Solomon as a Child
This is Solomon as a young boy. You can see how much of a struggle people had during the Holocaust because of his weight. You can see his ribs, knee joints, and shoulder joints. The Jews didn't have much food, and what they did have they had to share.
Solomon Radasky
This is Solomon when he was older. He worked in the ghettos and on the concentration camps sometimes. He dug graves for corpses.
128232
128232 was Solomon's Auschwitz identification number. When new people came into a concentration camp they tattoo an identification number on them, and that is how the recognize them.
Solomon and Wife
Frieda Radasky was Solomon's wife of 50 plus years. She was also from Warsaw. Her and Solomon had a great marriage, but sadly she passed away in 1999.
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto is where Solomon lived and worked during the Holocaust. The Warsaw Ghetto resisted a heavily armed German force. The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a rebellion against continued deportations from the ghetto. It was the first instance of an uprising by an urban population in German-occupied Europe. The heroism of the defenders in the bunkers was an inspiration to Jews elsewhere under German domination.
Prisoner Uniform
This was the striped uniform that Radasky had to where in the Auschwitz Concentration camp.
Barrack No. 6
This is the housing that Radasky lived in at Auschwitz.
Salama Radosinkski
Salama Radosinkski was Solomon Radasky's German name and what his name was in the records.
Crematorium Entrance
This was the entrance to the Crematorium where people were burned to ashes.
Crematorium Interior
On the left side was the inside of the crematorium and on the right side was the inside of the gas chamber.
Burning Bodies
These were bodies that came from the crematorium that didn't burn all the way or bodies from the gas chamber that survived. If they survived they would lay them there and set them on fire until they burned. Solomon Radasky buried these bodies.