. Mania's loved ones were among the victims who had been shot into pits near the village of Piatydnie. Mania remained as one the few residents of the Włodzimierz ghetto who had been spared to continue to carry out forced labor for German authorities, this included sorting clothing of victims to be sent to the Reich. Several months later during the liquidation of the ghetto Mania managed to escape with other young people. For a while Mania and other survivors hid in the stable of a Polish woman, Janina Zawadzka, who provided the group with shelter and food. The group eventually fled to the surrounding forests when their hiding place was no longer safe. Eventually the band of survivors arrived in Soviet held territory. During this period Mania met survivor Jozef Lichtenstein who had fled with a younger brother, Moniek. After liberation the couple returned to Włodzimierz where they married. Soon the couple resolved to emigrate from Europe and fled West. For a time the Mania and Jozef lived in the Eschwege displaced persons camp where they welcomed their first child. In 1951 the family departed for Canada where they settled and welcomed a second daughter.

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Brenda L. Wolfe.

Donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Brenda L. Wolfe in 2017.

Scope and Content

Consists primarily of postwar photographs of the Tisch and Lichtenstein family members and friends. Many of the photographs are associated with Jozef and Mania (née Tisch) Lichtenstein's stay in the Eschwege DP camp. Included is also photograph of Mania's rescuer Janina Zawadzka.

System of Arrangement

The Lichtenstein and Tisch families photographs are arranged as a single series.

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.