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Abisch Billig

Brody, Austria-Hungary

1892 - 1981
Abisch Billig
Abisch Billig

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Abisch Billig at Swiss work camp.
Abisch Billig (front right) at Swiss work camp.
Abisch Billig.
The Birmingham Post, February 26, 1947
Abisch Billig with daughter Rita Billig Glanz and her daughter, Gina Glanz.

Profile

Name in US
Abe Billig
Name at Birth
Abisch, Adolf
Yiddish Name
Abish ben Yehuda
Date of Birth

01/07/1892

Country of Birth
Austria-Hungary
City of Birth

Brody
(When Abisch Billig was born, Brody was part of Galicia, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. after WWI, Brody became part of Poland. Then in 1939, Brody became part of the Soviet Union. Today, Brody is in Ukraine.)

Sibling(s)

One of 7 siblings:

Gustie Billig (Heinrich Mayer)

Nesche Billig (Philip Schattner)
(1901 Brody – 1991 Birmingham, AL)

Spouse(s)

Cheine Gittel “Gusti” Silber
(12/15/1895 Brody – 10/7/1940 Vienna)
Married August 1931 in Vienna

Amalia Marta Hanfling Roth
(6/15/1892 Rudnik, Poland – 10/16/1979 New York, NY)
Married 1954 in New York

Children

Rita Billig (William Glanz)
(3/18/1933 Vienna, Austria – 09/23/2000 Grand Rapids, MI)

Ernst Billig (Dr. Nancy Laura Slifkin Scher)
(03/30/1935 Vienna, Austria –  )

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish
Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1948

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
03/23/1981 New York, NY
City of Burial / Cemetery
West Babylon, NY / Beth Moses Cemetery
Camp(s) / Year(s)

Fled to Switzerland after Kristallnacht arrest and held in internment camps for duration of the war:

Felsberg Internment Camp
(east of Lucerne)

Thalheim Internment Camp
(north of Lucerne)

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
February 24, 1947 / SS Noordam / New York, NY
Dates Lived in Alabama

1947-1948

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Date and City of Death
03/23/1981 New York, NY
City of Burial / Cemetery
West Babylon, NY / Beth Moses Cemetery
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