At home in Łódź in the 1930s
19 June 2013
This charming snapshot shows the two grandchildren of Lejb and Ruchela Lezjerowicz. On the right is Ruth Leiserowitz, daughter of Samuel / Szmul visiting her grandparents for the first time from her home in Berlin sometime after her grandmother’s death in March 1934. Ruth now lives in the United States. On the left is Gabriel Lasman, the son of Estera Lasman, née Lejzerowicz. Gabriel perished in the Holocaust, probably in Warsaw according to family members. On the wall behind them are paintings, now lost, by Uncle Srulek, i.e., Izrael Lejzerowicz. The bust on the little table is also by him and represents the only evidence of the artist’s work as a sculptor.
Family picture, courtesy Ruth Lewis (formerly Ruth Leiserowitz), Maryland, USA