Blitz Children


Abraham Blitz, age 2, playing in the backyard, 1939

Abraham, along with parents Berta and Joseph and sister Cipora, were in the Rohatyn ghetto from 1941 until 1943.  They returned to Bukachevtsy and hid in the Vitan Forest until July 1944.  At age 18 he served in the Israeli Army during the 1956 war.



Cipora, Joseph and Abraham Blitz
, about 1945, in Dzierzoniow, Poland before leaving for Israel




Etta Dina Kasten
on the left and Cipora Blitz on the right

 July 10, 1946 Dzierzoniow, Poland




Deborah Blitz, 1945 Chaya Blitz, 1945

Twins Deborah and Chaya were the last Jewish children born in Bukachevtsy.

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