Rose Bernstein Pollack

Lazdijai, Lithuania

1906 - 1905

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Horn, Austria. 1912.

Horn, Austria. 1937.

Theodor Pollatschek, Charles' father.

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.

Rose Bernstein Pollatschek, circa 1941.

Ernie and Kurt (Charles) Pollatschek with their nanny. Horn, Austria circa 1932.

Kurt (Charles) and Ernestine (Ernie) Pollatschek. Unknown location, circa 1939.

Charles Pollack (far right) with son Charles Pollack Jr. and mother Rose Bernstein Pollack. Circa 1970s.

Profile

Personal & Family

Name in US
Rose Bernstein Pollack

Name at Birth
Chaja Reisa Bernstein

Yiddish Name
Chaja Reisa

Married Name
Rosa Pollatschek

Date of Birth

05/16/1906

Country of Birth
Lithuania

City of Birth

Lazdijai

Parents

Helen (Ircha ?) Mering
(1880 Lazdijai, Lithuania – 12/1941 Kovno Ghetto, Lithuania)
Murdered during the Holocaust

Nathan (Nisen ?) Bernstein
(08/22/1882 Kaunas, Lithuania – 1944 Dachau)
Murdered during the Holocaust

Sibling(s)

Rubin (Ruben) Bernstein
(04/15/1909 Lazdijai, Lithuania – 04/16/1995 Silver Springs, MD)
To the US 1937

Bliuma Bernstein (Spouse: Alioscha Meris)
(05/16/1909 Lazdijai, Lithuania – 07/26/1944 Auschwitz)
Murdered during the Holocaust

Zila (Cilla, Cilia) Bernstein (Spouse: ? Merjasch)
(1915 Lazdijai, Lithuania – 09/24/1944 Stutthof)
Murdered during the Holocaust

Golda Bernstein (Spouse: Rabinovitz)
(1915 Kaunas, Lithiania – 07.26/1944 Auschwitz)
Murdered during the Holocaust

Leo (Liowa) Bernstein
(1919 Kaunas, Lithuania – 2006 Melbourne, FL)
To the US 04/1948
USC Shoah Foundation | Interview #29719 | June 9, 1997

Spouse(s)

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

Yasha Goldberg
(Born Kaunas, Lithuania – Died Johannesburg, South Africa)

Children

Charles V. Pollack (Spouse: Jane Barry)
(08/03/1930 Horn Austria – 12/28/2024 Selma, AL)

Ernestine Pollack (Donald J. Frankel)
(10/09/1931 Horn, Austria – 04/26/1981 Glendale, CA)

Religious Identity (Prewar)
Jewish

Religious Identity (Postwar)
Jewish

Dates Lived in Alabama

1939-1951

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Selma

Date and City of Death
06/07/1985 Johannesburg, South Africa

Holocaust

Immigration & Postwar

US Sponsor for Immigration

Harry Maring, Sr. of Selma, her maternal uncle, who came to the US in 1890

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
December 6, 1939 / SS Gripsholm / New York