CASE STUDY OF 100 JEWISH MEN FROM ZAWIERCIE POLAND

 

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The current history page includes new essays and references about the history of Kromolow and Zawiercie in general and in particular the history of the Jewish community.

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Zawiercie Jewish Cemetery

Restoration Project

Dec 26, 2014

Dear friends,

I finally organized all the pictures I could  find and I created a site on my Facebook page titled “Zawiercie Jewish Cemetery Restoration Project.” 

 As regards the cemetery, Marcin Bergier was very busy this year clearing the vegetation and smaller trees as well as the area at the entrance behind the two buildings either side of the gate. He also contacted the city to empty the garbage can behind the carriage house.   I have also sent him a chainsaw, which he plans on using next year to  take down some of the smaller trees...  One of the most difficult issue we are dealing with are the two buildings on either side of the entrance gate.  The one on the left is the carriage house and the one on the right is where the caretaker lived and the bodies were prepared for burial.  These two buildings have serious structural damage...  If we don’t get some serious money,  the two buildings will likely have to be torn down.  If anyone has any idea about a charitable organization we can contact to get a grant, please let me know.

Please forward this note to anyone I may have missed. 

Thank you,

Joe Greenbaum

 

RecentEvents:

December 2, 2014

On Tuesday April 9, 2013 Joe Greenbaum send email to a group of people that have an interest in the town of Zawiercie:

"Dear Friends and Family, I would like to inform you that the city of Zawiercie is planning to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the liquidation of the Zawiercie ghetto on Thursday, August 29, 2013. Attached, you will find the invitation and a preliminary program schedule. "

The event took place on August 29, 2013 and Heidi Urich shared with me her experience:

"I attended the Zawiercie commemoration and found it to be a very worthwhile experience. I was particularly moved by the procession from the marketplace at the edge of the ghetto to the train station. In addition to town officials, there appeared to be a great many town residents who joined us as we walked about a mile on the route our family members were forced to take as they were being deported to Auschwitz. A large plaque commemorating the Jewish community was unveiled at the train station opposite the tracks in a solemn ceremony. This was followed by another ceremony at the Jewish cemetery. "

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CASE STUDY OF 100 JEWISH MEN FROM ZAWIERCIE POLAND

 

The data presented here is a list 100 Jewish men from Zawiercie, Poland.

The data was provided by Dan Burns who is conducting a research about the fate of these Jewish people. It is presented here with his permission.  

Almost every man in the group worked at the Luftwaffe factory in the Zawiercie (Wartenau) Ghetto during the period 1941- 1943.

 The last transport of Polish Jews from the Zawiercie Ghetto was On October 17, 1943. Thousand Jews were deported from Zawiercie Ghetto to the KL Auschwitz. After the SS selection at the Judenrampe between Auschwitz and Birkenau, 600 people were immediately gassed and cremated. The rest of the Jews were  registered in Birkenau. Two hundred and forty nine Jewish men out of this group were given tattoo numbers in the range of 157590 to 157838, and hundred and fifty two women were given tattoo numbers in the range of 65327- 65478. 

Currently An academic study is being conducted about the fate of the hundred men that were deported on October 17-18, 1943 and  have serial or tattoo numbers in the range of 157590- 157838. A few of these men survived Auschwitz, the subsequent death marches and incarcerations in the Third Reich. The research is being conducted to properly assess the death rate of these 100 men, due to hunger, disease or execution in the Auschwitz sub-camp known as Golleschau. Important historical, biographical and genealogical information has been discovered about these hundred Jewish men.

 These men went through the following camps during WWII, their birth date is estimated and their tattoo number is known:

Born- in and around Zawiercie and the small towns near it- Zaglembie region of Poland

Labor Camp-worked in the Schmelt Organization in the force-labor camp known as the Luftwaffe or Akcyna in Zawiercie (Wartenau in German) ghetto.
Deported on October 17-18, 1943 from Zawiercie to Auschwitz-Birkenau
Tattoo #’s- the tattoo numbers will be on the left fore-arm and between the serial number ranges 157590 to 157838.
Auschwitz Sub camp- All these men were transported to the sub camp Golleschau in Poland on November 14-15, 1943.
Other Camps- Some of them, were transported to Buchenwald, Dachua, Flossenburg-Plattling, Mauthausen, Oranienberg-Sachsenhausen, and Stuffhof after January 19, 1945.

 

If you have information about any of the 100 Jewish men from Zawiercie, Poland, please contact Daniel Burns.

Daniel B. Burns

949 Chestnut Street

Birmingham, MI 48009 USA

Email: [email protected]

Telephone Number: 1 248 341 4377.

 

 

Surname

Given Name

Birth Date

Auschwitz serial number.

# of the birth record in the Polish State Archives.

1.

Antman,

Abram,

14.2.1913

157590

28

2.

Antman,

Israel,

18.6.1914

157591

78

3.

Blajfer,

Gustav

31.10.1912

157593

 

4.

Bochenek,

Szmul,

6.3.1912

157594 25

 

5.

Brauner,

Szlama,

16.3.1917

157595 69

 

6.

Bugajer,

Josef

1.11.1903

157596

 

7.

Brener,

Lieb,

18.05.1903

157597

 

8.

Baum,

Mordka

1.05.1912

157598

 

9.

Butnik,

Lejzer,

20.10.1919

157599

 

10.

Birensztok,

Pinkus,

16.11.1910

157600

 

11.

Berger,

Manelo

17.11.1907

157603

 

12.

Bierfreind,

Lejb,

23.12.1907

157607

122

13.

Barmhercyk,

Mojzesz,

10.2.1912

157609

 

14.

Bornsztein,

Icek

1.10.1911

157610

148

15.

Birenholc,

Fiszel

5.09.1919

157611

 

16.

Birenholc,

Lajb,

26.12.1907

157612

 

17.

Birnholc,

Szmul,

15.3.15

157613

 

18.

Cieszynski,

Josek,

3.4.1914

157614

41

19.

Czapnik,

Kalman,

2.11.1924

157618

193

20.

Cukierman,

Mojzesz,

22.06.1923

157619

285

21.

Cwajgiel,

Abram,

15.08.1914

157620

90

22.

Djament,

Icek,

12.10.1926

157622

 

23.

Dykierman,

Mendel

26.08.1913

157623

 

24.

Dykierman,

Hersz

25.01.1911

157624

12

25.

Dimant,

Zelik,

18.06.1917

157625

55

26.

Dimant,

Icek,

2.9.1919

157626

129

27.

Dafner,

Abraham,

23.3.25

157627

73

28.

Dancyger,

Majlach,

26.12.1890

157628

 

29.

Erner,

Majlach,

5.5.1904

157629

 

30.

Feder,

Symcha,

13.2.1925

157630

89

31.

Frajdman,

Abram,

1.01.1899

157631

 

32.

Frajdman,

Chaim,

20.06.1925

157632

142

33.

Feldberg,

Chaim,

23.1.1911

157633

11

34.

Freiberger,

Wigdor,

2.1.1907

157634

133

35.

Fojgiel,

Aba,

26.10.1913

157636

 

36.

Frohman,

Israel,

18.05.1915

157639

13

37.

Goldman,

Icek,

6.11.1903

157644

 

38.

Goldman,

Mendel,

4.3.1911

157648

 

39.

Goldberg,

Hersz,

5.6.1923

157649

214

40.

Gemajner,

Szlama,

14.5.1914

157650

 

41.

Goldberg,

Szyja,

1.12.1911

157651

177

42.

Goldberg,

Mendel,

4.3.1909

157652

333

43.

Goldszer,

David,

27.6.1907

157653

 

44.

Grossfeld,

Moszek,

15.7.1925

157655

 

45.

Gutman,

Icek,

7.4.1910

157657

 

46.

Grunwald,

Szyja,

20.8.1921

157660

93

47.

Grunsztein,

Hilel,

17.1.1923

157663

187

48.

Haberman,

Bencion,

15.5.1925

157664

 

49.

Hammer,

Abram,

13.7.1927

157665

65

50.

Herszfeld,

Jehuda,

20.1.1907

157668

 

51.

Hendeles,

Jakob,

19.9.1916

157669

 

52.

Haberman,

Chiel,

25.2.1912

157670

19

53.

Jarnowski,

Szlama,

2.5.1923

157671

 

54.

Juburski,

Szulim,

3.9.1922

157672

98

55.

Spiegelman,

Israel,

17.12.1902

157768

 

56.

Sliwka,

Moszek,

23.10.1907

157769

 

57.

Silberstein,

Alexander,

30.12.1926

157770

 

58.

Sandberg,

Ernst,

23.9.1925

157772

 

59.

Stahl,

Chaskiel,

21.5.1912

157774

61

60.

Silberstein,

David,

22.11.1905

157775

 

61.

Swietalski,

Lejb,

23.9.1913

157777

150

62.

Szwarz,

Efraim,

13.6.1897

157778

 

63.

Steinkeller,

Szewach,

15.9.1895

157780

 

64.

Szwarc,

Chiel,

27.10.1899

157781

8

65.

Szwarc,

Abraham,

20.3.1923

157782

47

66.

Szwarcbaum,

Kiwa,

15.5.1904

157783

 

67.

Schneiderman,

David,

28.5.1925

157788

157

68.

Strausman,

Herlich,

31.10. 1911

157791

 

69.

Sandberg,

Henoch,

8.11.1921

157795

 

70.

Trajman,

Abram,

2.1.1920

157799

 

71.

Tenenbaum,

Cemach,

24.10.1913

157800

 

72.

Taube,

Henoch,

19.6.1909

157801

 

73.

Tajtelbaum,

Szlama,

20.8.1900

157803

 

74.

Tatarka,

Isaak,

9.6.1924

157804

 

75.

Tatarka,

Szlama,

13.8.1920

157805

200

76.

Tatarka,

Chil,

00.3.1895

157806

 

77.

Trajman,

Chaskiel,

15.10.1916

157807

 

78.

Unger,

Josef,

22.7.1896

157810

no

79.

Weksler,

Josef,

17.5.1906

157811

51

80.

Wygodski,

Menachem,

30.12.1925

157813

6

81.

Weksberg,

Abram,

14.3.1918

157815

29

82.

Weksberg,

Mendel,

22.3.1910

157816

 

83.

Worcman,

Icek

13.6.1901

157817

 

84.

Worcman,

Perec,

17.2.1925/27

157818

124

85.

Wargon,

Jakob,

2.10.1908

157819

 

86.

Wygodzki,

Jakob,

10.1.1895

157820

 

87.

Wygocki,

Lejb,

20.2.1916

157821

9

88.

Windman,

Jakob,

21.6.1899

157822

48

89.

Weinryb,

Moszek,

8.8.1896

157824

 

90.

Zajdman,

Mendel,

24.9.1893

157825

45

91.

Susskind/Zyskind,

Icek,

1.6.1900

157826

 

92.

Zajdman,

Aron,

6.1.1902

157828

64

93.

Zielonka,

Lejb,

15.12. 1909

157829

81

94.

Zielonka,

David,

17.9.1925

157831

14

95.

Zielonka,

Chaim,

10.12.1907

157832

 

96.

Zerykier,

Eliasz,

13.7.1904

157833

 

97.

Zalcberg,

Fiszel,

30.11.1916

157835

425

98.

Zielonka,

Moszek,

22.12.1911

157836

188

99.

Zborowski,

Chil,

20.7.1919

157837

 

100.

Reisman,

Szlama,

28.4.1925

157838