Elizabeth Fisch Wilf

Lwów, Poland

1932 -

“Tolerance has to be taught by everybody. Everybody has a right to their religion, their originality, and to their lives.”

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Name in US
Elizabeth “Suzie” Fisch Wilf
Name at Birth
Elzbieta Fisch
Married Name
Elizabeth Fisch Wilf
Date of Birth

04/16/1932

Country of Birth
Poland
City of Birth

Lwów

Parents

Miriam (Maria) Link
(06/10/1906 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – 10/08/1999 Springfield, NJ)

Markus (Marcus) Fisch
(09/16/1902 Lemberg, Austria-Hungary – 04/1959 Elizabeth, NJ

Married 12/24/1927 in Lemberg, Germany

Sibling(s)

Erwin Fisch (Spouse: Lynn J. Kassin)
(Born 11/12/1934 in Lwów, Poland)

Spouse(s)

Josef (Joseph) Wilf
(01/10/1925 Jarosłow, Poland – 08/03/2016 Hillside, NJ)
Married June 28, 1949 in Augsburg, Germany

Children

Zygmunt “Zigi” Wilf (Spouse: Audrey Schwartz)
(Born 04/22/1950 in Ausburg, Germany)

Sidney Wilf (Spouse: Biana Malamud)
(1956 New York City, NY – 01/06/1989 Boston, MA)

Mark Wilf (Spouse: Jane Frieder)
(Born 1962 in New Jersey)

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

1950-1951

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Lwów Ghetto
(11/1941 – circa 1943)

Hiding or Living under False Identity (Location / Year)

Farm outside of Krakow, Poland
(circa 1943-1945)

Liberated By / Date

Russians

Location of Liberation
Farm outside of Krakow
DP Camp(s) / Year(s)

1945-46
Kaufbeuern, Germany (near Munich) | American Zone

1946-47
Ainring (near Munich) | American Zone

? Unknown Dates
Lechfeld (near Munich) | American Zone

1949
Augsberg (near Munich) | American Zone

US Sponsor for Immigration

Birmingham United Jewish Fund

Year / Ship to US / Arrival City
July 6, 1950 / Plane N67548 / New York City
Dates Lived in Alabama

1950-1951

Alabama City(s) of Residence
Birmingham
Personal Testimonies

US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History
1993.A.0088.208 | RG Number: RG-50.002.0208
Oral History with Elizabeth Fisch Wilf and Erwin Fisch | 2000
3 Parts, Total: (1:50)