- First name
- Jera
- Last Name
- Borenstein
- Maiden name
- Ickowicz
- Date of birth
- 1921
- Place of birth
- Maków
- Gender
- female
- Mother's first name
- Hanna
- Mother's maiden name
- Father's first name
- Philip
- Age
- 20
- In the family
- daughter
- Marital status
- married
- Spouse's first name
- Occupation
- Country
- Poland
- City
- Maków
- Street
- City during the war
- Mława/Słonim
- Street during the war
- Notes
- At the beginning of the war, both of Sam's sisters and their husbands decided to escape to the Russian occupation zone. They were resettled deep in the country, to Słonim. After the German attack on the USSR in 1941, the sisters and their families were captured and murdered in a mass execution in the forest. News of their deaths was brought to the ghetto by Sam's cousin, Izrael, who was the only one to escape execution thanks to his sewing skills. Sam and his brother kept this news secret from their mother to spare her suffering.
- Place of death
- Słonim
- Date of death
- September 1941
- Source
USC VHAVisual History Archive - USC Shoah Foundation collects oral testimonies of Holocaust survivors. The Visual History Archiveis USC Shoah Foundation’s online portal that allows users to search through and view more than 55,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Testimony number and the relationship of the witness and the deceased (if known) are provided. 15815, rel. Sam Itzkowitz (brother); VHMVirginia Holocaust Museum - The Virginia Holocaust Museum Archives contains objects, documents, photographs, and oral histories related to the Holocaust (1933-1945) and World War II (1939-1945). Itzkowitz Family Papers
- Record ID
- 35106
- Date of inclusion in the database
- 27.10.2021
- Date of modification
- 16.02.2026
- Photo description
- Source of photo (text)
- Family
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