Lola and Menachem Mozes collection

Overview

Collection Summary

THe collection consists of photographs, documents and blankets illustrating the experiences of Lola Rewitz, born in Katowice, Poland and Menachem Mozes, born in Goworowo, Poland. Lola was deported from Bochnia in 1943 with her mother and sent to Plaszow, Auschwitz, marched on foot and then transferred by train to Ravensbrueck then Malhoff. On a death march from Malhoff, they were liberated by Russian soldiers and transferred back to Łódź, Poland. In 1940, Menachem's family was deported to Archangelsk in Russia. They were then free to travel to Kutaisi, Georgia where they remained until 1945. Menachem made his way to Marseilles, France where he and Lola boarded the ship the Exodus, bound for Palestine. Once they were returned to Europe, Lola and Menachem were settled in Hamburg, Germany then moved to Paris, France, immigrating to the United States in 1951.

Provenance

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by Lally Mozes-Steckman.