|Sidney Arnold Abramowitch

Sidney Arnold Abramowitch (30 November 1923 Johannesburg, South Africa - 13 December 2016 Johannesburg, South Africa), South African Air Force, was the son of Elias Abramowitch (1890-1978) and Ethel Henrietta Abramowitch born Friedland (1891-1984) of Johannesburg. He was educated at Athlone High School and the University of the Witwatersrand. He was an architect.

During World War Two, he served with the South African Air Force, University Air Training Squadron 1942-1944.

He married Maja Zarch (1929-2015), a holocaust survivor in April 1950. The family lived in Johannesburg and they had four children. He was a well-respected architect. He left his mark in many parts of the city of Johannesburg' designing The Innes Law Chambers on Pritchard Street' followed by the country's first Holiday Inn at Milpark' many synagogues as a well as civic buildings' shopping centres and hospitals throughout the country and finally' at the turn of the century' after being coerced out of retirement - the Apartheid Museum. He has previously held solo exhibitions in the USA and in South Africa. A retrospective of his colourful and hypnotic works was held at the Apartheid Museum in January 2016. He was recognised for his contribution to the Apartheid Museum by the Curator and Board in a moving ceremony during the official opening of the exhibition.

Sources: 1. South African Jewry 1967-68 Edition. A Survey of the Jewish Community; Its Contributions to South Africa; Directory of Communal Institutions; and a Who's Who of Leading Personalities Feldberg Leon (Editor) Abramowitch Sidney Arnold page 167. 2. https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2016-12-14-apartheid-museum-architect-sydney-abramowitch-dies/ 3. https://www.sajr.co.za/joburg-city-of-architects-and-dreamers/ 4. Maja Abramowitch USC Shoah Foundation Institute. https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/vha4627 5. To Forgive ... but not forget Maja's story. Abramowitch Maja. Vallentine Mitchell 2002.