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Aron Szlama Horowicz 1905 - 1945 Edit

Born 15.4.1905 in Radom
Died 15.1.1945 in Gusen

Biography

Aron Szlama Horowicz was born in Radom, Poland on 15 april 1905 to Chazkiel Horowicz and Liba Huma Horowicz (nee Gelbard). He was the oldest of six children surviving to adulthood. Two brothers died in infancy. He had one brother and four sisters. He was married to Alta Szejwa Sztajnbaum. Together, they had three children, Brucha Mindla (1925), Rachmil (1928), and Moshe Yaakov (1933).

Along with his wife, he worked in his in-laws‘ leather tanning business. He sold wholesale leather to manufacturers such as local shoemakers. They had a storefront on 5 Mala street.

They lived in a second floor apartment on 14 Rynek with a balcony from their bedroom overlooking the town square and memorial to the unknown soldier. 

He was a loving and devoted father. He instilled a love of learning and education into his children. He would spend time with his children asking them to read newspapers and tell him what it said. He would ask them to not only repeat the words, but "read between the lines". On Friday nights, he would read to his children from a series of publications about the Spanish inquisition. He taught his children how to read the Torah.

Education was not only for his children, though. Aron Szlama believed in continuing to learn throughout life. He taught himself Esperanto and corresponded with other speakers via mail. He was very creative and always came up with little inventions such as a mechanical timer connected to his electricity metre that would turn off the lights automatically on Friday nights, as they could not do it themselves because they observed the Sabbath.

He was a kind and giving person. After synagogue on Friday nights, he would always come home with different guests who were stuck in Radom on business, could not get home in time before the Sabbath, and had no place to stay. He was deeply involved with the Jewish community and advocating for their rights. After the Przytyk pogrom in 1936, he made sure to attend the trials taking place in Radom. Much of this information was remembered and passed down lovingly by his children, which is the true testament to his character.

 

Raphael Jesin, his great-grandson.

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