The Schwitzer Family
1. Schifra and Salomon Hirsch Schwitzer, both born in 1880, married in 1903. They were murdered in the Na Pańskim area on 19 August 1942. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection.
2. A family photo from 1928, taken on the 25th wedding anniversary of Schifra and Hirsch. In the first row, from left to right: Helen’s mother, Edith; a cousin from Mszana Dolna, Helen’s mother’s younger sister, Alicja. The second row, from left to right: three people have not been identified yet, the next two are probably relatives from Mszana Dolna. The third row, from left to right: three persons have not been identified yet; Salomon Hirsh Schwitzer (the bearded man in the middle), Helen’s grandfather, Maks-Kalman Moses Königsberg; the couple on his right may be Jochwed’s second daughter Lucy and her husband. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection.
3. Jochwed’s silver wedding anniversary in 1924. In the first row, from left to right: Jochwed Schwitzer and her grandduaghter Edith Königsberg, Helen’s mother. Edith’s sister Alicja, Jochwed’s husband Wolf Trompeter, and one more of their daughters. In the second row: two more daughters and Jochwed’s another daughter, Rosa (Rachel), Helen’s grandmother. Jochwed’s son-in-law Maks Königsberg and Jochwed’s fifth daughter. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection.
4. Mila Schächter photos, sent on 15 August to Regina, Helen’s grandmother’s sister. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection
8. Schifra’s and Salomon Hirsch Schwitzer’s names on the list of people murdered in the Na Pańskim area in Mszana Dolna on 19 August 1942.
9. Jochwed Schwitzer’s birth certificate issued by rabbi Natan Dawid Holländer in 1937, stating 1874 as the date of birth.
10. Marriage certificate of Jochwed Schwitzer and Wolf Trompter, 1899. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection.
11. Jochwed’s card of deportation to Treblinka, 26 September 1942. Source: Helen Krag’s family collection