Frances Rosenblum Hirshfeld

Opatów, Poland

1918 - 1999

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Personal & Family

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)

Date of Birth

07/26/1918

Country of Birth
Poland

City of Birth

Opatów

Parents

Malka Wajman

Majer (Meyer) Gabriel Rosenblum
(? Radom Poland – 04/1918)

Sibling(s)

Masha Lea Rosenblum (Spouse: Sankowitz)
(older)

Spouse(s)

Dr. Julian Jehuda (Hirszfeld) Hirshfeld
(01/20/1907 Łódź, Poland – 02/02/1981)
Married September 21, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium

Children

Margaret Dorothy Herszfeld (Spouse: Maxime Velard)
(Born 08/10/1948 Jacksonville, FL)

Max Shalom Herszfeld (now Hershfeld) (Spouse: Nina)
(Born 10/14/1951 Valdese, NC)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Orthodox Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Reform Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
06/01/1999 Gastonia, NC

City of Burial / Cemetery
Gastonia, NC / Gaston Memorial Park

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Zawiercie Ghetto
(1940-1943)

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz
(08/27/1943 – 01/1945)
Tattoo No. 56362

Ravensbrück
Prisoner No. 100397

Malchow (sub-camp of Ravensbrück)
(02/1945)

Leipzig
(03/1945)

Forced (Death) Marches

yes

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.

Immigration & Postwar

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
October 14, 1946 / SS Drottningholm / New York City

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
06/01/1999 Gastonia, NC

City of Burial / Cemetery
Gastonia, NC / Gaston Memorial Park

Additional Resources

Personal Testimonies

United State Holocaust Memorial Museum
Oral History | Accession Number: 1996.A.0555 | RG Number: RG-50.106.0050
Audio Only | 2-Parts | September 30, 1996