Frances Rosenblum Hirshfeld

Opatów, Poland

1918 - 1999

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Frances Rosenblum Hirshfeld

Name at Birth
Franciszka Miriam Rosenblum

Yiddish Name
Freyda (Frajda, Fraida) Miriam Rosenblum

Married Name
Frances (Franceska) Rosenblum Hirszfeld (later changed to Hershfeld/Hirshfeld)

Date of Birth

07/26/1918

Country of Birth
Poland

City of Birth

Opatów

Parents

Majer (Meyer) Gabriel Rosenblum (Born Radom Poland, died April 1918)

and Malka Wajman

Sibling(s)

Masha Lea Rosenblum (Sankowitz)
(older)

Spouse(s)

Dr. Julian Jehuda (Hirszfeld) Hirshfeld
Married September 21, 1946, Brussels, Belgium.
January 20, 1907 (Łódź, Poland) – February 2, 1981

Children

Margaret Dorothy Herszfeld (Maxime Velard)
Born August 10, 1948 in Jacksonville, FL

Max Shalom Herszfeld (now Hershfeld) (Nina)
Born October 14, 1951, Valdese, NC

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Orthodox Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Reform Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
06/01/1999, Gastonia, NC

City of Burial / Cemetery
Gastonia, NC / Gaston Memorial Park

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Zawiercie Ghetto (1940-1943)

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz (August 27, 1943-January 1945)
Tattoo No. 56362

Ravensbrück
Prisoner No. 100397

Malchow (February 1945)
Sub-camp of Ravensbrück

Leipzig (March 1945)

Forced (Death) Marches

yes

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location / Year)

Assumed the name Maria for three weeks while hiding in plain sight in a small town near Leipzig

Immigration & Postwar

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
October 14, 1946 / SS Drottningholm / New York City

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
06/01/1999, Gastonia, NC

City of Burial / Cemetery
Gastonia, NC / Gaston Memorial Park

Additional Resources

Personal Testimonies

United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0555 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0050
Audio Only | 2-Parts | September 30, 1996