Salomon and Lisa Kawenoki papers
Extent and Medium
folder
1
Creator(s)
- Salomon Kawenoki
Biographical History
Salomon Kawenoki died in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, in 1940. Lisa Kawenoki and her daughter, Sala, were deported to Auschwitz. Lisa Kawenoki perished in Auschwitz in August 1944. Sala Kawenoki was transferred to Ravensbrück concentration camp, and on April 25, 1945, she was released through the efforts of Count Folke Bernadotte and the Swedish Red Cross. After her release, she went to Sweden and from there immigrated to the United States in March 1946.
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The papers were donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 by Sally Grubman-Lifschitz.
Scope and Content
The papers consist of three postcards written by Salomon and Lisa Kawenoki in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland, to their relatives in the United States and Lithuania.