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Charles Pollack

Horn, Austria

1930 - 2024
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Pollack Charles photo as young boy
Pollack Charles photo as young boy

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Horn, Austria. 1912.
Horn, Austria. 1937.
Theodor Pollatschek, Charles' father.
Rose Bernstein Pollatschek, circa 1941.
Theodor Pollatschek's Family: Parents Ludwig and Ernestine seated center. Back Row: Theodor, Hedwig & Josef (both murdered at Sobibor). Seated Front: Emmy, Ernst.
Ludwig Pollatchek, Charles' paternal grandfather, delivering spirits, fruit juices, and mineral water. Business founded 1875. Horn, Austria.
Ernie and Kurt (Charles) Pollatschek with their nanny. Horn, Austria circa 1932.
Kurt (Charles) and Ernestine (Ernie) Pollatschek. Unknown location, circa 1939.
US Immigration "Green Card." 1939.
Charles Pollack (far right) with son Charles Pollack Jr. and mother Rose Bernstein Pollack. Circa 1970s.
Charles Pollack, 2014.
Charles Pollack. 2017 photo by Jerry Siegel, Jerry Siegel Photography, Atlanta.
Charles Pollack.

Profile

Name in US
Charles Victor Pollack
Name at Birth
Kurt Viktor Pollatschek
Date of Birth

08/03/1930

Country of Birth
Austria
City of Birth

Horn

Parents

Rose Bernstein Pollack
(05/16/1906 Lazdijai, Lithuania –  06/07/1985 Johannesburg, South Africa)

Theodor Pollatschek
(05/27/1895 Horn, Austria – 01/27/1937 Horn, Austria)

Sibling(s)

Ernestine Pollack (Donald J. Frankel)
(10/11/1931 Horn, Austria – 04/26/1981 Glendale, CA)

Spouse(s)

#1: Anne Pepper Bowline

#2: Jane Barry

Children

Charles”Charlie” Vicotr Pollack, Jr. (Spouse #1: Susan Kim Baker; Spouse #2: Gloria)
(Born 1958 Selma, AL)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish
Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish
Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-2024

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma
Date and City of Death
12/28/2024 Selma, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma / New Live Oak Cemetery
US Sponsor for Immigration

Harry Maring, Sr. of Selma, his mother’s uncle, who came to the US in 1890

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 6, 1939 / SS Gripsholm / New York
Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-2024

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma
Date and City of Death
12/28/2024 Selma, AL
City of Burial / Cemetery
Selma / New Live Oak Cemetery
Personal Testimonies

Oral Testimony of Charles Pollack
January 24, 2012 | (:25)
The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
Esther and Herbert Taylor Oral History Collection

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