Jadzia Mendelson

This is my younger sister Jadzia. She was the youngest of all the siblings. She was born in 1933.

She’s just a baby in this picture, so it must be 1934. The picture was taken in Katowice, where Jadzia was born. I loved Jadzia. She was so sweet and pretty.

I called her 'Jadziulka.' Before the war Jadzia didn't manage to start attending school, so she had no schooling. My little sister was six years old when the war broke out.

The Centropa Collection at USHMM

The Centropa archive has been acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. USHMM will soon offer a Special Collections page for Centropa.

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