Korczak Korchak, Rozka Ruzka Reizl Reizel bat Gedaliah
Birth Name | Korczak Korchak, Rozka Ruzka Reizl Reizel bat Gedaliah |
Call Name | Rozka |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | unknown |
Events
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Birth | April, 1921 | Bielsko, Śląsk Cieszyński, Polska |
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Membership | השומר הצעיר haShomer haTzair |
Event Note
In November, 1939, Rozka Korczak met Tosia Altman, who informed her about the gathering of movement members in Vilna (Vilnius). On January 21, 1942, a Jewish combat organization, FPO (Fareynegte Partizaner Organizatsye United Partisan Organization), was established In September 1943, Rozka Korczak escaped from the Vilnius Ghetto through the sewage canals for the forests of Rudninkai, carrying the movement’s archives and Abba Kovner’s poems. On July 13, 1944, Vilnius was liberated, and Abba Kovner, Vitka Kempner and Rozka Korczak returned, together with several hundred survivors.
In December 1944, Abba Kovner ordered Rozka Korczak and Dr. Shlomo Amarant to make their way to Romania. |
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Residence | 1934 | Płock, województwo Mazowieckie, Polska | Gedaliah Korczak and his family moved from Bielsko, because of the decline in their financial situation |
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Boat | December, 1944 | טאורוס Tari Tauris Taurus |
Event Note Dina Porat cites Ruzka Korczak was ordered by Abba Kovner to steal across the border into Romania, where Yishuv emissaries sent to Palestine aboard Tari Taurus טאורוס. Bernard A. Cook cites Rozka Korczak arrived in Palestine on December 12, 1944, and was among the first eyewitnesses to report to the leaders of the Yishuv on the severity of the Holocaust. |
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Residence | 1945 | קיבוץ אילון חורש אילון kibbutz Eilon, מטה אשר, גליל מערבי, ישראל |
Event Note In 1945, Rozka Korczak began her book of testimony, Flames in the Ashes. |
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Membership | October, 1947 | קיבוץ עין החורש kibbutz Ein haHoresh, עמק חפר, ישראל | Abba Kovner, Rozka Korczak, Vitka Kempner and Chesia Rosenberg were accepted as members |
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Marriage | Avi Marla married Rozka Korczak |
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Membership | 1963 | מורשת: בית עדות ע"ש מרדכי אנילביץ חקר והוראת השואה Moreshet Mordechai Anielevich Memorial Holocaust Study and Research Center, גבעת חביבה, מנשה, |
Event Note Abba Kovner and Rozka Korczak-Marla founded the Learning and Research Center of the Holocaust in Givat Haviva גבעת חביבה to promote Holocaust education. |
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Death | March 5, 1988 |
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Parents
Father | Korczak Korchak, Gedaliah |
Mother | , Hinda |
Siblings |
Web Links
Type | Link/ Description | |
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1 | Web Search | Rozka Korczak-Marla, from Jewish Women's Archive |
2 | Web Search | Rozka Korczak-Marla, from Associazione Olokaustos.org |
3 | Web Search | Biographical Sketches - Rozka Korczak-Marle: 1921-1988, from Women of Valor: Partisans and Resistance Fighters |
4 | Web Search | Rozka Korczak-Marla, from Jewish Virtual Library.org |
Source References
Pedigree
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Korczak Korchak, Gedaliah
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, Hinda
- Korczak Korchak, Rozka Ruzka Reizl Reizel bat Gedaliah
- Korczak Korchak, Teibel bat Gedaliah
- Korczak Korchak, Rachel bat Gedaliah
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, Hinda