Izio Rosenman (M / Poland, 1935), Holocaust survivor

Izio Rosenman (M / Poland, 1935), Holocaust survivor

Biography

Izio Rosenman was born in 1935 in Demblin, Poland

He was one the youngest child Holocaust survivors at Buchenwald:

USHMM Collections -- Escorted by American soldiers, a transport of child survivors of Buchenwald file out of the main gate of the camp (17 April 1945). Among the children pictured are Izio Rosenman (head of column), Jacques Finkel, Charles Finkel, Fredek Margolis, Lalek Russ, Salek Sandowski, George Goldbloom and ? Zylber. Misho Frailich, Willi Fogel, A. Grossman, Lotci Miller, Laiza Grynberg, Usha Grynberg, David Perlmutter, Marek Lodzinsky, Yankel Kapelush, Yosel Dziubak, Loyosh Hershkovitz, ? Yakubovitz, Reuven Wekselman, Stanley Weinstein, Herschek Zeit, Henryk Kolber, Jacques Werber and Philip Kaner. Mor Stern is the boy in the beret and white coat, with right arm hanging down straight just right of the two American soldiers.

Izio was among the 427 children brought to France from Buchenwald.

At the OSE orphanage, Izio formed a strong bound with Yisrael Meir Lau and David Perlmutter:

(a) USHMM Collection -- Pictured from left to right are Yisrael Meir Lau, Izio Rosenman, and David Perlmutter (OSE Orphanage, June 1945)

(b) USHMM Collection -- Pictured from left to right are Izio Rosenman, David Perlmutter, and Yisrael Meir Lau (OSE Orphanage, June 1945)

There are other pictures of him at the OSE orphanage (Ambloy):

USHMM Collection -- Pictured at the center, seated on the lap of a OSE woman is Izio Rosenman from Demblin (OSE Orphanage, 1946?)

At Ambloy, Izio was tutored by Binem Wrzonski, himself a child survivor of the Holocaust and a fellow inmate at Buchenwald:

USHMM Collections -- Close-up portrait of Izio Rosenbaum (sic!) and Binem Wrzonski.

USHMM Collections -- Group portrait of boys in the Ambloy children's home -- Abel Kaminski at very top, Binem Wrzonski is second row left, Izio Rosenman is bottom left and Jakob Rybsztajn is bottom right.