Chaja Lea Weiser, 1889–1941 (aged 52 years)
- Name
- Chaja Lea /Weiser/
- Given names
- Chaja Lea
- Surname
- Weiser
- Also known as
- Chaja /Meinhardt/
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Note: This information was first obtained from the Leipzig Museum. Back when Chaja was born, Kolomia was part of Poland and was known as Kolomyja. This information was first obtained from the Leipzig Museum. Back when Chaja was born, Kolomia was part of Poland and was known as Kolomyja. Additional information was found at JRI-Poland. |
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Birth of a sister
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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 24 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 25 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 25 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 25 years)
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Marriage of a sister
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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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Russian Czar Nicholas is forced to abdicate the throne.
March 15, 1917 (Adar 21, 5677) (aged 27 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 28 years)
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Birth of a daughter
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In the United States, the 18th Amendment Prohibition of alcohol becomes effective.
January 17, 1920 (Tevet 26, 5680) (aged 30 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 30 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 31 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 31 years)
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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 31 years)
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29th President of the United States
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In the United States, the Emergency Quota Act restricts the number of immigrants.
May 21, 1921 (Iyar 13, 5681) (aged 32 years)
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In Soviet Union, Stalin becomes General Secretary of Communist Party.
April 3, 1922 (Nissan 5, 5682) (aged 32 years)
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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 34 years)
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30th President of the United States
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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 33 years)
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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 36 years)
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31st President of the United States
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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 40 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 40 years)
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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 43 years)
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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 43 years)
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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 43 years)
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32nd President of the United States
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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 44 years)
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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 43 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 46 years)
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1936 Summer Olympics begins in Berlin, Germany. German Jewish athletes were barred.
August 1, 1936 (Av 13, 5696) (aged 47 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 48 years)
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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 49 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 49 years)
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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 49 years)
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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 49 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 49 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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Carpathian Ruthenia Region, of which Bilky is a part of, declares its indepedence from Czechoslovakia.
March 15, 1939 (Adar 24, 5699) (aged 49 years)
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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 49 years)
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Deportation
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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 50 years)
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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 50 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 50 years)
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Soviet Union and Germany divide Poland by German–Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty.
September 28, 1939 (Tishrei 15, 5700) (aged 50 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 50 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 50 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 50 years)
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Krakow Ghetto
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Note: Jewish census of the city of Krakow, marked to indicate deportation to the ghetto. Jewish census of the city of Krakow, marked to indicate deportation to the ghetto. |
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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 51 years)
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Surrender
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Correspondence
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Note: This letter was obtained from the United States Holocaust Museum. This letter was obtained from the United States Holocaust Museum. This grouping primarily contains documents related to requests for exemption from deportation. It also contains documents relation to requests to return to Krakow. Most of the requests for exemption were based on medical or employment grounds. The grouping includes correspondence, medical forms, medical certificates, and photos. Other topics covered include: approved exemptions, denied exemption, requests to return persons in camps to Krakow. |
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Krakow Ghetto
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Ghetto
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Ghetto
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Death of a husband
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Cause: Murdered By Nazis And Their Collaborators. Note: The date of Moritz's murder is approximate. It is based off the transport record of Erika Weiser and Hanni Brandstadter. |
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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 52 years)
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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 52 years)
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Holocaust
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Death
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Address: Nowolipki
Cause of death: 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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Remembrance
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Note: Leipzig, Archiv der Israelitische Religionsgemeinde Leipzig, Archiv der Israelitische Religionsgemeinde |
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Remembrance
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Address: Humboldtstraße 27 (ehemals Nr. 29) 27 Humboldt Strasse - Formerly Number 29 Note: More information about this Stolperstein can be found on Wikipedia and at the German Stolperstein Guide. More information about this Stolperstein can be found on Wikipedia and at the German Stolperstein Guide. The Stopersteine Guide provides: Lea Chaja Meinhardt, geb. Weiser, wurde am 15.4.1889 in Kolomea (Galizien, heute Ukraine) geboren. Sie hatte eine Tochter, Ruth, die 1919 in Leipzig geboren wurde. Höchstwahrscheinlich wurde ihre Ehe 1929 getrennt. Quelle: Familienunterlagen This is translated by Google Translate to english as: biography Lea Chaja Meinhardt, née Weiser, was born on April 15, 1889 in Kolomea (Galicia, today Ukraine). They had one daughter, Ruth, who was born in Leipzig in 1919. Most likely, their marriage was separated in 1929. Source: family records The stone for Chaja Meinhardt provides she died (tot) in the Krakow Ghetto. It would have been more appropriate to use the German term for murdered, "Ermordert." |
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1889–1941
Birth: April 15, 1889
— Kolomyia, Ukraine Death: October 23, 1941 — Warsaw Ghetto |
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younger sister |
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1886–1941
Birth: November 4, 1886
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— Poland Death: March 21, 1941 |
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1889–1941
Birth: April 15, 1889
— Kolomyia, Ukraine Death: October 23, 1941 — Warsaw Ghetto |
| Marriage | Marriage — — |
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This information was first obtained from the Leipzig Museum. Back when Chaja was born, Kolomia was part of Poland and was known as Kolomyja. Additional information was found at JRI-Poland. |
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| Krakow Ghetto |
Jewish census of the city of Krakow, marked to indicate deportation to the ghetto. |
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This letter was obtained from the United States Holocaust Museum. This grouping primarily contains documents related to requests for exemption from deportation. It also contains documents relation to requests to return to Krakow. Most of the requests for exemption were based on medical or employment grounds. The grouping includes correspondence, medical forms, medical certificates, and photos. Other topics covered include: approved exemptions, denied exemption, requests to return persons in camps to Krakow. |
| Death |
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. 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 |
| Remembrance |
Leipzig, Archiv der Israelitische Religionsgemeinde |
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More information about this Stolperstein can be found on Wikipedia and at the German Stolperstein Guide. The Stopersteine Guide provides: Lea Chaja Meinhardt, geb. Weiser, wurde am 15.4.1889 in Kolomea (Galizien, heute Ukraine) geboren. Sie hatte eine Tochter, Ruth, die 1919 in Leipzig geboren wurde. Höchstwahrscheinlich wurde ihre Ehe 1929 getrennt. Quelle: Familienunterlagen This is translated by Google Translate to english as: biography Lea Chaja Meinhardt, née Weiser, was born on April 15, 1889 in Kolomea (Galicia, today Ukraine). They had one daughter, Ruth, who was born in Leipzig in 1919. Most likely, their marriage was separated in 1929. Source: family records The stone for Chaja Meinhardt provides she died (tot) in the Krakow Ghetto. It would have been more appropriate to use the German term for murdered, "Ermordert." |
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According to the Leipzig Museum, Chaja Meinhardt was the sister the Hanni Branstadter |
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Note: This is a better copy of the photo from the Krakow Registration Form of Chaja Weiser Menihardt. |
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Note: This photo was found in a document that Chaja Meinhardt completed in the Karakow Ghetto. It was taken on August 15, 1940. It is believed that Chaja is the sister on Hanni Brandstadter. |