Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig
Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig (born Helena Sternlicht; April 25, 1925 – December 20, 2018) was a Polish Holocaust survivor who was interned during World War II at the Płaszów concentration camp where she was forced to work as a maid for SS camp commandant Amon Göth.
Helen Jonas-Rosenzweig | |
|---|---|
| Born | Helena Sternlicht April 25, 1925 Kraków, Poland |
| Died | December 20, 2018 (aged 93) Boca Raton, Florida, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Spouses | Joseph Jonas
(m. 1946; died 1980)Henry Rosenzweig
(m. 1990; died 2007) |
| Children | 3 |
Born in Kraków, she survived the Holocaust with the help of Oskar Schindler, who was credited with saving the lives of nearly 1,200 Jewish forced laborers. After the war, Jonas-Rosenzweig emigrated to the United States. She resided in Boca Raton, Florida. Jonas-Rosenzweig met the daughter of Amon Göth, Monika Hertwig, and together they were featured in the 2006 documentary, Inheritance, made for PBS by James Moll.
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