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Two Jewish couples pose beneath an arch in the resort town of Krynica.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 23225
Two Jewish couples pose beneath an arch in the resort town of Krynica. Pictured on the left are Heniek and Cesia (Merin) Szyniarowski. On the right are two unidentified friends. Heniek and Cesia perished in Auschwitz in 1943.

Two Jewish couples pose beneath an arch in the resort town of Krynica.

Pictured on the left are Heniek and Cesia (Merin) Szyniarowski. On the right are two unidentified friends. Heniek and Cesia perished in Auschwitz in 1943.

Date
Circa 1938
Locale
Krynica, [Carpathian Mountains; Krakow] Poland
Variant Locale
Krynica Zdroj
Bad Krynica
Photo Designation
LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- Vacations/Outings
Photo Credit
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Shoshana Merin Benes

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Biography
Shoshana Benes (born Rozia Merin) is the daughter of Chaim and Fela Merin. She was born December 24, 1930 in Bedzin, Poland, where her father was a biochemist and the owner of an oil refinery. Rozia was the youngest of five children. Two of her siblings were Cesia (Merin) Szyniarowski and Lola (Merin) Laskier. After the German invasion of Poland, the family remained in Bedzin. In March 1943, Rozia was sent to Graeben-bei-Gross Rosen, a forced labor camp attached to a linen factory. She remained there until February 1945, when she was sent on a forced march to Bergen-Belsen. She survived the march and was liberated at Bergen-Belsen in May 1945. Stricken with typhus, Rozia was hospitalized at the Bergen-Belsen displace persons camp for several months. After recuperating, she attended school at the DP camp, before leaving for Augsburg in 1946. In May 1952 Rozia immigrated to the US.

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Photo Source
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Provenance: Shoshana Merin Benes
Source Record ID: Collections: 2008.322
 
Record last modified: 2003-06-13 00:00:00
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