Erwin Fisch

Lwów, Poland

1934 -

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Personal & Family

Name in US
Erwin Fisch

Date of Birth

11/12/1934

Country of Birth
Poland

City of Birth

Lwów
(Alt: Lviv/Ukrainian; Lemberg/German)

Parents

Miriam (Maria) Link
(06/10/1906 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – 10/08/1999 Springfield, NJ)

Markus (Marcus) Fisch
(09/16/1902 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – 04/1959 Elizabeth, NJ

Married 12/24/1927 in Lemberg, Germany

Sibling(s)

Elzbietta (Elizabeth/Suzie) Fisch (Spouse: Joseph Wilf)
(Norn 04/16/1932 Lwów, Poland)

Spouse(s)

Lynn J. Kassin
Married 12/1960 in New Jersey

Children

Steven Fisch

Mark Fisch

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1950-?

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Lwów Ghetto
(11/1941 – circa 1943)

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location / Year)

Farm outside of Krakow, Poland
(circa 1943-1945)

Liberated By / Date

Russians

Location of Liberation
Farm outside of Krakow

Immigration & Postwar

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

1945-46
Kaufbeuern, Germany (near Munich) | American Zone

1946-47
Ainring (near Munich) | American Zone

? Unknown Dates
Lechfeld (near Munich) | American Zone

1949
Augsberg (near Munich) | American Zone

US Sponsor for Immigration

Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Jewish community of Birmingham

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
July 17, 1950 / USNS General Harry Taylor / New York City, NY

Dates Lived in Alabama

1950-?

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham

Additional Resources

Personal Testimonies

US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History
1993.A.0088.208 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0208
Oral History with Elizabeth Fisch Wilf and Erwin Fisch | 2000
3 Parts, Total: (1:50)