Saul Muskovitz

"No wars – Peace!"

Name at birth

Zalman Muszkovitz

Date of birth

07/07/1919

Where were you born?

Radomsko, Poland

Where did you grow up?

Radomsko, Poland

Name of father, occupation

Yankel Muszkowitz, Owned family mill

Maiden name of mother, occupation

Gital Szikman, Homemaker

Immediate family (names, birth order)

Parents and five children: I was the third born of four brothers and one sister

How many in entire extended family?

Two aunts that were already living in the United States

Who survived the Holocaust?

Besides my aunts who lived in the U.S., I was the only survivor from my immediate family

When I was about 20 years old, my brother and I went to Russia, so that we could assist the rest of our family in leaving Poland from there. Unfortunately, because of his passport, my brother was arrested for being thought to be a spy. I then served in the Russian army, until I was transferred to the Polish Army. I was a member of the Polish Partisans until I was sent to a concentration camp. I was kept in two or three concentration camps, until liberation, when I then moved to a Displaced Persons camp.

What DP Camp were you after the war?

Yes, Landsberg then Ainring

Where did you go after being liberated?

DP Camp, then U.S.

When did you come to the United States?

November, 1949

Where did you settle?

Detroit, then Oak Park

Occupation after the war

Sheet Metal Worker for Plumbing Company

When and where were you married?

March 9, 1949 in Graben, Germany

Spouse

Regina Garfinkel Muskovitz, Retail sales

Children

Sandra Muskovitz-Danto, Master’s in Gerontology Jerry Muskovitz, CPA Deby Muskovitz-Lebow, Architect

Grandchildren

Five: David, Davi, Aaron, Julie, Tovah, and Joshua One great-grandchild: Noa Sadie

What do you think helped you to survive?

My parents and two siblings had been hidden in a bunker, and had relied on their trust of their former Polish employees to keep them safe. However, when I went back to look for them, I found that they had been taken, and found a note on the door in my brother’s handwriting saying “If anyone is alive, take revenge.”

What message would you like to leave for future generations?

No wars – Peace!