Josek Birenholc

Josek Birenholc / Josef Birnholtz (M / Poland, 1926-2019), Holocaust survivor

• KEYWORDS : <Czestochowa Ghetto> <KZ Czestochowa> -- <United States>

Biography

Joseph Birnholtz was born in Częstochowa, Poland. When the war began, Joseph and his family were forced to live in the ghetto. When the ghetto was liquidated, he was separated from his family and forced to work at the HASAG factory near Częstochowa. After being liberated by the Russians in 1945, Joseph joined a kibbutz in Poland before eventually moving the United States and becoming a cantor.

Sources

• Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive (Josef Birnholtz, n.d.) -- YES