us-005578-irn720993-irn517283
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1947-01-01
has record set type: Item
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1948-12-31
is or was included in: us-005578-irn720993
scope and content: The papers consist of two postcards to Chaim Kozienicki, who was living in Palestine, from Mala Maroko, his girlfriend who was living in Malmö, Sweden. She sends him best wishes for the Jewish New Year and provides news about mutual friends. The postcards are addressed to"Josef Rodlepmur" which is"Josef Trumpeldo" spelled backwards.
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn720993-irn517283/alternateIDs/1
history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
title: Chaim Kozienicki papers
history: Chaim Kozienicki was born June 16, 1928 in Łódź, Poland, to Chaja Sura, born in 1900, and Szulem, born 1889. He had one brother, Ezra Zeli, born August 24, 1925. When the Germans occupied Łódź in 1939, Jewish men were especially subject to persecution and capture for forced labor, so Chaim’s father fled to Brzeziny and Warsaw. When he returned after a short time, Chaim was given the task of being on the lookout to see when it was safe for his father to go out of their apartment. In March 1940, Chaim’s family was moved by the Germans to the Łódź ghetto. Chaim was eleven years old. At first, he felt a sense of adventure, and relief at being separated from the Germans and the threat of random abductions. He and his family lived with relatives, then moved to a wooden hut where they had a small plot where they could grow vegetables. The hut was near the barbed wire fence that bordered the ghetto. German soldiers took random shots at Jews along the fence, so Chaim’s family was especially at risk. At night, they were not able to go out of the hut to the outhouse because of the danger. Chaim joined the Hanoar Hatzioni Zionist youth group. His brother joined a Communist group and objected to Chaim’s involvement with the Zionist group. Chaim also attended school in the ghetto. His maternal grandfather started Chaim’s training to become Bar Mitzvah. In the fall of 1941, the school closed. Chaim’s grandfather died of hunger. The winter of 1941-1942 was very harsh, though Chaim’s involvement with the Zionist youth group helped keep his spirits up. He worked in the leather factory. In June 1942, he became Bar Mitzvah in a simple ceremony at home of putting on tefillin for the first time. His family gave him half a loaf of bread as a present. When he thought of the sacrifices his family had made to be able to give him the bread, he had difficulty eating it. In September 1942, the “Gehsperre” Aktion occurred. All children, the elderly, and the sick were to be rounded up. Chaim’s fa…
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identifier: irn517283
has or had holder: us-005578
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record resource extent: folder 1