Hanni Weiser, 1892–1944 (aged 51 years)
- Name
- Hanni /Weiser/
- Type of name
- birth name
- Given names
- Hanni
- Surname
- Weiser
- Also known as
- Hanni /Brandstaedter/
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Address: Kottozinka is how the place of birth was listed in a database on the U.S. Holocaust Museum. This is probably wrong. The person who wrote this as the place of birth likely relied upon an Application For An Identity Card At the Krakow Ghetto that was completed in 1940. A different interpretation of the place of birth on that application is Kollomyja. As of January 2, 2020 there is a city in Ukraine named Kolomyia. Per wikipedia, this city was called Kolomyja in Polish. In 1900, about half the city's population was Jewish.
Source: U.S. Holocaust Museum
Date of entry in original source: August 14, 1940 Note: The issue is whether Hanni was born a "Weiser" or born a "Brandstadter." According to my mother, Hanni Brandstadter and Michael Weiser were her parents. But, I recently found information about a Michel Brandstadter who lived in the same complex as Hanni Brandstadter in Leipzig. And according to a Card From the Jewish Community in Leipzig, Hanni was born a Weiser and was divorced. One of the difficulties, is that the Michel Brandstadter who I located was born in 1899 accoding to his Leipzig Jewish Card. And that would make him about seven years younger than Hanni and about seventeen years old at the time of his daughter erika weiser's birth.
Note: The Leipzig Jewish Community Card was found at the Arolsen Archives at https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/129820854. The Leipzig Jewish Community Card was found at the Arolsen Archives at https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/129820854. The card notes that Hanni was born "Weiser" and she was divorced from "Michel B.". This collection contains digital copies of documentation held by the Jewish community in Leipzig. |
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24th President of the United States
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25th President of the United States
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26th President of the United States
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27th President of the United States
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28th President of the United States
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Marriage of a brother
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The Great Powers were divided into two opposing alliances, the Triple Entente, consisting of France, Russia, and Britain, and the Triple Alliance, made up of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
January 1, 1914 (Tevet 3, 5674) (aged 21 years)
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Assasination
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Heir To The Austrian Throne, Is Assasinated In Sarajevo, Bosnia
June 18, 1914 (Sivan 24, 5674) (aged 21 years)
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British Passenger Liner Lusitania Is Sunk By A German Sumbarine. Killing about 1200.
June 18, 1914 (Sivan 24, 5674) (aged 21 years)
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Austria-Hungary Declares War On Serbia. Russia, An Ally Of Serbia, Mobilize Troops. Russia's entrance into WWI was a disaster. By the end of the war, about 2.5 million Russians had been killed.
July 28, 1914 (Av 5, 5674) (aged 22 years)
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Religious marriage
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Religion: Jewish Note: As of January 14, 2021, details of the marriage are unknown. It is assumed that they were married because on the Krakow application that was completed by Hanni, she listed the marital states as "gesch." As of January 14, 2021, details of the marriage are unknown. It is assumed that they were married because on the Krakow application that was completed by Hanni, she listed the marital states as "gesch." |
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Birth of a daughter
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Russian Czar Nicholas is forced to abdicate the throne.
March 15, 1917 (Adar 21, 5677) (aged 24 years)
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In Russia, leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launch a nearly bloodless coup d’état against the provisional government. Beginning of the Russian Civil War.
November 7, 1917 (Heshvan 22, 5678) (aged 25 years)
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In the United States, the 18th Amendment Prohibition of alcohol becomes effective.
January 17, 1920 (Tevet 26, 5680) (aged 27 years)
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In Czechoslovakia, women are given the right to vote when the Constitution is enacted.
February 29, 1920 (Adar 10, 5680) (aged 27 years)
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Henry Ford publishes an article called THE INTERNATIONAL JEW: THE WORLD'S PROBLEM in the Dearborn Independent. Ford continues to publish anti-semitic articles for seven years. Copies of the newspapers are placed in Ford Auto Delearships. newspaper is sent
May 22, 1920 (Sivan 5, 5680) (aged 27 years)
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Treaty Of Trianon ended WWI. Hungary Gives Up Two Thirds Of Its Land. Town Of Bilky Becomes Part of Czechoslovakia.
June 6, 1920 (Sivan 20, 5680) (aged 27 years)
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Background
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In the United States, the 18th Amendment is certified and women are given the right to vote.
August 26, 1920 (Elul 12, 5680) (aged 28 years)
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29th President of the United States
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Background
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In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act restricts the number of immigrants.
May 21, 1921 (Iyar 13, 5681) (aged 28 years)
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Background
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In Soviet Union, Stalin becomes General Secretary of Communist Party.
April 3, 1922 (Nissan 5, 5682) (aged 29 years)
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Background
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Russian Civil War ends. 7,000,000–12,000,000 total deaths. The overwhelming majority of deaths were civilians. Russia becomes Soviet Union.
June 16, 1923 (Tamuz 2, 5683) (aged 30 years)
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30th President of the United States
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Background
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Hyperinflation occurs in Germany as a result of debt/reparations owed from World War I.
from 1921 (5681) to 1923 (5683) (aged 30 years)
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Background
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Mein Kampf, Hitler's autobigraphical manifesto, is published. Hitler compliments Henry Ford by name.
July 18, 1925 (Tamuz 26, 5685) (aged 33 years)
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31st President of the United States
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Background
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In the United States, the stock market crashes and loses 23% in two days.
from October 23, 1929 (Tishrei 19, 5690) to October 24, 1929 (Tishrei 20, 5690) (aged 37 years)
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Heinrich Bruning becomes Chancellor of Germany. In response to the worldwide depression, he institutes a policy of austerity by tightening credit and reducing wages.
March 30, 1930 (Nissan 1, 5690) (aged 37 years)
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Background
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In the United States, the stock market loses 90% of its value in less than three years.
from April 1930 (Nissan 5690) to July 1932 (Tamuz 5692) (aged 39 years)
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Background
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Heinrich Bruning, Chancellor Of German, announces his Cabinet's resignation. Hitler becomes chancellor eight months later.
May 30, 1932 (Iyar 24, 5692) (aged 39 years)
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Background
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The United States stock market reaches its lowest point during the Great Depression. It was down 90% from its high.
July 8, 1932 (Tamuz 4, 5692) (aged 39 years)
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Background
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32nd President of the United States
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Background
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In the United States, the 18th Amendment is repealed and alcohol becomes legal again.
December 5, 1933 (Kislev 17, 5694) (aged 41 years)
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Background
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Reichstag Fire gives Hitler the opportunity to suspend civil liberties and the establishment of the Nazi Party as the only political party in Germany.
1933 (5693) (aged 40 years)
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German Parliament Passes Nuremberg Race Laws. Only racially pure Germans would be allowed to hold German citizenship. It banned future intermarriages and sexual relations between Jews and people “of German or related blood.”
September 15, 1935 (Elul 17, 5695) (aged 43 years)
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1936 Summer Olympics begins in Berlin, Germany. German Jewish athletes were barred.
August 1, 1936 (Av 13, 5696) (aged 44 years)
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Hitler holds a secret meeting in which he outlines Germany's plan to expand its territories by force. The meeting is summarized in the Hossbach Memorandum.
November 5, 1937 (Kislev 1, 5698) (aged 45 years)
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Background
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Hungarian Anti-Jewish Laws
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Hungary restricts the number of Jews in each commercial enterprise, in the press, among physicians, engineers and lawyers to twenty percent.
May 29, 1938 (Iyar 28, 5698) (aged 45 years)
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Munich Agreement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia.
September 30, 1938 (Tishrei 5, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Deportation
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Note: A record was found that indicated that Erika Weiser's mom was deported on October 28, 1938 from Leipzig to Poland. It is likely that Erika was deported in the same day. A record was found that indicated that Erika Weiser's mom was deported on October 28, 1938 from Leipzig to Poland. It is likely that Erika was deported in the same day. From October 27 until October 29, 1938, the day before a Polish decree regarding the eligibility of passports was set to take effect, state authorities in Germany arrested approximately 17,000 Polish Jews and cancelled their German permits of residence. The Gestapo was easily able to locate those arrested through registration data and census files. After being arrested, thousands of Polish Jews were stripped of any personal property or money and put on trains. These trains brought the deportees to the Germany–Poland border. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_expulsion_of_Polish_Jews_from_Germany |
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Germany arrests 17,000 Polish Jewish Residents and deports thousands to Poland. https://w.wiki/5R8z
from October 27, 1938 (Heshvan 2, 5699) to October 29, 1938 (Heshvan 4, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Background
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First Vienna Award separated from Czechoslovakia territories in southern Slovakia and southern Carpathian Rus and gave them to Hungary.
November 2, 1938 (Heshvan 8, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Pogrom
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Kristallnacht
from November 9, 1938 (Heshvan 15, 5699) to November 10, 1938 (Heshvan 16, 5699) (aged 46 years)
Note: Kristallnacht (Crystal Night) comes from the broken windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings and synagogues that were smashed. 7,500 Jewish owned businesses are looted. 30,000 Jewish males were rounded up and taken to concentration camps. |
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Invasion
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Background
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Carpathian Ruthenia Region, of which Bilky is a part of, declares its indepedence from Czechoslovakia.
March 15, 1939 (Adar 24, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Background
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Carpathian Ruthenia Region, of which Bilky is a part of, is occupied and annexed by Hungary.
from March 15, 1939 (Adar 24, 5699) to March 18, 1939 (Adar 27, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Hungarian Anti-Jewish Laws
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Hungary defines Jews racially: individuals with two, three or four Jewish-born grandparents were declared Jewish. It reduced the role of Jews in Hungarian economic life even more, setting the limit to 6%.
May 5, 1939 (Iyar 16, 5699) (aged 46 years)
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Background
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A non-aggression pact is signed between Soviet Union and Germany. It enabled the two countries to partition Poland. It is known as the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
August 23, 1939 (Elul 8, 5699) (aged 47 years)
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Invasion
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Declaration Of War
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Great Britain and France Declare War Against Germany
September 3, 1939 (Elul 19, 5699) (aged 47 years)
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Background
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Background
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Soviet Union and Germany divide Poland by German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty.
September 28, 1939 (Tishrei 15, 5700) (aged 47 years)
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Deportation
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Germany begins deportation of Austrian and Czech Jews to Poland
October 12, 1939 (Tishrei 29, 5700) (aged 47 years)
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Background
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In Poland, all Jews above the age of 11 must wear white armbands with the Jewish Star.
November 23, 1939 (Kislev 11, 5700) (aged 47 years)
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Krakow Ghetto
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In Krakow, Judenräte (Jewish Councils) were created which were to be run by Jewish citizens for the purpose of carrying out orders for the Nazis. These orders included registration of all Jewish people living in the area, the collection of taxes, and forced labour groups.
November 28, 1939 (Kislev 16, 5700) (aged 47 years)
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Invasion
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Invasion
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Concentration Camp
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Dunkirk Evacuation.
from May 26, 1940 (Iyar 18, 5700) to June 4, 1940 (Iyar 27, 5700) (aged 47 years)
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Surrender
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Krakow Jewish Ghetto Registration
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Ghetto
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Residence
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Note: Per the Krakow List, Hanni Brandstadter and Erika Weiser were forcibly transported by the Nazis on March 20, 1941 and was from Krakau-Stadt Lublin to Międzyrzec Podlaska. Per the Krakow List, Hanni Brandstadter and Erika Weiser were forcibly transported by the Nazis on March 20, 1941 and was from Krakau-Stadt Lublin to Międzyrzec Podlaska. |
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Death of a sister
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Address: Nowolipki
Cause: Murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. Note: Chaja Lea Meinhardt was first in the Krakow Ghetto. When and how she was sent to the Warsaw Ghetto is unknown. Below is the death certificate from the Warsaw Ghetto.
Note: The annotation of the death certificate at the Central Jewish Library of Poland has the wrong date of death: The annotation of the death certificate at the Central Jewish Library of Poland has the wrong date of death: Domicile: Kraków, czas. Nowolipki 17 m. 11 Place of Birth: Kołomyja Date of Death: 23.11.1941(sic) - This is wrong. The date on the actual death certificate is 23/X/1941 (October 23, 1941). Name: Chaja Lea Place of Death: Nowolipki 17 m. 11 Physician: Z. Sztajnkalk Surname: MEINHARDT Date of Birth: 15.05.1889 |
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Marriage of a daughter
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Ghetto
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Forcibly Transported By Nazis
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Transported from Krakau-Stadt to Międzyrzec Podlaska
March 20, 1941 (Adar 21, 5701) (aged 48 years)
Note: On the JewishGen Transport List, the name is listed as "Reni (sic) Brandstadter." "Reni" must be confused with "Hani." Otherwise, the specifics are identical including year of birth, "maiden name" of Weiser, and the same residential address as listed on the Krakow ID Application - "Grodzka 69 Krakau." The JewishGen website indicates the marital status as "verw." The marital statuses in German include: verheiratet" (married), "geschieden" (divorced) or "verwitwet" (widowed). So, it would indicate that Hanni was widowed. But on the Krakow Application, the marital status is listed as "gesch" which would mean divorced. |
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Hungarian Anti-Jewish Laws
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Hungary prohibits intermarriage and penalizes sexual intercourse between Jews and non-Jews. Became a keystone in the process of excluding and eliminating Jews from Hungarian society.
August 8, 1941 (Av 15, 5701) (aged 49 years)
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Background
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Jewish Germans and Jews with citizenship of annexed states (Austrians, Czechs, Danzigers) from the age of six years are ordered to wear a yellow badge in the shape of a Jewish Star with Jude in the center.
September 1, 1941 (Elul 9, 5701) (aged 49 years)
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Attack
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Death of a husband
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Cause: Murdered by Nazis. |
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At the Wannsee Conference, Nazis finalized their Final Solution plans to murder all the Jews after their deportation. Adolf Eichmann, who was eventually tried and executed in Israel for murdering Jews via the systematic deportation of millions of Jews to the extermination camps, was at the meeting.
January 20, 1942 (Shevat 2, 5702) (aged 49 years)
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Background
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First convoy of Jews from France are sent to Auschwitz.
March 27, 1942 (Nissan 9, 5702) (aged 49 years)
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Background
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Jewish Dutch people ordered to wear the Jewish yellow badge.
April 29, 1942 (Iyar 12, 5702) (aged 49 years)
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Background
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Jewish Belgians people ordered to wear the Jewish yellow badge.
June 3, 1942 (Sivan 18, 5702) (aged 49 years)
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Background
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Jews in Occuppied France ordered to wear the Jewish yellow badge.
June 7, 1942 (Sivan 22, 5702) (aged 49 years)
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Deportation
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Germany begins the deportation of Dutch Jews from camps in the Netherlands
July 15, 1942 (Av 1, 5702) (aged 50 years)
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Hungarian Anti-Jewish Laws
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Hungary abolishes the status of Judaism as a received religion.
July 19, 1942 (Av 5, 5702) (aged 50 years)
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Hungarian Anti-Jewish Laws
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Hungary prohibits Jews from acquiring agricultural property, and calls for the transfer of Jewish-owned property to non-Jews.
September 6, 1942 (Elul 24, 5702) (aged 50 years)
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Background
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French communist newspaper publishes a cover story about the extermination of 11,000 French Jews at Auschwitz.
October 10, 1942 (Tishrei 29, 5703) (aged 50 years)
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Reports On The Holocaust
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Small story on page 10 of the New York Times reported on the slaughter of Jews at Auschwitz.
November 25, 1942 (Kislev 16, 5703) (aged 50 years)
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Ghetto
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Krakow Ghetto Liquidated. Those deemed able to work were transported to the Płaszów concentration camp. Some 2,000 Jews unable to move or attempting to run were killed in the streets and in their homes. Operation Reinhard
March 13, 1943 (Adar II 6, 5703) (aged 50 years)
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Background
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Belgium Resistance attacks a train bound for Auschwitz and free 233 prisoners. It is the only mass escape from a Holocaust train.
April 19, 1943 (Nissan 14, 5703) (aged 50 years)
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Invasion
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Background
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Two inmates, Slovak Jews Alfred Wetzler and Rudolf Vrba, escape from Auschwitz. They contact the Jewish council in Slovakia and give details about the murder of Jews at Auschwitz. A report is soon released to warn Hungary’s Jews of the Nazi plans to wipe out their community. The report initally does nothing to stop the mass deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz. Finally, in July 1944, after the report is published in the Swiss Press, Hungary is forced to stopped the deportation. The persecution of Hungarian Jews is continued in October 1944.
April 10, 1944 (Nissan 17, 5704) (0 after death)
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Background
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Nazis Photograph Hungarian Jews Arriving At Auschwitz. Many Jews Were From The Sub-Carpathia Region. Theses photos became know as The Auschwitz Album/Lilly Jacob Album. Lilly Jacob, the woman who found the photos, was from Bilky, Ukraine.
May 26, 1944 (Sivan 4, 5704) (0 after death)
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Attack
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Deportation
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435,000 Hungarian Jews Are Deported To Auschwitz
from May 15, 1944 (Iyar 22, 5704) to July 9, 1944 (Tamuz 18, 5704) (0 after death)
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Holocaust
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Death
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Cause of death: Murdered by the Nazis. |
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Remembrance
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Note: This is my grandmother's 130th Birthday. I never got to meet you. You'd be happy to know that your daughter Erika survived Auschwitz and went on to raise two loving sons. You are the great-grandmother of three beautiful young adults. We love you. May You Rest In Peace. עליה השלום |
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130th Birthday
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Note: Happy Birthday, Grandma. Happy Birthday, Grandma. |
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1889–1941
Birth: April 15, 1889
— Kolomyia, Ukraine Death: October 23, 1941 — Warsaw Ghetto |
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…אסתר בת רי מאיר
1916–1988
Birth: December 25, 1916
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— Leipzig, Germany Death: November 22, 1988 — New York, New York |
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Source: U.S. Holocaust Museum
Date of entry in original source: August 14, 1940 |
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The issue is whether Hanni was born a "Weiser" or born a "Brandstadter." According to my mother, Hanni Brandstadter and Michael Weiser were her parents. But, I recently found information about a Michel Brandstadter who lived in the same complex as Hanni Brandstadter in Leipzig. And according to a Card From the Jewish Community in Leipzig, Hanni was born a Weiser and was divorced. One of the difficulties, is that the Michel Brandstadter who I located was born in 1899 accoding to his Leipzig Jewish Card. And that would make him about seven years younger than Hanni and about seventeen years old at the time of his daughter erika weiser's birth. The Leipzig Jewish Community Card was found at the Arolsen Archives at https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/document/129820854. The card notes that Hanni was born "Weiser" and she was divorced from "Michel B.". This collection contains digital copies of documentation held by the Jewish community in Leipzig. |
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As of January 14, 2021, details of the marriage are unknown. It is assumed that they were married because on the Krakow application that was completed by Hanni, she listed the marital states as "gesch." |
| Deportation |
A record was found that indicated that Erika Weiser's mom was deported on October 28, 1938 from Leipzig to Poland. It is likely that Erika was deported in the same day. From October 27 until October 29, 1938, the day before a Polish decree regarding the eligibility of passports was set to take effect, state authorities in Germany arrested approximately 17,000 Polish Jews and cancelled their German permits of residence. The Gestapo was easily able to locate those arrested through registration data and census files. After being arrested, thousands of Polish Jews were stripped of any personal property or money and put on trains. These trains brought the deportees to the Germany–Poland border. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_expulsion_of_Polish_Jews_from_Germany |
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On the JewishGen Transport List, the name is listed as "Reni (sic) Brandstadter." "Reni" must be confused with "Hani." Otherwise, the specifics are identical including year of birth, "maiden name" of Weiser, and the same residential address as listed on the Krakow ID Application - "Grodzka 69 Krakau." The JewishGen website indicates the marital status as "verw." The marital statuses in German include: verheiratet" (married), "geschieden" (divorced) or "verwitwet" (widowed). So, it would indicate that Hanni was widowed. But on the Krakow Application, the marital status is listed as "gesch" which would mean divorced. |
| Residence |
Per the Krakow List, Hanni Brandstadter and Erika Weiser were forcibly transported by the Nazis on March 20, 1941 and was from Krakau-Stadt Lublin to Międzyrzec Podlaska. |
| Remembrance |
This is my grandmother's 130th Birthday. I never got to meet you. You'd be happy to know that your daughter Erika survived Auschwitz and went on to raise two loving sons. You are the great-grandmother of three beautiful young adults. We love you. May You Rest In Peace. עליה השלום |
| 130th Birthday |
Happy Birthday, Grandma. |
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