Place where the last photograph of Henio Zytomirski was taken - Krakowskie Przedmieście 64
Miejsce ostatniej fotografii Henia Żytomirskiego - Krakowskie Przedmieście 64
The photograph of a little boy you can see in front of you was taken in one of the main streets of Lublin. There is nothing particular in this picture and you cannot say much about it. Thousands of similar pictures of kids are taken in the streets every day. However, behind this seemingly casual photo there is the life story of a little Jewish boy, born in 1933 in Lublin, whose name was Henio Żytomirski. He is the kid in the picture. Six year old Henio was to start primary school on 1 September 1939. Yet, World War II broke out on that day and Henio never went to school. He died in 1942 in a gas chamber of the Majdanek Nazi concentration camp.This photograph is the last in the series of his pictures taken by his father every year. The photos have survived and they can be arranged into a small album. Turning over its pages, we can see the photographs of Henio from 1933, 1934 and so on, until the last one from 1939.When you walk past the place where Henio was standing while his father took this photo of him, think for a moment about this little Jewish boy. We will tell you now his story.https://teatrnn.pl/lexicon/articles/henio-zytomirski-english-version/
As seen on
Lublin. From Brama Krakowska to Wieniawa. Jewish History Tour