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Leib Merenstein

Lublin, Poland

1909 - 1983
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Name in US
Leib Merenstein
Name at Birth
Leib Merensztejn (Merensztein)
Date of Birth

12/01/1909

Country of Birth
Poland
City of Birth

Lublin

Parents

Abraham Merensztein

Spouse(s)

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

Children

None

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Conservative Judaism
Dates Lived in Alabama

1951-1983

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Montgomery
Date and City of Death
09/01/1983, Montgomery
City of Burial / Cemetery
Israel
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

DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

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

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
March 22, 1951 / SS General Blachford / New York, NY
Dates Lived in Alabama

1951-1983

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Montgomery
Date and City of Death
09/01/1983, Montgomery
City of Burial / Cemetery
Israel
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