Solomon Radasky
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May 17, 1910
January 2, 1941
January 25, 1941
April 1, 1942
July 21, 1942
April 19, 1943
April 30, 1943
July 2, 1943
May 1, 1944
January 17, 1945
April 30, 1945
August 1, 1945
November 10, 1946
May 12, 1948
September 1, 1949
September 1, 1978
August 4, 2002
Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland to Jacob and Toby Radasky. Worked as a professional furrier.
Captured by S.S. Men and forced to clean snow off of railroads.
Mother and oldest sister killed. Solomon found both of them shot, because his mother didn't have jewelry.
Father killed while trying to buy bread from children
Deportations begin - All of Solomon's siblings are sent to Treblinka. It was the last time he saw any of his family.
Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Solomon continued to work in the coat shop until the uprising.
Shot in the right ankle and marched to the Majclanek death camp.
Sent to Auschwitz and survived the execution selections.
Was able to avoid the Coal Mines by shoveling sand over the ashes from the crematoria.
Germany liquidation of Auschwitz. Solomon moved to Dachau Concentration Camp.
American forces liberated Dachau.
Reconnected with a childhood friend, Frieda.
Married Frieda, his second wife.
Son was born.
Moved to New Orleans and worked as a furrier
First vacation to Israel.
Died at his home in Oakland Park, Kansas at the age of 92.
