1918 - 1999

Frances Rosenblum Hirshfeld

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Franciszka Miriam Rosenblum, Age 11 or 12

Frances Hirschfeld, 1999

More Information

Name in US
Frances Rosenblum Hirshfeld
Name at Birth
Franciszka Miriam Rosenblum
Yiddish Name
Freyda (Frajda, Fraida) Miriam Rosenblum
Married Name
Frances (Franceska) Rosenblum Hirszfeld (later changed to Hershfeld/Hirshfeld)
Parents' Name

Majer (Meyer) Gabriel Rosenblum (Born Radom Poland, died April 1918)

and Malka Wajman

Date of Birth
July 26, 1918
Country of Birth
Poland
City of Birth
Opatów
Sibling(s) Name(s)

Masha Lea Rosenblum (Sankowitz)
(older)

Spouse(s) Name(s)

Dr. Julian Jehuda (Hirszfeld) Hirshfeld
Married September 21, 1946, Brussels, Belgium.
January 20, 1907 (Łódź, Poland) – February 2, 1981

Children's Names

Margaret Dorothy Herszfeld (Maxime Velard)
Born August 10, 1948 in Jacksonville, FL

Max Shalom Herszfeld (now Hershfeld) (Nina)
Born October 14, 1951, Valdese, NC

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

Zawiercie Ghetto (1940-1943)

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz (August 27, 1943-January 1945)
Tattoo No. 56362

Ravensbrück
Prisoner No. 100397

Malchow (February 1945)
Sub-camp of Ravensbrück

Leipzig (March 1945)

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location/Year)
Assumed the name Maria for three weeks while hiding in plain sight in a small town near Leipzig
Forced (Death) Marches

yes

Liberated By / Date
yes
Year / City / Ship to US
October 14, 1946 / New York City / SS Drottningholm
Date Moved to Alabama
1954
Alabama City of Residence
Decatur, AL
Date of Death
June 1, 1999
City of Death
Gastonia, NC
City of Burial / Cemetery
Gastonia, NC / Gaston Memorial Park
Dates Lived in Alabama
1954-1972