Jakob Berlowitz

Berlowitz was born in Elbing in Germany in 1931. His parents were Heimann and Gertrud. His mother was Jewish but his father was a Christian. He had been in a children’s home in Hanover.

He was taken to the Theresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia, with his brother and sister, on 16 March 1942 on a transport from Berlin. He was liberated there by the Red Army on 8 May 1945.

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NAME:

Berlowitz, Jakob

ALSO KNOWN AS:

Jack Berlowitz

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Elbing, Germany

GROUP:

The first group

HOSTELS:

Butcombe Court

Windermere

Bunce Court

ASSOCIATED LOCATIONS:

Pitter’s Castles