Hinda Chilewicz (middle) and her two cousins, Edzia (left) and Hadasa Cudzynowski (right) pose with a bear.

Photograph | Photograph Number: 33135

Date: 1935 February 27
Locale: Sosnowiec, [Katowice; Zaglebie] Poland
Variant Locale: Sosnovets
Sosnowitz
Photo Designation: LIFE BEFORE THE HOLOCAUST -- Poland -- Family/Friends/Portraits -- At Home/In Town
Photo Credit: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of William and Helen Luksenburg

Biography: Hinda Chilewicz (now Helen Luksenburg) is the daughter of Chaim and Chana Chilewicz. The eldest of three children, Hinda was born on April 4, 1926 in Sosnowiec, Poland where her father owned a textile mill. After the German invasion the family remained in Sosnowiec, which soon became an open ghetto. During this period Hinda's brother Abraham (Mumek) was sent to a labor camp in Markstaedt. He later died in 1944 at the age of 17 while on a death march. Hinda was transported to the Goglin transit camp, and in March 1943 she was deported to the Gleiwitz labor camp. When the ghetto was liquidated in August 1943, Hinda's parents and sister, Bluma, were deported to Auschwitz. All three perished in the camp. Hinda remained in Gleiwitz for over a year and a half. There she met her future husband, Welek Luksenburg from Dabrowa.
Keyword: CHILDREN/YOUTH
COSTUMES
CUDZYNOWSKA FAMILY (ZAGLEBIE)
JEWS (POLISH)
LUKSENBURG FAMILY (ZAGLEBIE)
YOUTH (13-20 YEARS)
Photo Source: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Provenance: William and Helen Luksenburg
: Record last modified: 2003-11-26 00:00:00
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