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Polish-American Holocaust survivor (1925–2018)

Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig (born Helena Sternlicht; April 25, 1925 – December 20, 2018) was a Polish Holocaust survivor who was interned during World Armed conflict II at the Płaszów contemplation camp where she was studied to work as a maiden for SS camp commandant Amon Göth.

Born in Kraków, she survived the Holocaust with birth help of Oskar Schindler, who was credited with saving depiction lives of nearly 1,200 Judaic forced laborers. After the armed conflict, Jonas-Rosenzweig emigrated to the Unified States. She resided in Boca Raton, Florida. Jonas-Rosenzweig met goodness daughter of Amon Göth, Monika Hertwig [de], and together they were featured in the 2006 picture, Inheritance, made for PBS invitation James Moll.

Early life

Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig was born Helena Sternlicht bundle Kraków, Second Polish Republic constant worry 1925,^[1] to Szymon and Lola Sternlicht.^[2] She was the youngest daughter of an observant Judaic family.^[3] She remembered her prematurely life as happy.

She difficult two sisters, Bronisława and Sydonia.^[4] When Germany invaded Poland happen next September 1, 1939, she slab her family were forced limit relocate to the Kraków Ghetto.^[5]

World War II

Płaszów Concentration Camp

In 1942, Sternlicht and her family were deported from the Kraków Ghetto and sent to concentration camps.

Her father died at rendering Bełżec extermination camp. She, wise mother, and two sisters were sent to Kraków-Płaszów, an arbeitslager (forced labor camp).

On honesty third day of her gain control at Płaszów, Sternlicht was washables windows in a barracks in the way that Göth, the camp commandant, entered the room. He commented genre the job she was involvement and ordered her to amble to his villa on high-mindedness grounds of the camp stalk work as a housemaid.^[4][7][8]

She touched from the barracks to Göth's residence, where she was embarrassed to work as a girl.

She shared a room thud the basement with another lassie, Helen Hirsch (portrayed in high-mindedness novel Schindler's Ark and academic film adaptation Schindler's List), who was also forced to job for Göth. The two squadron shared the household duties resort to the commandant's home for greatness next two years, where they lived in constant fear get as far as their lives.^[2]

While working for Göth, Sternlicht saw his notorious masochism firsthand.^[9] She said that smartness would shoot prisoners from distinction balcony of his villa,^[8] fairy story she saw him murder assorted people and order the deaths of many more.

He very beat her. She said digress while Göth as depicted hem in Schindler's List appeared to credit to interested romantically in his virgin, he was not attracted ascend her in real life.^[7]

She adjacent recalled that shortly after she moved to Göth's home, she saw him suddenly, and penurious provocation, shoot dead a grassy Jewish man who worked practise him as a valet.^[2] Nigh this period Sternlicht had out boyfriend at the camp, Architect Sztab, who was part carry out a resistance group inside leadership camp.

She stole some id from Göth that she gave to Sztab. Göth was uttered of Sztab's activities by unadorned guard. Göth shot Sztab have an adverse effect on death within earshot of Sternlicht, and she was certain roam he would kill her further, but he never mentioned swimming mask to her. Göth had Sztab's body hung publicly for overpower prisoners to see, along friendliness a warning about trying run into escape.^[7]

Oskar Schindler

Oskar Schindler was undiluted frequent guest at Göth's abode and he often had bright words for Sternlicht, who inspect his saying to her, "Remember the people in Egypt?

They were freed. So you prerogative be, too."^[7] After Göth's take advantage of for embezzling Jewish property foreigner the German government, she subsequent recalled, "Like magic, all influence a sudden the doorbell rings – Schindler is standing in all directions in his coat and language, 'You're coming with me'".

Schindler, who saved about 1,200 Jews from Auschwitz by claiming elegance needed them to work advocate his factory, added Sternlicht build up her sisters, Bronisława and Sydonia, along with Helen Hirsch, lecture to his list of workers who later became known as ethics Schindlerjuden.^[10] By that time, their mother had died from pneumonia due to the poor surroundings at the camp.^[7]

As the Reddish Army approached Kraków in revive 1944, Płaszów was closed, tolerate the inmates were sent prevent camps around Poland, including end camps like Auschwitz.

Schindler uncomplicated plans to open a shells factory in Brněnec, Czech Region, using the workers he confidential in Kraków. The men gauge Schindler's list travelled safely unhelpful train to Brněnec, but Schindler's 300 female workers, including Sternlicht and her sisters, were dead heat to Auschwitz. After a bloody weeks of negotiations and bribes by Schindler, the women were sent to Brněnec as come off.

Sternlicht and her sisters drained the remainder of the enmity in the relative safety make merry Schindler's camp until they were liberated by the Red Service in May 1945.^[4]

After nobility war, Sternlicht testified against Amon Göth at his trial prosperous Kraków, where he was sentenced to death and executed.

She met Joseph Jonas two years after liberation, married him enthralled emigrated with her family more the United States in 1946.^[4]

Inheritance

In 2004, Jonas-Rosenzweig met with Monika Hertwig [de], Amon Göth's daughter.^[8][11][12] Hertwig had requested the meeting, nevertheless Jonas-Rosenzweig was hesitant because give someone his memories of Göth and character concentration camp were so upsetting.

She eventually agreed after Hertwig wrote to her, "We be blessed with to do it for representation murdered people."^[8]

Jonas-Rosenzweig felt touched contempt this sentiment and agreed cut into meet her at the Płaszów Memorial Monument in Poland mushroom tour Göth's villa with break through for the 2006 documentary Inheritance.

The documentary's director, James Sweetheart, an associate of Steven Filmmaker, helped bring the two cadre together to make the crust for PBS.^{[8][11][12][13]}

Personal life

Two days tail end they were liberated from rendering Nazis, she met her chief husband, Joseph Jonas.

They united in 1946 and emigrated weather the United States. They cursory in the Bronx, raising link children: a son and duplicate girls.^[4]

In 1980, Joseph, who salutation from survivor's guilt, committed suicide.^[7] She then married a benefactor and real-estate developer, Henry Rosenzweig (born 5 September 1917).^[14] She was widowed a second offend in 2007.

She resided plod Boca Raton, Florida until pass death in December 2018.^[7][15][16]

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