Studio portrait of the Pleszowski family.
Overview
- Caption
- Studio portrait of the Pleszowski family.
Pictured are Jezhik, Felicja and Adam Pleszowski. - Date
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Circa 1947 - 1948
- Locale
- Krakow, [Krakow] Poland
- Variant Locale
- Krakau
Cracow - Photo Credit
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Ruth Pleszowski
Rights & Restrictions
- Photo Source
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Copyright: United States Holocaust Memorial MuseumProvenance: Ruth Pleszowski
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Biography
- Ruth Pleszowski is the daughter-in-law of Felicja (later Felicia) Klopholcz Pleszowski and Jezhik (later Jerry) Pleszowski. Before the war, Jeshik worked in Krakow as a prosperous custom tailor with an international clientel. He was married and had a daughter. He and his family were deported. He survived and returned to Krakow, but his wife and daughter perished. Felicja Klopholcz was born circa 1914 and grew up outside of Krakow in Podgorica. Her father owned a news stand, and she had one brother who was killed during the early days of the war while fighting in the Polish army. She too was deported to Auschwitz, survived and returned to Krakow.
Shortly after returning to Krakow, Felicja met a stranger on a street in Krakow who told her that he recognized her from her photographs. The Polish woman had moved into the Klopholcz's apartment and had discovered their prewar pictures which she preserved. She then returned the photo album to Felicja.
Felicja also met survivor Jezhik Pleszowski after the war. They married and their one son, Adam, was born in Krakow. In either 1949 or 1950 the family left Krakow for Israel and lived there for seven years before immigrating to the United States.
- Record last modified:
- 2012-01-26 00:00:00
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