Name: Richard Woo Date: 05/15/2021 (Alternate Assignment -- Sample Copy)
Name: Sevek Fishman
1933 to 1939
(Pre-Holocaust):
Each Friday, before the
Sabbath began, Sevek's
mother asked the neighbors if
they had enough food for the
Sabbath. If they didn't, she
brought them a meal. Although
Sevek belonged to a
non-religious Zionist group, Ha
Shomer ha-Tsa'ir, and didn't
wear a skullcap like religious
Jews, when he entered his
parents' home he respected
their wishes to cover his
head--to defy them would have
shamed his family.
Define one important word
(vocabulary if possible) they
mention
Ha Shomer ha-Tsa'ir, is a
non-religious group. Sevek
belongs to this group.
Directions: Go to US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s ID Cards page, you will then scroll down
and choose between children, men, and women. Select a person to fill the above chart out about. This
will be due at the end of class.
Birth date: July 14th 1918
1940 to 1944 (Holocaust):
In 1940 Sevek's family was
forced into the Warsaw ghetto,
and he was married there that
same year. After two years,
Sevek and his wife Lonia
escaped to Lonia's town of
Wegrow, and later to a village
near the town. A peasant
couple, Jan and Maria, agreed
to hide them. With bloody
fingernails they dug a dank
cellar "grave," lined it with
straw, and lay motionless,
concealed from danger for 18
months. Jan and Maria risked
their lives by bringing them
food and emptying their
chamberpot every day. Once a
week they sponged them
down.
Find a picture of the country
they are from (like a flag or a
country). Label and write
their city below. (You can
definitely use the internet to
help you.)
Kaluszyn, Poland
Location: Kaluszyn, Poland
How did their Holocaust story
end?
Sevek and Lonia were
liberated by the Soviets in
1945. After so many months in
confinement, they had to
relearn how to walk. In 1948
the Fishmans immigrated to
the United States.
Write a 2-3 sentence response
after you have studied your
person.
Sevek belongs to a religious
family in which his parents
run a family owned
haberdashery business.
He was apprenticed as a
tailor.
Sevek’s family was forced
into the Warsaw ghetto.
Sevek and his wife Lonia
escaped.