Relatives of Ella Lidsky (nee Cwik)
Lidsky-Weinstein Photographs
These were most likely kept by a good-hearted Pole during the war, while the Lidsky-Weinstein family was in the ghetto. Unfortunately, I don’t know details.
Cwik Photographs
Pinchas Cwik immigrated to Palestine from Poland in the early 1930’s. He brought some photographs with him and perhaps his family mailed him others, before they perished in the Holocaust.
Leib Cwik, husband of Sheina Cwik, father of 8 children, including Ella Lidsky
Rashe-Gitte, sister of Sheina Cwik. b. ca 1861, Radoshkovitz, Vilna Province, landed on Ellis Island with 4 children just before Rosh HaShanna, Aug 26, 1907, age 46), d. in Bayonne New Jersey, ca 1949, about age 88
Rashe-Gitte, sister of Sheina Cwik
Rashe-Gitte, sister of Sheina Cwik
Mera Cwik
Mera (Merele) and Chana Cwik
Mera (Merele) and Mariana Cwik
Top: Pinchas Cwik. Bottom: left, a friend; right, Chana Cwik
Unidentified (left) and Chana Cwik
Mera Cwik (left), a friend, and Chana (right)
Cwik Sisters in Hammock, in the Polish countryside outside of Vilna. Top Row: Leah Pasynski and David Belkind. Middle Row: Dweira and Mera. Bottom Row: Ela (later Ella Lidsky), Chana and Mariana
Mariana Cwik. She was the only one of the Cwik children who attended the university in Vilna. She took care of her little sister, Ela. When Ela got scared after her first menstruation, Mariana taught her what to do
Chana Cwik
Mera Cwik
Mariana Cwik
Mera Cwik
Dweira Cwik
Ela Cwik (later Ella Lidsky)
Top Row, l to r: Mariana, Aba, and friend Bottom Row, left to right: Mera and Chana
Unidentified. Possibly Yascha Weinstein, brother of Pesia (Betsy) Lidsky
Ella Cwik after the war
Pinchas Cwik and his daughter Nira Adi, in Israel. Pinchas emigrated to Palestine in the 1930’s. He and Ella Lidsky were the only two survivors out of the 10 immediate members of the Cwik family. The rest perished
Nira Cwik, in Israel. She became a television actress and was known as Nira Adi. She performed on Sum Sum, an Israeli version of Sesame Street
Grandparents of Betsy Lidsky (nee Betsy Weinstein)
Grandparents of (Pesia) Betsy Lidsky (nee Weinstein)
Top Row, left to right: Betsy Lidsky (nee Weinstein) and her sister Middle Row: Yascha (later moved to Russia), Mr. and Mrs. Weinstein
Pesia (Betsy) Lidsky (nee Weinstein)
Lidsky twins, Alexander (husband of Ella Lidsky) and Tolka. Ella Lidsky believes Alexander is at left.
Abraham David Lidsky, holding his twin sons Alexander (left) and Tolka (c. 1921)
Unidentified. The imprint at lower right says “Brudner, Wilno”, the name of a photography company in Vilna
Left to Right: Alexander, Betsy, Abraham David Alexander and Tolka Lidsky
Abraham David Lidsky, holding his twin sons, Alexander (left) and Tolka (right) (c. 1921). Betsy Lidsky, standing
Betsy Lidsky holding her twin sons, Alexander (left) and Tolka (right). Yiddish inscriptions say which son is which
Left to Right: Betsy, Alexander, Tolka, and Abraham David Lidsky
Left to Right: Pesia (Betsy), Alexander, Tolka and Abraham David Lidsky
Left to Right: Abraham David, Tolka, Alexander, and Pesia (Betsy) Lidsky. Note the chicken at bottom left
Tolka Lidsky in the courtyard of the Jewish Hospital in the Vilna Ghetto, during Nazi occupation of Vilna, 1941-1944
Holocaust survivors shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Alexander Lidsky wearing cap. Photograph is most likely taken somewhere in the American Occupied Zone of Germany
Holocaust survivors shortly after the end of World War II in Europe. Alexander Lidsky and Betsy Lidsky at right. Photograph is most likely taken somewhere in the American Occupied Zone of Germany
Tolka Lidsky
Alexander Lidsky