Julius Maslovat / Yidele Henechowicz (M / Poland, 1942), Holocaust survivor
Julius Maslovat / Yidele Henechowicz (M / Poland, 1942), Holocaust survivor.
- KEYWORDS : <Buchenwald> <Bergen-Belsen> <Liberation of Bergen-Belsen>
- MEMOIRS : see Why Am I Here? (doc, 2019), by Chorong Kim
Biography
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Yidele Henechowicz (Idel Henochowicz) was born in Piotrkow in 1942. From the Piotrkow Ghetto he was deported to Buchenwald and from there to Bergen-Belsen, where he was liberated on 15 Apr 1945. Brought to Sweden to recover, he was adopted as an orphan by a Jewish-Finnish family.
Doc : Why Am I Here? (2019)
- Chorong Kim, Why Am I Here? A Child's Journey Through the Holocaust, documentary, 46 min. (2019).
Mr. Julius Maslovat is a child survivor of the Holocaust and is the youngest prisoner on record in the Buchenwald concentration camp. Mr. Maslovat narrates his journey of self-discovery through his collection of various historical documents that are linked to his life, ranging from his birth certificate to photographs of the brave individuals who helped him to survive through his time in concentration camps.