- First name
- Chaja
- Last Name
- Sztarkman
- Maiden name
- Date of birth
- 1925
- Place of birth
- Bodzentyn
- Gender
- female
- Mother's first name
- Laja Lea
- Mother's maiden name
- Zilberberg
- Father's first name
- Szlomo
- Age
- 17/18
- In the family
- daughter
- Marital status
- Spouse's first name
- Occupation
- Country
- Poland
- City
- Bodzentyn
- Street
- City during the war
- Bodzentyn, Starachowice
- Street during the war
- Notes
- She worked in the factory at Starachowice. She contracted typhus and was too weak to run during an SS inspection. She was taken away, shot together with 20 other young women, and buried in a mass grave.
- Place of death
- Starachowice
- Date of death
- 1942/1943
- 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. 15836, rel. Sonja Applebaum (sister), 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. 16492, rel. Eva Herling (sister)
- Record ID
- 61018
- Date of inclusion in the database
- 13.01.2026
- Date of modification
- 09.07.2026
- Photo description
- The Sztarkman family. Standing from left: Hana, Motek, Sonia, Ewa, Chaja. Seated: Miriam Rywka, Szlomo, Lea, cousin Szloime Engelender, below: Bajlai Mojsze.
- Source of photo (text)
- USC VHA 16492, rel. Eva Herling
- Family
Maiden Name
