Feigelsohn/Kirshenbaum (Kirszenbaum) Family Search 1. Open

MOST INTERESTED IN ANY FAMILY PICTURES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

Below is some information I have gathered over the many years of researching:

Father (Edward/Elja Feigelsohn) Eli Naftuli:

·         born in Warsaw Poland on Jan. 15th, 1903

·         Son of  Eli Melech Kirshenbaum and Cluve

·         about 5 feet 4 inches tall

·         limp in left leg due to polio

·         paralyzed in left leg – wore a brace

·         stocky, no mustache

·         dark hair but balding

·         smoke cigarettes

·         He had 1 other brother and a sister named Sarah

·         Went to primary school in Warsaw from 1909-1914 and then went to Gymnasium in Warsaw from 1915 to 1918

·         Was in the clothing business – sold bathrobes

·         his father made money in WWI and took his son into the family business

·         both lost money during the depression

·         grandfather was Eli Melech – born in Warsaw and died before WWI

·         during the war bought food on the black market

·         had help in the house

·         Dad looks like his father

·         during the war his father hid in the house because he was crippled

·         liked to play clubiah

·         from a religious family

·         Owned a commercial agency for one of the largest textile factories in Warsaw, the Widzewka Manufaktura at Gesia Lane 6 and  was making approximately 15,000 Zloty annually – a large sum of money at the time

·         The warehouse was of textile products where he employed 6 people in addition to his wife

·         Lived in Poland at 67 Leszno Street in a 2 story apartment – they had 2 rooms on the top floor.  On the ground floor lived Dad’s grandmother, his uncle and aunt Lewkowicz (all perished in Auschwitz).  They had a son named Mietek.

·         Worked with Dad loading and unloading furniture in the Warsaw Ghetto (according to US Lawyers at the Marks Law Firm)

·         Killed in the Warsaw ghetto uprising (1943 – after Warsaw Ghetto uprising from April 19th, 1943 to May 16th,  1943) by the Germans because he had a limp – shot by Germans in front of his son

Mother (Fela (Fremet or Frymeta)) Feigelsohn nee Kirshenbaum (Kirszenbaum):

·         Born Sept 25, 1904 in Warsaw (Warschau)

·         Daughter of Freda/Frajda nee Frydman and Chil Yankov Kirszenbaum – they lived at Nowolipie St. 25/44 in Warsaw

·         about 5 feet 4 inches tall

·         medium build

·         black hair

·         no glasses

·         did not smoke

·         came from a religious family

·         kept a kosher home

·         looked after her husband, Adas and grandmother

·         met her husband as part of a setup

·         Died in Auschwitz Camp on July 31, 1943 (Tammuz 28, 5703) based on Auschwitz Death Registers, The State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau – Source Page Number 26140/1943.  Cause of death listed on death certificate is sudden cardiac death  – per KL Auschwitz files was actually shot in the camp

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Brother (Adas):

·         5 years younger than Dad – born April 25th, 1930 in Warsaw Poland

·         blond and curly hair

·         quiet

·         went to Hebrew school called Mado (knowledge in Hebrew) located on Twanda (hand in Polish) Avenue in the Jewish section

·         Rounded up with brother and mother after Warsaw Ghetto uprising

·         Transported with mother and brother to extermination camp called Majdanek in May 1942

·         Likely died in Majdanek at the age of 8

Dad:

·         Born Feb. 13th, 1925 in Warsaw Poland

·         First name was Sewek/Seweryn but in Canada went by Sol

·         In some documents referred to as Seweryn Fajgelsohn

·         Hebrew name was Shlomo Baruch

·         did not wear paas but did wear zizzas

·         had a Bar Mitzvah

·         went to Hebrew school called Mado

·         Went to a school called Krynski Gymnasium and was in third year and was studying to be an architect

·         In Aug. 1942 while in the Warsaw Ghetto worked for a company called Karbid Lamp – according to the Marks Law Firm’s review of the Viedegutmachen file

·         Was interned on March 20th, 1945 in Concentration Camp Natzweiler/Commando Vaihingen – prisoner number 24370.  Prisoner’s number 24370 of Concentration Camp Natzweiler was issued on August 19th, 1944 (transport from Concentration Camp Lublin-Majdanek/Commandi Radom) – based on letter from International Tracing Service of Canadian Red Cross

·         Stayed in Majdanek for 2 days  (last time he saw his brother and mother) and then taken to an ammunition factory in the camp of Budzyn

·         Went to Radom when he was 19 years old (1944)

·         Walked 150 miles to a camp called Tomaszow In Poland

·         Briefly spent time in Auschwitz (several hours) and then went to Vailhingen in 1944

·         Survived for 8 months until the French liberated them on April 7th, 1945