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THE MARRIAGE OF HERSHEL JAKUBOWICZ AND ETHEL WEINRYB
After the Liberation: The Wedding Party
1945
Łódź, Poland
 

THE MARRIAGE OF HERSHEL JAKUBOWICZ AND ETHEL WEINRYB
After the Liberation: The Wedding Party
1945
Łódź, Poland
 

Ethel, the daughter of Moishe Weinryb, was part of our group of Qzarowers. She had suffered the fate of all the survivors: the ghetto, dislocation and internment until her liberation in April 1945.

In this hell, she had met a boy who had also survived the concentration camps, Hershel Jakubowicz. The two decided to marry. And the rest of us, overcome by emotion, crowded together to witness the ceremony. Afterwards, no one dared to venture outside the house so late at night for fear of being accosted and killed by the Polish nationalists. We spent the rest of the night stretched out on the floor, just as we had grown accustomed to in the camps.

The marriage of Ethel and Hershel warmed our hearts and took on a symbolic importance. It was as if life was reasserting itself. Ethel and Hershel managed to find a way to emigrate to the United States. And there they remain to this day surrounded by their family.

 

Ożarów 16

photo and written excerpt from "Memories of Ożarów: A Little Jewish Town That Was" by Hillel Adler. Translated by William Fraiberg.






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