Josef Beressi

Thessaloniki, Greece

1924 - 1985

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Josef (Joe) Beressi

Name at Birth
Josef (Joseph) Beressi (Berecy)

Married Name
Never Married

Date of Birth

10/10/1924

Country of Birth
Greece

City of Birth

Thessaloniki

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Date and City of Death
08/1985

City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Elmwood Cemetery

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Saloniki Ghetto (to Auschwitz)
(Arrested in Saloniki 04/02/1943)

Warsaw Ghetto (to Dachau)
(Arrived in Warsaw 08/06/1944)

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz-Birkenau
(Arrived 08/08/1943)
Tattoo #136970

Dachau
(Arrived 08/06/1944)
Prisoner #89875
– Subcamp: Kaufering VI

Liberated By / Date

Kaufering VI (Subcamp of Dachau)
Türkheim, Germany

Other Experiences

Worked at M. Kimerling and Sons in Birmingham

Immigration & Postwar

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

Augsburg
Schloss Elmau (1950-?)

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 27, 1950 / USNS General W. C. Langfitt / New Orleans, Louisiana

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Date and City of Death
08/1985

City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Elmwood Cemetery

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