Miriam Link Fisch

Lemberg, Austria-Hungary

1906 - 1999

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Miriam “Maria” Link Fisch

Name at Birth
Miriam Link

Married Name
Miriam Link Fisch

Date of Birth

06/10/1906

Country of Birth
Austria-Hungary

City of Birth

Lemberg

Spouse(s)

Markus Fisch
(09/16/1902 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – 04/01/1959 Elizabeth, NJ)
Married December 24, 1927 in Lwów, Poland

Children

Elzbieta (Elizabeth/Suzie) Fisch (Spouse: Josef Wilf)
(Born 04/16/1932 in Lwów, Poland)

Erwin Fisch (Spouse: Lynn J. Kassin)
(Born 11/12/1934 in Lwów, Poland)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1950-1959

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Date and City of Death
10/08/1999 Springfield, NJ

City of Burial / Cemetery
Elizabeth, NJ /Jewish Educational Center Cemetery

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Lwów Ghetto
(11/1941 – circa 1943)

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location / Year)

Farm outside of Krakow, Poland
(circa 1943-1945)

Liberated By / Date

Russians

Location of Liberation
Farm outside of Krakow

Immigration & Postwar

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

1945-46
Kaufbeuern, Germany (near Munich) | American Zone

1946-47
Ainring (near Munich) | American Zone

? Unknown Dates
Lechfeld (near Munich) | American Zone

1949
Augsberg (near Munich) | American Zone

US Sponsor for Immigration

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Jewish community of Birmingham

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
July 17, 1950 / USNS General Harry Taylor / New York City, NJ

Dates Lived in Alabama

1950-1959

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Date and City of Death
10/08/1999 Springfield, NJ

City of Burial / Cemetery
Elizabeth, NJ /Jewish Educational Center Cemetery

Additional Resources

Personal Testimonies

US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History
1993.A.0088.208 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0208
Oral History with Elizabeth Fisch Wilf and Erwin Fisch | 2000
3 Parts, Total: (1:50)