Henio Zytomirski was a Polish Jew, who was murdered at the age of 9 in a gas chamber at Majdanek concentration camp during the German Nazi occupation of Poland.
11 Facts About Henio Zytomirski
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The "Letters to Henio Zytomirski" project has been held in Lublin since 2005.
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Henio Zytomirski is one of the heroes of "The Primer" permanent exhibition at barrack 53 of the Majdanek Museum, an exhibition dedicated to children held in the camp.
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Henio Zytomirski was born in Lublin in Poland, the firstborn son of Sara and Shmuel Zytomirski.
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On 1 September 1937 Henio Zytomirski began attending "Trachter" kindergarten in Lublin.
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On 1 September 1939 Henio Zytomirski was supposed to start first grade, but that day, Nazi Germany invaded Poland.
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In March 1941, the Henio Zytomirski family moved to 11th Kowalska Street in the Lublin Ghetto.
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The "Letters to Henio Zytomirski" project began in the city of Lublin in 2005 as part of an activity to preserve and reconstruct the city's Jewish heritage.
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Thousands of letters were sent to Henio Zytomirski, including paintings, personal letters and exciting stories of 12- to 13-year-old children.
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Later in the day, participants follow a walking tour by foot and visit the addresses where Henio Zytomirski had lived at: 3 Szewska Street and 11 Kowalska Street.
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Since 2005 Henio Zytomirski has become an icon of the Holocaust, not only in Lublin but all over Poland.