Nachmanyנחמני

We Remember

יזכור

Twelve members of our family were murdered in the Shoah. On 11 June 1999, at home on Dov Hoz Street in Herzliya, Bolek and Perla filled in a Page of Testimony for each of them, so that their names would be kept at Yad Vashem. These are their names.

Bolek's family · Brześć Kujawski, Poland

אלכסנדר זיסקינד גאיץ
Alexander Ziskind Gajc
1891 – 18 Mar 1942

A grain merchant in Brześć Kujawski. A forced labourer at Fort Radziwill in Poznań, where his son Bolek was also held; he died there on 18 March 1942.

רבקה גאיץ לבית רידל
Rivka Gajc (née Rydel)
1900 – 1941

Bolek's mother. Murdered in the Shoah; place of death recorded as Chełm.

צביה גאיץ
Zivia Gajc
1918 – 1941

Bolek's eldest sister, a high-school student. Murdered in the Shoah.

חוה גאיץ
Chava Gajc
1919 – 1941

Bolek's sister, a high-school student. Murdered in the Shoah.

נפתלי גאיץ
Naftali Gajc
1923 – 1941

Bolek's younger brother, a student. Murdered in the Shoah at 18.

Perla's family · Nelipyno, Subcarpathian Ruthenia

In April 1944 the family was taken to the Munkács ghetto, and in May to Auschwitz. Perla, 19, was the only one who came back.

מאיר ווייס
Meir Weiss
13 Jun 1895 – 1944

Perla's father, a merchant in Nelipyno, son of Filip and Chaya Weiss. Murdered at Auschwitz. His grandson Meir Guy is named after him.

רחל ווייס לבית שטרן
Rachel Weiss (née Stern)
1900 – May 1944

Perla's mother, born in Lokot. Taken with her family from the Munkács ghetto to Auschwitz in May 1944 and murdered there.

דוד ווייס
David Weiss
20 Mar 1928 – 1944

Perla's brother. Murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, at 16.

אלי ווייס
Eli Weiss
16 Aug 1931 – 1944

Perla's brother. Murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, at 12.

פיליפ ווייס
Philip Weiss
21 Sep 1933 – 1944

Perla's brother, named after his grandfather Filip. Murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, at 10.

זלמן ווייס
Zalman Weiss
18 Dec 1937 – 1944

Perla's brother. Murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, at 6.

ישראל ווייס
Israel Weiss
28 Feb 1939 – 1944

Perla's youngest brother. Murdered at Auschwitz in 1944, at 5.

And those we are still finding

The family of Natan Weis of Nelipyno, very probably Perla’s uncle: his wife Chana and their seven children.

The Pages of Testimony are kept at Yad Vashem, Jerusalem. Each card links to the original record.
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