1924 - 1985

Josef Beressi

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Name in US
Josef (Joe) Beressi
Name at Birth
Josef (Joseph) Beressi (Berecy)
Married Name
Never Married
Date of Birth
October 10, 1924
Country of Birth
Greece
City of Birth
Thessaloniki
City of Birth, Alternate Names

Saloniki

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish
Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Saloniki Ghetto (to Auschwitz)
Arrested in Saloniki, April 2, 1943

Warsaw Ghetto (to Dachau)
Arrived in Warsaw August 6, 1944

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz-Birkenau
Arrived August 18, 1943
(Tattoo #136970)

Dachau
Arrived August 6, 1944
(Prisoner #89875)
-Kaufering VI

Location of Liberation

Kaufering VI, Türkheim, Germany

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

Augsburg
Schloss Elmau (1950-?)

Other Experiences

Worked at M. Kimerling and Sons in Birmingham

Year / City / Ship to US
December 27, 1950 / New Orleans, Louisiana / USNS General W. C. Langfitt
Alabama City of Residence
Birmingham
Date of Death
August 1985
City of Burial / Cemetery
Birmingham / Elmwood Cemetery