Rachel Growe
"I hope it never happens again. It was the most horrible thing that ever happened. People should be kind to one another. But no one listens, look at what’s going on. I hope it never happens to any group of people."
Name at birth
Rachel Wohl
Date of birth
01/02/1924
Where did you grow up?
Leordina, Romania
Name of father, occupation
Alter Shmuel Wohl,
Lumber Business
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Minga Dawidowicz,
Homemaker, small money lender
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents and five children: Rosa, Miriam, me, Leah and Menachem Mendel
How many in entire extended family?
75, we had a large family, my father had eight siblings and my mother had many siblings. They all perished.
Who survived the Holocaust?
Miriam, Leah, Menachem Mendel, two uncles and me. One uncle was murdered after the Holocaust; he was robbed in his home by Romanian peasants.
Rosa was sent to Auschwitz with her 2 year old daughter. My sister, Miriam left for Palestine in 1934 and sent papers to get the family out. The papers arrived too late in 1944. Our father lived almost till liberation, but was beaten to death by a Kapo. I was also part of a death march.
Name of Ghetto(s)
Name of Concentration / Labor Camp(s)
When did you come to the United States?
1950
Spouse
Abraham Rosen, from Lodz, deceased in 1957; Charles Growe, second husband
Children
Steven (Shmuel Leib), Ronald (Pesach), Michael (Moishe), and Marilyn (Minga)
Grandchildren
Three
What do you think helped you to survive?
I don’t know, it was a miracle. I think I lived for my sister; we wanted to survive and tell the world. We lived for each other.
What message would you like to leave for future generations?
I hope it never happens again. It was the most horrible thing that ever happened. People should be kind to one another. But no one listens, look at what’s going on. I hope it never happens to any group of people.
Interviewer:
Charles Silow
Interview date:
11/12/2008
Experiences
Survivor's map
