Photos

18-year-old Fira Melamedzon. Poznan, December 1933Fira Malemedzon (in the middle) with shop assistants inside the men’s garments shop in the Old Market Square. Poznan, 1933Fira Melamedzon (the one on the left) with a friend on Freedom Square, Poznan, December 1933Fira Melamedzon, Adek Engel from Lublin, a student of Poznan University and Pola Melamedzon from Brzeziny, Fira’s cousin strolling along the Warta river. In the background one can see New Electric Power Station (today Garbary Electric Power and Heating Station) and Czech’s Redoubt – the element of Prussian town’s fortification. Poznan, 8 of July 1938Fira Melamedzon. Adek Engel and Pola Melamedzon in a park in front of the Great Theatre. Poznan, March 1938Friends and sportsmen from the Jewish sport club Bar Kochba at the Municipal Swimming Pool: Fira Melamedzon (the 4th one from the right), Ania Goldberg (the 1st one from the right) – Fira’s good friend, Mira Lederowna (the 3rd one from the left) – Fira’s good friend. The others unknown. Poznan, New Electric Power Station (today Garbary Electric Power and Heating Station) in the background, 1934Fira Melamedzon with a Pole: Julia Kluz, Genia’s (Fira’school friend) mother. Poznan, Ratajczka Street by the University Library, 1934Marek Lewkowicz, the shop assistant in the Melamedzon’s shop with his wife Maryla in front of the Municipal Slaughter in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street). Poznan, 5 of June 1938Maryla lewkowicz with little Niutek  at home. On the reverse of the photo: ”Maryla suffering from a cold“. Poznan, 21 of January 1938Fira Melamedzon, her boyfriend Maks Brandt and their friend Mira Lederowna on the beach in Orlowo, summer 1934Mira Lederowna and her friend Madzia Einstein with one of the sailors on the pleasure boat SS “Gdynia”. Holidays in Orlowo, summer 1936Students of Poznan University: Jozio Lustig from Osielsk (near Bydgoszcz) and Adek Lewin from Kutno lifting Fira Melamedzon. Stroll along the Warta river towards Szelag. Poznan, 14 of March 1937Mira Lederowna, Jozio Lustig, Fira Melamadzon and Adek Lewin strolling along the shores of the Warta river. The railway bridge in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street) and the river port’s fragment are seen in the background. Poznan, November or December 1936Adek Lewin, Fira Melamedzon and Jozio Lustig on Freedom Square, Bazar Hotel seen in the background. Poznan, 17 of January 1937Zygmunt Bluman from Warsaw and Elen Caspari from the neighbourhood of Zbaszyn (sitting on the left side), Rachela Melamedzon, Fira’s mother (standing above them) with friends in a health resort. Ciechocinek, June 1934Fira Melamedzon in the field neighbouring Brzeziny near Lodz, where her grandparents and branchy family used to live. May 1937Fira Melamedzon and Jozio Lustig, her boyfriend, a student of Poznan University. 10 of May 1937Fira Melamedzon, her mother Rachela and her friend Basia Pik in front of the seat of the Poviat Starosty at Waly Leszczynskie (today Niepodleglosci Avenue). In the background (right side) Ursuline Sisiters Gymnasium. Poznan, 9 of April 1939, the first day of EasterAdek Lewin, Fira Melamedzon and Adek Engel in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street) in front of the Municipal Slaughter, Spoldzielnia Spozywcow “Zgoda” in the background. Poznan, 23 of June 1938Fira Melamedzon with friends: Jozio Lustig, Adek Lewin and Adek Engel near the Great Theater. Poznan, January 1937Fira’s friends: Jozio Lustig, Elen Caspari and Adek Lewin strolling along the Warta river, houses in Szelagowska Street seen in the background. Poznan, 17 of January 1937

18-year-old Fira Melamedzon. Poznan, December 1933

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fira Malemedzon (in the middle) with shop assistants inside the men’s garments shop in the Stary Rynek (Old Market Square). Poznan, 1933

 

 

Fira Melamedzon (the one on the left) with a friend on Plac Wolności (Freedom Square), Poznan, December 1933

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon, Adek Engel from Lublin, a student of Poznan University and Pola Melamedzon from Brzeziny, Fira’s cousin strolling along the Warta river. In the background one can see New Electric Power Station (today Garbary Electric Power and Heating Station) and Czech’s Redoubt – the element of Prussian town’s fortification. Poznan, 8 of July 1938

 

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon. Adek Engel and Pola Melamedzon in a park in front of the Teatr Wielki (Great Theatre). Poznan, March 1938

 

 

Friends and sportsmen from the Jewish sport club Bar Kochba at the Municipal Swimming Pool: Fira Melamedzon (the 4th one from the right), Ania Goldberg (the 1st one from the right) – Fira’s good friend, Mira Lederowna (the 3rd one from the left) – Fira’s good friend. The others unknown. Poznan, New Electric Power Station (today Garbary Electric Power and Heating Station) in the background, 1934

 

 

Fira Melamedzon with a Pole: Julia Kluz, Genia’s (Fira’school friend) mother. Poznan, Ratajczka Street by the University Library, 1934

 

 

Marek Lewkowicz, the shop assistant in the Melamedzon’s shop with his wife Maryla in front of the Municipal Slaughter in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street). Poznan, 5 of June 1938

 

 

 

 

Maryla Lewkowicz with little Niutek  at home. On the reverse of the photo: ”Maryla suffering from a cold“. Poznan, 21 of January 1938

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon, her boyfriend Maks Brandt and their friend Mira Lederowna on the beach in Orlowo, summer 1934

 

 

 

 

Mira Lederowna and her friend Madzia Einstein with one of the sailors on the pleasure boat SS “Gdynia”. Holidays in Orlowo, summer 1936

 

 

 

 

Students of Poznan University: Jozio Lustig from Osielsk (near Bydgoszcz) and Adek Lewin from Kutno lifting Fira Melamedzon. Stroll along the Warta river towards Szelag. Poznan, 14 of March 1937

 

 

 

Mira Lederowna, Jozio Lustig, Fira Melamadzon and Adek Lewin strolling along the shores of the Warta river. The railway bridge in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street) and the river port’s fragment are seen in the background. Poznan, November or December 1936

 

 

 

 

Adek Lewin, Fira Melamedzon and Jozio Lustig on Freedom Square, Bazar Hotel seen in the background. Poznan, 17 of January 1937

 

 

 

 

Zygmunt Bluman from Warsaw and Elen Caspari from the neighbourhood of Zbaszyn (sitting on the left side), Rachela Melamedzon, Fira’s mother (standing above them) with friends in a health resort. Ciechocinek, June 1934

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon in the field neighbouring Brzeziny near Lodz, where her grandparents and branchy family used to live. May 1937

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon and Jozio Lustig, her boyfriend, a student of Poznan University. 10 of May 1937

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon, her mother Rachela and her friend Basia Pik in front of the seat of the Poviat Starosty at Waly Leszczynskie (today Niepodleglosci Avenue). In the background (right side) Ursuline Sisiters Gymnasium. Poznan, 9 of April 1939, the first day of Easter.

 

 

 

 

Adek Lewin, Fira Melamedzon and Adek Engel in Garbary Dam Street (today Garbary Street) in front of the Municipal Slaughter, Spoldzielnia Spozywcow “Zgoda” in the background. Poznan, 23 of June 1938

 

 

 

 

Fira Melamedzon with friends: Jozio Lustig, Adek Lewin and Adek Engel near the Teatr Wielki (Great Theater). Poznan, January 1937

 

 

Fira’s friends: Jozio Lustig, Elen Caspari and Adek Lewin strolling along the Warta river, houses in Szelagowska Street seen in the background. Poznan, 17 of January 1937