1909 - 1983

Leib Merenstein

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Name in US
Leib Merenstein
Name at Birth
Leib Merensztejn (Merensztein)
Parents' Name

Abraham Merensztein

Date of Birth
December 1, 1909
Country of Birth
Poland
City of Birth
Lublin
Spouse(s) Name(s)

Pesia (Pesze, Pauline) Ferszt
(1920 Lublin – 2014 Penbroke Pines, FL)
Married October 29, 1944 in Czaswoje (Chusovoy), Russia

Children's Names

None

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Conservative Judaism
DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

August 1946-June 1949
Eischtätt and Gibelstadt DP Camp / Germany

Other Experiences

September 1939-June 1941
Fled to Lutsk, Poland when the Soviets invaded Lublin

June 1941-April 1945
Fled to Czaswoje (Chusovoy), Russia when Nazis invaded Lutsk

Sponsored in US by USNA/New York

Leib was the sole survivor from his family and had a tattoo

In Montgomery, he prepared students for their bar mitzvah, teaching Hebrew at Agudath Israel. He was also a moyel and shochet (kosher butcher). He and his wife ran a small grocery where they sold kosher meats that he butchered.

He was referred locally as Reverend Merenstein

Year / City / Ship to US
March 22, 1951 / New York, NY / SS General Blachford
Date Moved to Alabama
1951
Alabama City of Residence
Montgomery
Date of Death
September 1, 1983
City of Death
Montgomery
City of Burial / Cemetery
Israel
Dates Lived in Alabama
1951-1983