H. Barenbojm

... Following the war, Dr. Youchnovetzky served as chairman of a committee consisting of Bialystoker landsleit. The committee included the following: Dr. Youchnovetszky, chairman; Wolf Babicz, treasurer; David Podliachouk, secretary; Benn, H. Barenbojm, members. Mrs. Youchnovetzky and Miss M. Hofenbach rendered valuable assistance. At the beginning, this committee was very popular among Bialystokers living in Paris, since Youchnovetzky was an encyclopedic source of information about the fate, suffering and liq- uidation of Jews in the Bialystok ghetto. When the full magnitude of the tragedy became clear, the committee continued to receive the full support of local Bialystok- ers for its activities in helping other surviving Jandsleit on their way to the United States, Canada, Australia and other countries, most of whom passed through Paris. These transients provided answers about what happened to particular Bialystokers — whether they perished in the ghetto or in the concentration camps, whether they survived or were exiled to Siberia. ...