The Belzec Death Camp

by Chris Webb

  DEMESTI, Wolf. Born in 1910, in Bilgoraj. He was married to Hadasa and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  DEUTSCH, Dr. Deported from the Lvov ghetto to Belzec during the “Small Action” on June 28, 1942, when about 8,000 of Lvov’s Jews were resettled from the ghetto to the Janowska camp and then onto Belzec.

  DINTER, Leibish. Born in 1901, in Belz. He was married to Tova and was a merchant by profession.

  DODYK, Chaya. Née Zaleszczyki. She was a housewife and was deported from Karolowka to Belzec during 1942.

  DOMINIK, Sarah. Born in 1875, in Sanok. She was a housewife and perished in Belzec during 1942.

  DOMINITZ, Reizl. Born in 1880, née Zilbershtein, in Lubaczow. She was married to Shmuel and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  DORENBUST, Elimelech. Born in 1880, in Bilgoraj. He was married to Dvora and was a butcher by profession. Deported from Bilgoraj to Belzec during 1942.

  DORNFELD, Dr. Jakob. Born in 1895, in Boryslaw. He was a physician and married. Deported from Boryslaw to Belzec during 1942.

  DRAJER, Sara. Born in 1900, in Skarbiszow. Deported from Krasnystaw to Belzec during 1942.

  DREIFACH, Zofia. Deported from the Lvov ghetto to Belzec in March 1942.

  DYM, Rachela. Born in 1910, in Rzeszow. She was a lawyer by profession and single. Deported from Rzeszow to Belzec.

  ECKSTEIN, Baruch. Born in 1895, in Kolbuszowa. He was married and a merchant by profesion. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ECKSTEIN, Ilek. Born in 1924, in Drohobycz. He was single. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  EDELSTEIN, Ita. Born in 1880, in Rawa Ruska. She was married to Yehoshua and a housewife. Deported from Rawa Ruska to Belzec.

  EDELSTEIN, Sucher. Born in 1872, in Galicia. He was married to Lea. Deported from Sokal in 1942 to Belzec.

  EHRLICH, Aszer. Born in 1912. He was a merchant. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  EHRLICH, Benzion. Born in 1910, in Zamosc. He was a merchant by profession in Trawniki. Deported from Trawniki to Belzec in 1942.

  EICHENBAUM, Chawe. Born in 1902 in Tarnopol. She married Samuel Naftali Teicholz in Tarnopol and lived in an apartment on Rynek Street. As they had a religious ceremony for the wedding, it was not officially recognized by the Polish government. They had two children, Chaya, born on December 16, 1923, and Malka, born sometime during 1933.

  She was a housewife and mother and, on November 8–9, 1942, while living in the Tarnopol Ghetto, the Nazis started an Aktion during which her husband and Malka were shot, and she was deported to Belzec. Chaya survived by changing her name to Sonja Tarasowa. She subsequently married J.M.A. van der Horst. Chaya (Sonja) has four children and eight grandchildren. The Hebrew name of one grandchild, Anna, is Chawe, after her great grandmother.

  EISNER, Ludwika. Born in 1893, née Weinstock. Deported from the Przemysl ghetto to Belzec during the “First Action” on July 27, 1942.

  EKSTEIN, Gitla. Born in Tarnobrzeg, née Ekshtein. She was married and was a hosewife in Kolbuszowa. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ELENBOGEN, Ischak. Born in 1898, in Rzeszow. He was married and was a merchant by profession.

  ELLENBOGEN. A Czech Jew who once owned a bicycle store, as remembered by Rudolf Reder.

  ELOWICZ, Riwka. Born in 1885, née Veinberger, in Krukenice. She lived in Nowy Sacz. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ELTSTER, Josef. Born in 1904, in Krystonopol. He was married to Glika and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Szczewice to Belzec during 1942.

  ENGLANDER, Chana. Born in 1905, in Oleszyce. She was married to Shmul and a clerk by profession. Deported from Tarnow to Belzec in June 1942.

  EPSTEIN, Cipa. Born in 1901, in Zydaczow. Deported from Skole to Belzec, where she perished on September 7, 1942.

  EPSTEIN, Herszel. Born in 1878, in Magerow. He was a widower and a teacher by profession. Deported from Niemirow to Belzec.

  EPSTEIN, Malka. Born in 1915, in Mielec. She was single and was deported from Krakow to Belzec.

  EPSTEIN, Mindl. Born in 1890, in Wierzbowiec. She was married and was deported from the Trembowla ghetto during 1942 to Belzec.

  EPSTEIN, Sara. Born in 1911, in Skalat. She was married to Sheya and was a tailor by profession. Deported in 1942 to Belzec.

  EPSZTEJN, Hana. Born in 1897, in Skalat Stary. She was married to Moshe. She lived in Belzyce. Deported to Belzec in 1942.

  ERLICH, Abram. Born in 1905, in Bychawa. He was married to Bluma and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Arie. Born in Laszczow. He was married and was a merchant by profession. Deported to Belzec in 1942.

  ERLICH, Bracha. Born in 1875, in Lashchov. She was married and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Brantche. Born in 1920, in Bichava. She was single. Deported to Belzec.

  ERLICH, Eli. Born in 1900, in Chelm. He was a shop-owner. Deported from Chelm to Belzec.

  ERLICH, Ester. Born in 1912, in Bichava. She was single. Deported from Bichava to Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Hersh. Born in 1898, in Leshtshov. He was married and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Josef. Born in 1916, in Bichava. He was single and a merchant by profesion.

  ERLICH, Rivka. Born in 1878, in Bichava. She was married. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Rivka. Born in 1914, in Dukla. She was married and was housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Rywka. Born in 1920, in Laschov. She was single. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  ERLICH, Shmuel. Born in 1900, in Laszczow. He was married and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  FAJERSZTAJN. The family of a dentist from Lublin. They were deported to Belzec during Easter 1942. The family lived in the same house as the family of Dr. Teresa Buk-Szmigielska, at the border of the Lublin ghetto, in the Old Town. They had close and friendly contact with a Polish family. When SS-men evicted them from their flat, Mrs. Fajersztajn said to the mother of the doctor, “Farewell Mrs. Buk, we know they are taking us to our death.” Shortly after the war, the mother of Dr. Buk-Szmigielska met a survivor, who told her that the Fajersztajn famiy was deported to Belzec. Dr. Buk-Szmigielska only remembers the surname of the family.

  FELDMAN, Aharon. Deported from Zamosc to Belzec.

  FELDMAN, Berl. Born in 1900, in Grodzisk. He was married to Rachel and lived in Krakow.

  FELDMAN, Chaim. Born in 1922, in Krystynopol. He was single and lived in Witkow.

  FELDMAN, Chana. Born in 1910, in Zbaraz. She was married and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  FELDMAN, Elke. Deported from Zamosc to Belzec.

  FELDMAN, Ester. Born in 1888, née Tzukermann. She was a housewife and lived in Korzec. Perished in Belzec on August 15, 1942.

  FELDMAN, Fejga. Born 1883 in Odessa, Russia. She was married to Dawid. Deported from Lvov to Belzec during 1942.

  FELDMAN, Gina. Born in 1923, in Stryj. She was a student and was deported from Stryj to Belzec.

  FELDMAN, Helena. Deported from Kochawina to Belzec, where she perished on September 2, 1942.

  FELDMAN, Hersh. Deported from Zamosc to Belzec.

  FELDMAN, Jehuda. Born in 1882. He was married to Frimet and lived in Wadowice. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  FELDMAN, Mordekhai. Born in 1887, in Krystynopol. He was married to Zlata and was a merchant by profession.

  FELDMAN, Pinkhas. Born in 1895, in Probuzhne. He was married to Golda and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  FELDMAN, Zlata. Born in 1887, in Witkow. She was married to Mordekhai and was a housewife.

  FRENKEL, Gabriela. Jewish painter and painting teacher in Lvov. Graduated from the Academy of Art in Paris. Deported from the Lvov ghetto to Belzec during March 1942.

  FRIESS, Dawid. A well-known butcher from Tarnow, born in 1870. Deported with his son and daughter during the “First Action” to B
elzec on June 11, 1942, where they all perished.

  GABEL, Abraham. Born in 1872. He was married and lived in Lubaszow. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GARBAR, Berta. Born in 1897, in Boryslaw. She was married to Yaakov and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GARFINKEL, Ben. Born in 1911, in Boryslaw. He was single and a metal worker by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GARFINKEL, Chaja. Born in 1890, in Zamosc. She was married to Yitzhak and a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GARFUNKEL, Regina. Born in 1896, née Bindefeld, in Frankfurt, Germany. She was married to Yisrael and was a housewife. Deported from Bochnia to Belzec.

  GASTMANN, Fiszel. Born in 1920, in Brzesko. He was single. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GEISLER, Rivka. Born in 1911, in Czortkow. She was single.

  GEISLER, Yeshayahu. Born in 1888, in Laszkowice. He was married and a merchant. Deported from Czortkow to Belzec during 1942.

  GELBARD, Regina. Born in 1899, née Kohen, in Korolowka. She was married and was housewife. Deported from Lvov during 1942 to Belzec.

  GELEMTER, David. Born in 1895, in Warsaw. He was married to Miriam and was a bookeeper by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GELER, Josef. Born in 1880, in Nowy Sacs. He was married and was a furrier by profession. Deported from Nowy Sacs to Belzec during 1942.

  GELER, Leib. Born in 1900, in Sloboda. He was married to Miriam. Deported from Kolomea to Belzec during 1942.

  GELLER, Rachel. Born in 1895, in Bardiov, Czechoslovakia. She was married and was deported from Gorlice to Belzec in 1942.

  GELLER, Yakub. Born in 1882, in Gorlice. He was married to Rakhael and was a leather merchant by profession. Deported from Gorlice to Belzec during 1942.

  GERSZTENFELD, Ita. Born in 1883, in Miechow. She was a housewife, married to Aharon. Deported from Miechow in 1942 to Belzec.

  GLANCMAN, Leja. Born in 1909, in Boryslaw. She was married and was housewife. Deported from Boryslaw to Belzec during 1942.

  GLASMAN, Mordechai. Born in 1900, in Mielec. He was married to Sara and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Mielec to Belzec during 1942.

  GLAZER, Icek. Born in Lipiny. He was married to Dona and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Zamosc to Belzec, during 1942.

  GLEJZER, Mayer. Born in 1922, in Maciejow. He was single and was a merchant by profession.

  GLOBIN, Shmuel. Born in 1875, in Chelm. He was married and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GLOGER, Rosza. Born in Probuzna. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDBAUM, Marysia. Deported from the Lublin ghetto to Belzec during April 1942.

  GOLDBAUM, Sara Rebeka. Deported from the Lublin ghetto to Belzec during April 1942.

  GOLDBAUM, Srul. Deported together with his wife Zysia and younger daughter Sara from the Lublin ghetto during April 1942 to Belzec.

  GOLDBAUM, Zysia. Deported from the Lublin ghetto to Belzec during April 1942.

  GOLDBERG, Chana. Born in 1870, in Lenka. She was married to Yehuda and was a housewife. Deported from Dabrowa to Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDBERG, Sara. Born in 1913. Deported from Przemysl to Belzec in 1942.

  GOLDBERG, Sara. Born in 1915, in Nowy Sacs. She was single and a clerk by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDBERG, Sara. Born in 1922, in Mosciska. She was married and was housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDENBERG, Gizela. Born in 1906, in Lvov. She was single and a clerk by profession.

  GOLDGISST, Chaja. Born in 1918, in Chmienik. She was single.

  GOLDGRABER, Rywa. Born in 1881, in Szczebrzeszyn. She was married.

  GOLDMAN, Chawa. Born in 1902, in Lubaczow. Deported to Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDMAN, Dawid. Born in 1925, in Bolin. Deported from Bochnia during 1942 to Belzec.

  GOLDMAN, Dwora. Born in Rajowiec. She was single.

  GOLDMAN, Resia. Born in 1921, in Bochnia. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDNER, Leib. Born in 1907, in Snyatin. He was married to Khaia and was a clerk by profession.

  GOLDSAND, Sara. Born in 1910, in Majdan Kolbuszowski. She was a housewife and married to Aharon. Deported from Rzeszow to Belzec.

  GOLDSCHMIDT. A chef de cuisine who had been well-known at the Bruder Hanicka restaurant in Karlsbad, as remembered by Rudolf Reder.

  GOLDSTEIN, Chaja. Born in 1893, in Probuzna. She was married to Tzvi. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDSTEIN, Jozef. Born in Lublin. Married to Rakhel. Deported from Lublin to Belzecin 1942.

  GOLDSTEIN, Moshe. Born in 1923, in Zaklikow. He was single and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDSZTAJN, Abram. Born in 1877. He was married to Malka. Deported from Lublin to Belzec during 1942.

  GOLDSZTAJN, Jechiel. Born in 1895. He was married to Sara. Deported from Lublin to Belzec during 1942.

  GOMOLINSKI, Ruchcia. Born in 1892, in Piotrkow Trybunalski. She was married and was deported from Piotrkow to Belzec during 1942.

  GOMOLINSKI, Tonia. Born in 1920, in Piotrkow Trybunalski. He was a clerk by profession. Deported from Piotrkow to Belzec during 1942.

  GONOROV, Szaja. Born in 1877, in Tomaszow Lubelski. He was married to Rakhel and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GORTLER, Chaja. Born in 1910 in Krasnobrod. She was married to Tzvi.

  GOTESMAN, Scheindel. Born in 1912, née Khamudes, in Boryslaw. She was married to Yitzhak.

  GOTLIB, Towa. Born in 1920, in Kulikov. She was married and was housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GOTTLIEB, Hinda. Born in 1904, in Lubaczow. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRADA, David. Born in 1900, in Krakow. He was married to Adela and was a clerk by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRAF, Chaia. Born in 1900, née Brand, in Krasnik. She was married to Nakhum and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GREBEL. Born in 1908, in Gliniany. Deported from Przemyslany during 1942 to Belzec.

  GREINER, Dwora. Born in 1912, in Kosow Pokucki. She was married and was housewife. Perished in Belzec on September 7, 1942.

  GRIN, Beila. Born in 1910, in Dukla. She was married to Eliahu. Deported from Korczyna to Belzec during 1942.

  GRIN, Rywka. Born in 1892, in Brzesko. She was married to Moshe and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRIN, Yehoszua. Born in 1882, in Korczyna. He was married to Rakhel. Deported from Korczyna to Belzec during 1942.

  GRINBERG, Malka. Born in 1888, in Modliborshitz. She was married to Yosef and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRINBERG, Rywka. Born in 1874, in Zamch. She was married to Mendel. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRINER, Lejba. He was married and a carpenter by profession. Deported from Plonka to Belzec.

  GRINFELD, Simon. Born in 1900, in Krakow. He was married to Roza and was a lawyer by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRINSZTEIN, Aron. Born in 1919, in Starokonstantinov, Ukraine. He was single and a tailor by profession. Deported from Hrubieszow, Poland, to Belzec, in 1942.

  GRINTUCH, Riwka. Born in 1912, in Torbin. She was married to Avraham.

  GRIS, Yehoshua. Born in 1913, in Dabrowa. He was married to Itel and was a merchant by profession.

  GRISGOT, Mosze. Born in 1878, in Podhajce. He was married to Shprintza and was an agronomist by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GROSFELD, Jehuda. Born in 1909, in Krakow. He was married and was a merchant by profession.

  GROSSER, Jakub. Born in 1898, in Tomaszow Lubelski. He was married to Sima and was a shoemaker by profession. Deported from Komorow to Belzec during 1942.

  GRUNER, Golda. Born in 1880, in Brody. She was married to Efraim and was a housewife.

  GRYNBERG, Bat, Szewa. Born in Bychawa. She was married to Moshe and was a seemstress by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.
/>   GRYNBERG, Mordchaj. Born in 1868, in Zabia Wola. He was married to Ester and was a merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRYNBERG, Szmuel. Born in 1917, in Bychawa. He was single. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GRUENSTEIN, Mendel, Lejb. Rabbi from Tarnow, deported to Belzec on September 12, 1942, during the “Second Action” in the Tarnow ghetto.

  GUMPLOWICZ, Taube. Born on August 28, 1868, in Krakow. She lived there until 1941. She was the second wife of Henryk Hersz Gumplowicz, who was the father of Anna Rozalia Imich and Matylda Schneider. Deported from Wieliczka on August 26, 1942, to Belzec.

  GURFEIN, Abraham. Born on April 22, 1891, in Sanok. He was married to Sara and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Sanok to Belzec in September 1942.

  GURFEIN, Yitzhak. Born on March 21, 1925, in Sanok. He was single and a pupil.

  GUTENBERG, Kajla. Born in 1911, née Rafalovitz, in Proszowice. She was married to Moshe and was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GUTMAN, Sophie. Daughter of Markus Gutman.

  GUTMAN, Zofia. Deported together with her mother from Zolkiew to Belzec on March 20, 1942. She entered the gas chamber supporting her mother.

  GUTTMANN, Eta. Born in 1939, to Miriam and Shlomo, in Kolomea. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  GUZIK, Anna. Born in Sanok. She was a housewife. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  HABER, Herman. Born in 1898, in Podliski. He was married to Tova and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Chodorow to Belzec.

  HABER, Tauba. Born in 1898, in Knihynice. She was married.

  HABERMAN, Sara. Born in 1872, in Rawa Ruska. She was a widow and a housewife. Deported from Rawa Ruska to Belzec.

  HALBERSTADT, Shlomo. He was a member of the Lublin Judenrat. Deported to Belzec on March 30, 1942, following the selection of Judenrat members.

  HALPERN, Leonia. Deported from the Lvov ghetto to Belzec in March 1942.

  HALPERN, Meir. Born in 1900, in Brzezany. He was married and was a merchant by profession. Deported from Krakow to Belzec during 1942.

  HALPERN, Zalman. Born in 1867. He was a widower and a grain merchant by profession. Perished in Belzec during 1942.

  HAMPEL, Dwosia. Born in 1905, née Gertler, in Miechow. She was married to Aharon.