IN LOVING MEMORY OF 9 YEAR OLD HENIO ZYTOMIRSKI (MARCH 25, 1933 TO NOVEMBER 9, 1942)

            Let us not forget 9 year old Henio Zytomirski, every year on March 25 and November 9. He was murdered at the age of 9 in a gas chamber at Majdanek concentration camp, during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. We made him one of The 82 murdered children of Unit 1012 and Janusz Korczak’s 190+ children where we will not forget him.

            One way to remember him on his birthday is looking at his Facebook Profile. 

 

Henio Zytomirski at the entrance to P.K.O bank in Lublin (5 July 1939)

Henio Zytomirski (Polish: Henio Żytomirski, Hebrew: הניו ז'יטומירסקי‎; 25 March 1933 – 9 November 1942) was a Polish Jew born in Lublin, Poland who was murdered at the age of 9 in a gas chamber at Majdanek concentration camp, during the German Nazi occupation of Poland. Henio became an icon of the Holocaust, not only in Lublin but all over Poland. His life story became a part of the curriculum which is learnt in the general education system in Poland. The "Letters to Henio" project is held in Lublin since 2005. Henio Zytomirski is one of the heroes of "The Primer" permanent exhibition at barrack 53 of the Majdanek Museum, an exhibition which is dedicated to children who were in the camp.