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LUCJAN DOBROSZYCKI UNITED STATES
FELICJA DOBROSZYCKA NEW YORK
DRZEWKO NR 636
TREE NO.
Few scholars have done so much for the memory of the history of the Łódź
ghetto as the historian, Professor Lucjan Dobroszycki. As a Survivor of the
ghetto, he spent almost his entire professional life researching and analysing
Holocaust documents and commemorating that period.
Lucjan (Aron Lejb), nicknamed Lutek by his friends, was born on 15 January
1925 in Łódź. He lived with his parents and siblings in Bałuty, at 2, Młynarska
Street, at which street he also attended school. He had four siblings: elder
brother Szmul (1922-1989) and two younger brothers: Szymon (1932-1944)
and Jakub Ber (1934-1944) and a baby sister Rywka, who died as a child,
of diphtheria.
His father, Efraim Fiszel Dobroszycki (1895-1944), was a weaver. He served
in the Polish army in the Polish-Soviet war, during which he was wounded in
the leg, as a result of which he used a walking stick for the rest of his life.
Lutek’s grandfather on his father’s side, Izaak Dobroszycki, died in Łódź shortly
before the war and was buried in the Jewish cemetery. Grandmother Fridla,
née Engel, died in the ghetto.
Mother of Lucjan Dobroszycki, Gitla née Mińska (1900-1944), took care of the
house. Her mother died very young, so her father Mendel Miński got married
for the second time, to Chawa Korenblum. Chawa was like a real mother
and grandmother to Gitla and her children. Gitla had two brothers and four
sisters. In September 1939, Lutek’s father, along with his eldest son, Szmul,
left Łódź and found themselves on the Soviet side. Fiszel returned to Łódź,
Szmul stayed in the east and fought in the Red Army and survived the war.
The Dobroszyckis lived in their one-room apartment in Młynarska Street
1. Lucjana Dobroszyckiego najczęściej można było zobaczyć wśród stosów archiwalnych dokumentów.
W YIVO, lata siedemdziesiąte XX wieku. Archiwum Joanny Dobroszyckiej
2 Podczas pierwszego po 1969 roku przyjazdu do Łodzi, 1986. Archiwum Joanny Dobroszyckiej
3. Gitla i Fiszel Dobroszyccy wraz z synami: Szmulem, Lucjanem i Szymonem, Łódź, ok. 1933 roku.
Archiwum Joanny Dobroszyckiej
4. Wnuki Felicji i Lucjana Dobroszyckich, bliźniaki Hanna i Luc Dobroszycki, kwiecień 2019.
Archiwum Joanny Dobroszyckiej
1. Lucjan Dobroszycki was most often seen among piles of archival documents. In YIVO, 1970s.
The archive of Joanna Dobroszycka
2. During the first visit to Łódź after 1969, 1986. The archive of Joanna Dobroszycka
3. Family photography: Gitla and Fiszel the Dobroszyckis with their sons: Szmul, Lutek and Szymon, Łódź,
around 1933. The archive of Joanna Dobroszycka
4. Grandchildren of Felicja and Lucjan the Dobroszyckis, twins Lucjan and Hanna the Dobroszyckis, April 2019.
The arvhive of Joanna Dobroszycka
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