us-005578-irn520070
title: Dziunia Eichenholz Goop collection
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
scope and content: Includes a photo album with photographs of the Eichenholz family and their friends before the war in Krakow, on holiday along the Vistula River, on the Baltic coast, in Gdynia, and in Zakopane, and the children performing at the Moniuszko Conservatory; photographs of the Eichenholz and Goldstein families living in the Krakow ghetto; and images taken in Julius Madritsch’s Clothing Workshop in Krakow before it was moved to Płaszów concentration camp.
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520070/alternateIDs/1
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1920-01-01
type: RecordSet
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520070/acquisitions/1
record resource structure: The Dziunia Eichenholz Goop collection is arranged in a single series.
has or had holder: us-005578
identifier: irn520070
record resource extent: oversize box 1
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1950-12-31
history: Dziunia Eichenholz was born on December 31, 1928 in Krakow to Lusia Sara Malka Eichenholz and Henryk Hirsch Eichenholz. Her older brother Bronislaw (Bronek) was born in 1925. Henryk owned a men’s custom made clothing shop, and the family lived at Dunajewskiego 6 in Krakow. Bronek studied the violin, and performed as a soloist and with the Moniuszko Conservatory Orchestra while Dziunia studied dance and piano at the Conservatory. From September 1939 through March 1941, the family lived in Krakow, and also lived in hiding in Myslenice, a small town not too far from Krakow. Also during this time, Lusia and her two children were arrested for not having Kennkarte, and imprisoned in Montelupich prison in Krakow. Henryk was spared arrest since he was out of the apartment at the time. Soon afterwards, he was able to obtain the Kennkarte and arrange for his family’s release. In March 1941 the family was forced into the Krakow Ghetto in Podgorze where they were assigned to live at Traugutta 13 in a two-room apartment with a kitchen along with nine members of the Goldstein family. In March 1943 the family was sent to Plaszow concentration camp. Throughout this time, Henryk was head of Julius Madrisch’s tailor shop and made custom-made suits for Oskar Schindler, Hans Frank, and Amon Goeth. Henryk was issued a special permit to leave the ghetto with a guard and go up to Wawel Castle to take measurements and deliver completed suits. During this time, Henryk was able to visit Maria Cichon, friend and housekeeper of the Eichenholz family, who owned a grocery store that was on the way to Wawel. Maria would bribe the guards in order to allow Henryk to stop in and see her on his trip, and at times she was also able to give the family some food. Due to Julius Madrisch’s close relationship with Oskar Schindler, the family was originally included on Schindler’s list, but eventually removed (not by Mr. Schindler or Isaac Stern). In January 1945 the family was sent on a death march to Ausc…
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