Meilach Lubocki memoir

Meilach Lubocki was living with his family in Kovno (Kaunas) Lithuania when the Germans invaded in 1941. He lived with his wife Esther, two children Vova and Rina, parents Joseph and Rivka, and his three brothers. During the initial weeks of the occupation, Meilach and his family hid in their house, waiting out the partisan violence that began to take place. They stayed in their home several weeks until they were discovered and forced into labor. Eventually, the Lubocki family was forced to live in the Kovno ghetto, and continued to work hard labor. In 1943, the ghetto was cleared out, and the Lubockis were separated and put onto different transport train cars. Meilach was able to stay with his brothers, Chaim, Morris, and Zalman. The Lubocki brothers arrived in Port Kunda, Estonia, without the rest of their family. The brothers worked in a factory and other hard labor until August 1944, when they were sent to Stutthof. They worked hard labor for two months before being sent to Magdeburg, where they worked in an ammunitions factory. The brothers stayed there until April, 1945. As the Soviet army closed in on the area, troops began to flee. The Lubocki brothers escaped, staying in a barn and later a German civilian’s home for several weeks. After the liberation and the end of the war, Meilach traveled to Prague, before settling in Landsberg, Germany. His wife, parents, and children had perished.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Charles and Paul Lubock

Charles Lubock donated his a translation of his brother's post-war memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995. His son, Paul Lubock, donated the original memoir in 2010.