Sylvia Kramarski and Henry Leshno pump water on the Pawlak family farm in Krushev.

Photograph | Digitized | Photograph Number: 13219

Overview

Caption: Sylvia Kramarski and Henry Leshno pump water on the Pawlak family farm in Krushev.

They were hidden, together with Sylvia's father and other Jews in an underground bunker on the farm. The Pawlaks (who were ethnic Germans) were paid for hiding them. Sylvia stated that Mrs. Pawlak assisted her in baking Matzot in the middle of the night for Passover.
Date: May 1945 - June 1945
Locale: Krushev, Poland
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Sylvia Kramarski Kolski

Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: Sylvia Kramarski Kolski

Source Record ID: Collections: 1990.93.20

Keyword: FARMS/FARMING JEWS (POLISH) JEWS IN HIDING JEWS IN HIDING (AFTER THE EXPERIENCE) WELLS WOMEN
Photo Designation: RESCUERS & RESCUED -- Poland