Koplowitz and Shlafer families papers

Michael Koplowitz (born Michael Koplowicz, 1913-1996) was born in Łódź, Poland to Yakow and Hinda (née Paciorkowski) Koplowicz. He had five siblings: Sara Geitel, Hersz Mayer, Wowa, Rywka, and Abraham Joel. Michael worked as a house painter and also served in the Polish Army. He married Dina Shlafer in November 1939 in Łódź and shortly after that they fled to the Soviet Union. Dina Shlafer (1910-1985) was born in Łódź, to Jakow and Rachel (Ruchel) Shlafer. She had seven siblings: Mendel, Mojsze, Blima, Szlojme, Faige, Chana, and Ryfcia. Dina worked in Łódź in a silk factory. After fleeing Poland they lived in Siberia where they had two children, Jacob David and HInda, both of whom died in infancy. All of Michael's siblings perished during the Holocaust except Abraham Joel. All of Dina's sibling perished during the Holocaust. After the war, Michael and Dina went to Germany where they lived in the Hessisch Lichtenau DP camp. They remarried in the camp in 1948 and their daughter Rachelle was born the same year. The family immgrated to Israel in 1949 and the United States in 1957.