Pages of Testimony
(To access the Database of Shoah Victims' Names, click here)

Selma Zwienicki

Born in 1882, Selma was shot and killed in her home in Bremen, Germany, during Kristallnacht by SA stormtroopers when she refused to reveal the whereabouts of her husband.  At the time of the Nazi takeover in 1933, there were over 1000 Jews living in Bremen. As a result of boycott measures, the community was unable to maintain several of its institutions, but did manage to step up its internal cultural life and to counter growing social isolation. On Kristallnacht, the synagogue, which had already been the target of acts of violence, was set on fire, the cemetery desecrated, and Jewish men were arrested.

This Page of Testimony was submitted by Selma Zwienicki’s daughter.