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Nyzhni Vorota Family Photos

To be inclusive, we contacted all of the Nyzhni Vorota researchers with an e-mail address listed in JewishGen (as of 07 November 2011). We asked each person contacted for family photographs or anything else to make the Nyzhni Vorota shtetl web pages in JewishGen's KehilaLinks more interesting for all current and future researchers. Our sincere appreciation is expressed to all who responded.

Below, you will find photos of families that once lived in Nyzhni Vorota. In most cases, the photos you see survived the Holocaust only because they were mailed to relatives in the United States and elsewhere.

If you have any family photos of the Jewish families from Nyzhni Vorota, click HERE to contact me.

( * = Murdered in Auschwitz )

~ Individual Family Photos ~
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Jan HIMMEL * c. unknown Photo: Courtesy of Felicia (née PIETRKOWSKI) ZIEFF, USA Jan (b. 1934) was the son of Bernard Benjamin and Reizi (née RECHTER) HIMMEL. He was 8 years old when he was deported from Antwerp, Belgium to Auschwitz in October 1942. ~ Multi-Person Family Photos ~ If you have a photo to share, click HERE to contact me. [ click image to enlarge it. ] Bernard Benjamin and Reizi * (née RECHTER) HIMMEL c. early 1930s Photo: Courtesy of Felicia (née PIETRKOWSKI) ZIEFF, USA Reizi was deported from Antwerp to Auschwitz, October 1942, and did not survive. Her husband was also deported and miraculously survived Auschwitz and other concentration camps, returning to Belgium. He eventually re-married, had 3 children, and lived out his life in Canada. RECHTER family c. 1945-46 Photo: Courtesy of Felicia (née PIETRKOWSKI) ZIEFF, USA in Brussels, Belgium Left to right: Debora (Dora) RECHTER (b. 1912) with Rosa BEKER (b. January 1943) and Frieda (née BEKER) PIETRKOWSKI (b. January 1939) Debora was the only survivor of 5 siblings and her parents. She survived because she left in the mid-1930's for Antwerp, Belgium, to help her older sister Reizi (née RECHTER) HIMMEL, after she gave birth to her son, Jan, in 1934. Debora married Izral Jankiel BEKER from Grodzisk, Poland who was deported from Antwerp to Auschwitz on 28 September 1942 and was murdered upon arrival. After her husband's deportation, Debora went into hiding her children in many different locations in Belgium and survived due to many Righteous Gentiles. [ click image to enlarge it. ] Burech and Chaya (née HIMMEL) ADLER c. unknown Photo: Courtesy of Daniel HIMMEL, USA Rabbi Yozef and Rosa (née FISCHER) RECHTER c. unknown Photo: Courtesy of Felicia (née PIETRKOWSKI) ZIEFF, USA Rabbi RECHTER was a Melamed (Teacher) Lazer and Bertha (née JAKUBOWITZ) HIMMEL c. 1942 Photo: Courtesy of Daniel HIMMEL, USA Eliezer (b. 1926) and Bertha (b. 1919) are brother and sister, both would survive and eventually emigrate to the USA ~ WWI Military Service ~ If you have a photo to share, click HERE to contact me. [ click image to enlarge it. ] Sruel HIMMEL c. unknown Photo: Courtesy of Daniel HIMMEL, USA He would die of Appendicitis in 1941 or 1942 Moishe HIMMEL * c. unknown Photo: Courtesy of Daniel HIMMEL, USA He was killed in Birkenau, most likely the day he arrived there ~ Hungarian Forced Labor Battalions ~ If you have a photo to share, click HERE to contact me. This page is hosted at no cost to the public by JewishGen, Inc., a non-profit corporation. If you feel there is a benefit to you in accessing this site, your JewishGen-erosity is appreciated. Created and Compiled by: Marshall J. KATZ, USA with assistance from: Amos Israel ZEZMER, France and the following: JewishGen members/descendants and contributors of Nyzhni Vorota Jewish families: Daniel HIMMEL, USA Felicia (née PIETRKOWSKI) ZIEFF, USA Updated: 01 November 2020 Copyright ©2012 Marshall J. Katz All rights reserved Top of Page