Pesach Joselevich (M / Lithuania, 1940), Holocaust survivor

Pesach Joselevich (M / Lithuania, 1940), Holocaust survivor

Chana Joselevich (F / Lithuania, 1936), Holocaust survivor

• KEYWORDS : <Kovno Ghetto> <Hidden Children>

Biography

Pesach and Chana Joselevich were born in Lithuania to Leah and Shimon Joselevich. They were smuggled out the Kovno Ghetto and survived in hiding, rescued by "Righteous among the Nations" Mikas and Elena Lukauskas.

Yad Vadem

Following the "children's Aktion" of March 1944 in the Kovno ghetto, which their children miraculously survived, it was clear to Leah and Shimon Joselevich that nine-year-old Chana and five-year-old Petya could no longer remain in the ghetto. They began to desperately search for a safe haven for their two children. An acquaintance was willing to take them for a limited time – she was already hiding the daughter of her former neighbor – and eventually handed the children to Mikas and Elena Lukauskas. The two children arrived at their rescuers' home with a letter from Leah and Shimon, thanking the unknown rescuers for accepting their children. Chana and Petya stayed with their rescuers after the end of the war for another six months, until their mother returned from the Stutthof concentration camp. Shimon Joselevich did not survive.