Julian Hirshfeld

Łódź, Poland

1907 - 1981

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Profile

Personal & Family

Name in US
Dr. Julian J. Hirschfeld

Name at Birth
Julek Herszfeld

Yiddish Name
Yehuda Herszfeld

Date of Birth

01/20/1907

Country of Birth
Poland

City of Birth

Łódź

Sibling(s)

Dorcia Herszfeld

Spouse(s)

Chaja (Helena) Hagasyner
Married 1930s and had one daughter.
Both murdered during Holocaust.

Frances (Franceska) Rosenblum
Married September 21, 1946 in Brussels, Belgium
July 26, 1918 (Opatów, Poland) – June 1, 1999 (Gastonia, NC)

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
02/02/1981, Gastonia, NC

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

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Zawiercie Ghetto (April-June 1940)

Camp(s) / Year(s)

Auschwitz (October 18, 1943)
Tattoo No. 157668

Golleschau (November 15, 1943)
Sub-camp of Auschwitz

Auschwitz III/Buna (January 18, 1944)

Buchenwald
Prisoner No. 123133

“Stein” Holzen (Hecht) Escherhausen
Sub-camp of Buchenwald

Forced (Death) Marches

yes

Liberated By / Date

Buchenwald

Location of Liberation
Buchenwald

Other Experiences

Tattoo on left arm: 157668

Immigration & Postwar

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
July 12, 1949 / SS Sobteski / New York City

Dates Lived in Alabama

1954-1972

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Decatur, AL

Date and City of Death
02/02/1981, Gastonia, NC

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

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