United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Simcha Elimelech Notowicz (Manius or Max Notowitz) was born Oct. 31, 1927, in Kolbuszowa, Poland to Osias and Ida Notowitz. Osias was the deputy to the head of the Kolbuszowa Jewish council, and perished in Auschwitz in 1941. Simcha was forced to work in the Kolbuszowa labor camp, but his mother and siblings, relocated to the Rzeszów ghetto, were deported to Bełzec in 1942. He managed to escape the labor camp in Nov. 1942 and spent the remainder of the war in the forests near Kolbuszowa. After liberation, he traveled to the American zone of Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1947.
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Postcard sent by the Max Notowitz's [donor's] mother to her brother-in-law; a HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) certificate with photo; an embarkation card issued to the donor on the"Marine Flashe" ship; a Hebrew school identification card issued to the donor; a permit, issued by UNRRA, to travel by train; a donor's displaced persons identification card; certificate issued by Jewish Committee in Kolbuszowa; copy of birth certificate issued by Jewish Civil Registry Office; passenger ticket for"Marine Flashe" issued to donor; and an identification certificate issued by the American Consulate in Munich.
Max Notowitz papers