Back
Read the Survivor Story of
Elza Drapacz
Click to
Open Book!
How to make a website: Page 01 Cover

Names Not Numbers

Elza Drapacz

Jaroslov, Poland
In Hiding
1928
How to make a website: Page 02

Elza Drapacz

Jaroslov, Poland
1928

Elza was born Nov 29, 1928, in Jaroslov, Poland. Her father was a tailor, her mother a housekeeper. Elza went to school for three years. In the 1930s, she heard Nazi rumors. One day, they had an hour to leave their home.

1

They fled to the cold woods between the Urals and Siberia. Her father was drafted. Her mother cared for four children. They survived on one potato for six people. Despite harsh winters, Elza went to school.

2

3

Her mother woke neighbors so they could walk safely. After the war, Stalin let them leave Russia. They tried Poland, but left due to antisemitism. They moved to Austria, then a DP camp in Munich.

4

In 1952, Elza, married, arrived in America with two children. Her sister Wanda was in Nebraska. Her brothers and parents went to Israel. Relatives went to Costa Rica, Canada, and Argentina.

In 1956, Elza briefly moved to Real, then returned to America in 1957. They rebuilt their lives.

‍

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

texture
How to make a website: Page 92

The End

Watch Survivor Video Interviews

Elza Drapacz interview at HF Epstein Hebrew Academy - 2023-2024

Watch Survivor Video Interviews

Watch Survivor Video Interviews

Watch Survivor Video Interviews

Watch Survivor Video Interviews

Survivor as a child
survivor photo
School Event Films
HF Epstein Hebrew Academy
Staring
Elza Drapacz
survivor family photo
More Survivor Like
Elza Drapacz
Other Interviews at

HF Epstein Hebrew Academy

Eva Ozarowski
Eva Ozarowski
Warsaw, Poland
1930
Names Not Numbers®
Martin Bloch
Marion Freilich
Marion Deichmann
Marion Blumenthal Lazan
Manny Gurowski
Manfred Korman
Malka Schick
Madeleine Goodman
Louise Lubelski
Louise Lawrence-Israëls
Lois Flamholz
Lisa Baer
Leo Dreyfus
Lawrence McColm
Karmela Waldman
Judy Goldfarb
Judith Wohlberg
Judith Kallman
Judith Drummer
Joseph Berger
Johanna Saper
Jehuda Lindenblatt
Jack Waksal
Ida Paluch Kersz
Henry Schanzer
Henrietta Respler
Helen Rubin
Hedy Bohm
Heddy Rose
Hannah Holsten
Hadassah Carlebach
Gabriella Karin
Fred Schoenfeld
Chaya Gurkov
Erika Stark
Erika Salczer
Erika Leviant
Eric Donath
Eric Blaustein
Emma Wohlberg
Emanuel Mandel
Elza Drapacz
Ella Mandel
Edith Gross
Doris Usherovitz
Dolly Rabinowitz
David Weichselbaum
David Lenga
Dagmar Green
Claire Grunwald
Chaim Schonbrun
Celia Kener
Cecile Jeruchim
Carola Schiff
Bronia Brandman
Ben Milchman
Barbara Welner
Ariela Rojek
Annie Leiser Kleinhaus
Anne Himmelstein
Anita Koch
Anatoly Tsirulik
Aronson Yvonne
Asher Matathias
Eva Wiener
Eva Sanders
Eugene Ginter
Maud Dahme
Joseph Wiesner
Israel Starck
Rena Quint
Eva Ozarowski
Doris Seeman
Aliza Erber
Arthur Kohn
Abraham Rosenberg
Sonja Geismar
Sheva Berger
Gerda Leshin
Marlit Berger Wandel
John Nanasi
Miriam Fiber
Cecilia Blau
Robert Atlas
Robert Klein
Yosef Hirsh Gross
Yani Halpert
Shmuel Aksler
Ruth Mermelstein
Ettel Mikel
Eric Lipetz
Judy Rodan
Jack Gluck
Ivan Gluck
Trudy Album
Allan Hall
Laszlo Selly
Herman Haller
Alex Konstantyn
Menachem Warshawski
Names Not Numbers®
Would you like to support Names Not Numbers monetarily or via other means?
Interested in having your school, university, museum or organization participate?

Please see our contact us page
General
HomeAbout UsContact UsDonate
Browse
SurvivorsSchools
Names Not Numbers, © Copyright 2024
Terms & ConditionPrivacy Policyassulin.com