William & Rosalie: A Holocaust Testimony

Family photographs

WRStxt.indd฀฀฀93 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:10฀AM William’s father Michael (Max) Schiff before the war WRStxt.indd฀฀฀94 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:12฀AM William’s mother Bertha and his sister Dorothy outside the family’s barber-beauty shop WRStxt.indd฀฀฀95 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:13฀AM William’s father Michael in front of the shop with his employees and youngest son Bronek, left WRStxt.indd฀฀฀96 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:18฀AM Bronek, Dorothy, and William Schiff (left to right) in Krakow, late teens WRStxt.indd฀฀฀97 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:19฀AM William’s aunt Tonia Felczer did not survive. Here she wears a Star of David in the Krakow ghetto. WRStxt.indd฀฀฀98 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:20฀AM Everyone imprisoned in the Krakow ghetto had an official registration record. This is Tonia Felczer’s, dated July 8, 1940. WRStxt.indd฀฀฀99 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:23฀AM William and Rosalie Schiff reunited in Krakow shortly after the war with two relatives WRStxt.indd฀฀฀100 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:25฀AM The Schiffs with their son Michael in downtown Linz, Austria, 1948, shortly before leaving the Displaced Persons camp for the United States WRStxt.indd฀฀฀101 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:25฀AM William, Rosalie, and Michael Schiff on the deck of the USN General LeRoy Eltinge, somewhere off the coast of the United States in 1949 WRStxt.indd฀฀฀102 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:27฀AM The Schiffs at the entrance to the Jewish quarter in Kazimierz in 1983. Left to right: daughter Rachel, grandchildren Jennifer and Michael, William, son Michael WRStxt.indd฀฀฀103 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:28฀AM In front of Rosalie’s childhood family apartment/house in Krakow, 2002. Left to right: grandson Michael, William, granddaughter Jennifer WRStxt.indd฀฀฀104 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:29฀AM Auschwitz-Birkenau, 2002. Left to right: grandson Michael, William, granddaughter Jennifer WRStxt.indd฀฀฀105 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:31฀AM Family trip to Poland, at the crematorium at Auschwitz. Left to right: son Michael, daughter Rachel, William, grandson Michael, granddaughter Jennifer, Rosalie, close family friends David Taub (also a survivor) and David’s wife, JoAnn WRStxt.indd฀฀฀106 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:33฀AM Wedding of youngest granddaughter, 2005. Left to right: grandson Michael, son Bob, granddaughters Rebecca and Jennifer, Rosalie, daughter Rachel, William WRStxt.indd฀฀฀107 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:34฀AM Rosalie and William at the wedding of their youngest granddaughter, 2005 WRStxt.indd฀฀฀108 5/9/07฀฀฀10:17:37฀AM ...