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Sigmund Diament

Sieradz, Poland

1917 - 2010
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Name in US
Sigmund Diament
Name at Birth
Zigmunt (Alt: Zhigmunt, Zÿgmund) Diament
Date of Birth

11/30/1917

Country of Birth
Poland
City of Birth

Sieradz

Parents

Joseph Diament

Leah (Leondina) Jakubowicz

Sibling(s)

None

Spouse(s)

Helene Szawzyn Diament
(11/15/1921 Bialystok, Poland – 11/09/2003 Montgomery, AL)
Married June 5, 1946 in Marktredwitz, Germany

Children

Sara Lea Diament (Spouse: Dr. Alan Richard Goodwin, 1941-2019)
(Born 1953 in Montgomery)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Orthodox Judaism
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Reform Jewish
Dates Lived in Alabama

1949-2010

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Bessemer, Montgomery
Date and City of Death
07/01/2010 Montgomery, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Montgomery / Oakwood Cemetery
Camp(s) / Year(s)

Stalag III-C near Alt Drewitz bei Küstrin
German POW Camp
(circa June 1940-August 1943)

Auschwitz II/Birkenau
(August 28, 1943-January 26, 1945)
Tattoo #142330

Buchenwald
(January 26, 1945-circa early April 1945)
Prisoner #123326

Forced (Death) Marches

Circa April 1945, in the face of Allied advances, Sigmund was evacuated from Buchenwald, toward Jena, Germany

Liberated By / Date

US Army / Somewhere between Buchenwald and Jena, Germany

US Sponsor for Immigration

Philip Ripko, wife’s great uncle
Bessemer, AL

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
April 5, 1949 / USAT General Harry Taylor / New Orleans
Dates Lived in Alabama

1949-2010

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Bessemer, Montgomery
Date and City of Death
07/01/2010 Montgomery, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Montgomery / Oakwood Cemetery
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