Dr.Emilia Salit-Aleksandrowicz (1901 - 1982)

This is Dr.Emilia Salit-Aleksandrowicz

(the cousin of Joe, Moishe, Sophie, Lammie, Geoffie, Edie, Minnie, Cyril and Lionel)

The daughter of Tevye Salit (Grandma's brother) she grew up in Vilna (now Vilnius) and trained as a doctor. 

In 1939 she married Daniel Aleksandrowicz.

When the Vilna Ghetto was set up by the Nazis she worked to prevent the spread of infectious diseases 

(the Nazis used the fear of typhus etc as an excuse for rounding up Jews and sending them to the death camps).

When the ghetto was liquidated in 1943 she was sent to Kaiserwald, the AEG slave-labour camp at Riga. By sheer chutzpah and determination she managed to set up semi-clandestine medical facilities there. Despite a series of dramatic events she survived the war and became an Oncologist in Poland and later in Israel.

More details and extracts from her memoir will be posted on Danob soon.

New Galleries Page

There is a now a Davnob Galleries page in the menu above which includes a link to a redesigned historic family photos pages. 

You can also access the historic family photos pages by clicking here.

Colin Davidovitz

There is a Tribute page for Colin at: 

www.colindavidovitz.muchloved.com

Where people can leave messages

and contributions to benefit Marie Curie in memory of Colin 

Rob writes: Dad's funeral will be at 12 o'clock on Wednesday 22nd September 

at St Edward's Church, 

191 Winchester Rd, Chandler's Ford, 

Eastleigh, Hampshire SO53 2DU

Details about the funeral are on the Tribute page.

1983 - Min's 70th Birthday Celebration

 

Colin Davidovitz z"l

 

Davnob is very sad to announce that Colin Davidovitz has died at the age of just 91 (yesterday was his birthday). Colin was the second of Uncle Lammie’s three children. He worked for many years in television, and it was at STV that he met Catherine, to whom he was married for fifty years (she died in 2009). They had four children and seven grandchildren, and he lived to see four great-grand-children. After retiring from TV-AM in 1993, he entered politics and served as a Conservative Councillor for nearly twenty years, eventually becoming Chairman of Hampshire County Council. 

For a family as large and disparate as ours it can be difficult to keep contact, but Colin was one of those people who did, and it was great seeing him at family events and reunions over the years. For the ‘Davnob generation’ he was for many years our oldest cousin.  In 2018 he started to write a fascinating account of his life, that was eventually published in Davnob. (The link is  here). Davnob wishes his whole family ‘a long life’ and condolences and warm wishes.  (see messages below from Judy Frankel and Clive and Wendy Noble).

Colin with sister Katherine and brother Cyril, and mum, Rose-Marie.

Colin with his great-grand-children

Judy Frankel writes: I’m so very sorry to learn this sad news.  Colin was a particularly likeable and remarkable person with an exceptional and distinguished career at different times in his life in so many different fields.  I’m sure he will be deeply missed by everyone who knew him.
 
Clive and Wendy Noble write: Ahh, so sad but 91 is a good age... we had a couple of great days with lots of chatting and reminiscing when Colin made a visit to Israel in 2018.  Here we are at the Baha'i Gardens in Haifa.  Love to all the family.