Holocaust Survivors And The
Legend Of Santa Maria al Bagno
Miriam Moskowitz Survived Six
Years in Manajek
Jakob Ehrlich Survived A
Yugoslavia Death Camp
Both Survivors Wound Up
In Santa Maria al Bagno.
Mixing Nitro And Glycerin
As Jewish survivors migrate to South Florida in the sunset of their
lives, they join community centers where they meet other survivors.
Suddenly the memories flood out of their repressed psyches, and stories
of sorrow and horror flow.
Ships Passing In The Night
West Boynton Holocaust survivors Jakob Ehrlich and Miriam
Moskowitz were strangers leading parallel lives.
They lost their childhood years in different concentration camps.
But crossed paths when both were liberated and sought refuge in a
displaced persons camp in the Italian seaside village of Santa Maria
al Bagno.
In 1944, Ehrlich moved to the camp in southern Italy. Moskowitz
followed in 1945.
Jakob Ehrlich Was Rescued By American Pilots
One version has Jakob escaping from Sarajevo to Italy, on a
train, posing as Muslim soccer player. Everything is 'okie
dokie' until 1945, when he is surrounded by Germans, and suddenly
American pilots landing in a corn field and fly him to village of
Santa Maria al Bagno.
After the war he went to Argentina, and in 1954 he came to New
York. Arriving in NY he becomes an optometrist, and retires to
Florida in 2000.
Miriam Moskowtz
Moskowitz spent six years at Majdanek, a Polish concentration
camp. She was released when she was 19 — the sole survivor in a
family of five. Her husband, Sol, survived Auschwitz, carrying the
identifying numeral 98038 tattooed on his forearm.
She leaves the death camp and winds up in the Italian seaside
village, and moves to New Jersey where she becomes a clothes
designer.
South Florida Holocaust Survivors
Ehrlich and Moskowitz are part of Palm Beach County's community
of 4,834 Holocaust survivors.
"This is not totally unusual. We used to find more of it," Sheskin
said. "These are always heart-warming stories.
