Janina Krajewska Kohn
Name at birth
Frendzel Krajewska
Date of birth
10/18/1910
Where did you grow up?
Warsaw, Poland
Name of father, occupation
Jacob,
Accountant
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Esthera
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, sister Stefania, and Janina
How many in entire extended family?
About ten
Who survived the Holocaust?
Janina, her husband Mieczyslaw (Mojzes), daughter Krystyna, sister Stefania, and her son, Edward Malinowski
Janina spent almost all of her time in Warsaw, Poland. She was initially, a very short time in Lviv (Lvov or Lemberg, Poland at that time), back to Warsaw Ghetto, then in hiding in the Aryan part of Warsaw and surrounding communities.
Where were you in hiding?
Warsaw and surrounding communities
Where were you in the Former Soviet Union?
Outside of Warsaw
When did you come to the United States?
1969
Where did you settle?
Detroit, Michigan
Occupation after the war
Lawyer, worked for the Commerce Department
When and where were you married?
1930 in Warsaw, Poland
Spouse
Mieczyslaw (Mojzes)
Children
Krystyna Kochanowska, medical doctor
Grandchildren
One, Andrew
What do you think helped you to survive?
Perseverance, the will to survive despite continuous obstacles, ability to adapt to always changing circumstances, luck? Help from some people
Interviewer:
Biography by Janina Krajewska’s nephew, Dr. Edward Malinowski
