Mr. Yossi Dakar about his parents: father Maurycy (Moshe) Zakrojczyk and mother (Feiga Liba) Zakrojczyk
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An English resume of an interview in Hebrew that took place in Israel, as a part of the Polish Roots in Israel Project. Interviewee name: Mr. Yossi Dakar Both of the interviewee’s parents grew up in Lublin where their families lived for generations. Both parents came from well-off Jewish families.
Maurycy Zakrojczyk was born on March 26, 1922. He had a sister, Hela, (born in 1924). They lived in Lublin, at 12, Żmigród Street, outside the Jewish quarter. Maurycy's father was a salesman. He had a lamp store on Kowalska Street. Maurycy and Hella attended Gimnazjum Humanistyczne, a Jewish school for children from wealthy families. The family spoke Polish at home. Maurycy's parents were not religious, however they used to go to synagogue on Shabbat since it would have been bad for the business not to go. The family considered itself as Zionist, however, before the war, they never thought seriously about immigrating to Palestine. Maurycy did not have contact with catholic Poles. One of the few stories he told his children was that he used to go with friends regularly to the park opposite the Catholic University to fight with the youths from Endecja.
The year 1939 was Maurycy's final year at school. When the war broke out he fled to Lwów in order to finish his studies. After graduating from school, he started studying at the Lwów Polytechnics, however, soon, he had to escape. In 1944 he joined a Polish unit of the Red Army and became an officer. In the last weeks of the war he was wounded in Dresden and transported back to Lublin.
All of his family was sent to Auschwitz. His father did not survive. Maurycy's mother and sister survived because they were hiding in the camp when the prisoners where called for the Death Marches.
Felicja Levinsohn was born on November 29, 1920. She had a brother, who was born in 1922. Her father co-owned a big factory at Lubartowska Street, that employed about 300 people. Felicja's family belonged to the Jewish "high class" in Lublin. They spoke mainly Polish at home.
During the war Felicja and her father fled to Warsaw. Shortly after arriving in Warsaw, Felicja's father committed suicide because he did not want to fall in the hands of the Germans. Felicja joined the Armia Krajowa but soon she and her brother volunteered for labour camps in Germany. They hoped to survive the war under Polish identity. However, someone denounced them and they were transported to Auschwitz. They survived the camp and the Death Marches and after the war they went to Paris. In 1946 Felicja went back to Lublin.
Maurycy and Felicja knew each other before the war. After the war, Felicja took care of the wounded Maurycy and they fell in love with each other. Later they went to Wałbrzych (former Waldenberg). There Maurycy had a jewellery store. Their son Yosef was born in 1948 and in 1950 Felicja and Yosef immigrated to Israel. In 1957 Maurycy joined them. They lived together in Tel Aviv, where Felicja worked for the health insurance company and Maurycy established a textile factory. Felicja died in 1969, Maurycy, in 2003.
Maurycy returned to Poland several times as an agent of the Mossad. His mission was to bring Polish Jews to Israel. In the early 90s Maurycy was in Poland on a private visit.
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