Familie Altman
Mania's mother Pola never found out what happened to her daughter. Mania's uncle Chaim, who like Pola had gone to the USA after the war, wrote a letter to Günther Schwarberg in 1982:
"Until her death in 1971, Pola hoped that Mania was still alive, and she always wondered why the Germans had taken her child and not her."
A letter from Brooklyn from Mania's uncle Chaim Altman dated August 1, 1982 (abridged):
"Mania is the daughter of my brother Shir Altman. We were seven children and lived in Radom, Poland. We also knew the pediatrician Dr. Seweryn Witoński well, he was a popular doctor in Radom. My brother Abraham and my sister Anna fled to Russia and survived. The others - my mother, my sisters and brothers and their families - were sent to the Radom ghetto and had to work in various camps. My mother died in Auschwitz. My sister-in-law Pola and I survived. The other members of my family died in various camps. After the war, I came to America and married my wife Hilda in 1955. We have one daughter, Heidi."
In 1986, Chaim Altman took part in the international tribunal at Bullenhuser Damm and reported on his niece.
