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A childhood lost: How one boy came to personify Lublin’s Holocaust

Alex Webber
 23.04.2026, 14:09
Henio Żytomirski has emerged as the symbolic face of Lublin’s Holocaust. Photo: Alex Webber and Brama Grodzka (Grodzka Gate) Facebook (inset)
Henio Żytomirski has emerged as the symbolic face of Lublin’s Holocaust. Photo: Alex Webber and Brama Grodzka (Grodzka Gate) Facebook (inset)

An educational campaign has since brought Henio's name to thousands of international school children.