PHOTOS

OF

LEAH KRELITZ SHERMAN

(Youngest daughter of Meir Krelitz and mother of Max Sherman-Krelitz and Esther Bejar-Krelitz of Mexico City)

 

Leah was born in Yurburg in 1917, travelled to Mexico City in 1937 on vacation to visit her sister Riva Guttman-Krelitz. She was told not to return by her brothers and sisters in Yurburg because of the worsening situation. She remained and married. Her remaining brothers and sisters in Yurburg were all murdered in the Shoah, most likely by their own Lithuanian neighbors from Yurburg. These photos were among her possessions. They give us a real image of Yurburg right before the end. Many of these photos were taken by her brother Moshe Krelitz, himself, a talented photographer.

 

Eliezer Pesaichson

 

 

?? and Feivel Chosid Leah Kreitz

before 1937

 

Leah and Moishe Kreitz

before 1937

 

Moishe, Dora and Esther Kreitz

about 1940

 

Esther and Moishe Kreitz about 1940

 

Feige Madigovitz

 

Bassia Ess and ?

 

Esther Krelitz

 

Feiga Krelitz

 

Feige and Husband and Daughter

 

Feige and Daughter

 

Leah Krelitz in Front Left in Yurburg

 

Krelitz Family in Happy Times

Feige, Rochel, Moshe, Leah and Feige's Husband

 

Leah and ? in Yurburg

 

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