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On my father's uncles' and aunts' side

My father remembered the names of his nine uncles and aunts on his mother's side, but not on his father's side.

That has always intrigued me.

1- Chudès-Gitla Landschaft ( 1867-?) married Itzick Kroznecki (1860-?) in 1885 in Zamowiec. They had two sons recorded:

  • Kroznecki Wolf (?)Wolf is said to have left for Argentina before the Holocaust. I haven't been able to find him.

  • Jakow Krozneki (1896-?). Him too: no information.

2- Moszek-Isser Landschaft (1868-1942) married, for the first time, Léa-Ryfka Woznika (1870-?) in 1890.

He was a merchant in Miechow.

Two children listed

  • Schmuel Landschaft (1898-1943) married to Kashia Poslusny (1898-1942) and

  • Haim Landschaft (1908-1942) married in 1924 in Krakow to Liebe Stiel: two children

* Zigmund (1925-2025) married to Régna Cukierman (post-war): they had 3 daughters: Leah, Caroline and Jacqueline.

* Major Landschaft (1927-1945).

2-bis Moszek-Isser remarried Fajgla Levkowitz (1885-1942).

They will have 4 children

  •   Chana Landschaft (1911-1942);

  •   Pessel Landschaft (1912-1942);

  •   Kopel Landschaft (1919-1977) married Rosa/Rouja Wenchadlowska (1920- ) in 1947; they had a daughter, Zahava

  •   Itzick Landscape (1926-1942)

3- Mechele-Mendel Landschaft (1875-1942) married Haja Szifra Waintraub (1880-1942): they had at least 4 children

  • Hana Pesla Landschaft (1900-1929) married Aron Checinski: they had 3 living children and one born and died in 1929

* Sabina Checinski (1925-2025) married Rafal Kalowski in 1946: one child, Thomasz

* Izrael Checinski ( 1926-1942)

* Alter-Hillel Checinski (1927-1942

  •   Cieja-Rosa Landschaft (1906-1942) married Mendel Nowoniejski and lived in Lodz

  • Aron Meier Landschaft known as Majorek (1915-1942)

  • Haim (Heniek) Landschaft (1919-1996) married Rouja after the war...

4- Chana-Pesla Landschaft ( 1880-1942) married Yehuda Posluszny in 1896.

They have 5 known children

  • Hillel Poslszny (1912-1942) married to Fella Gorodetsky (1914-1942)

  • Schmuel-Wolf Posluszny (1914-1942)

  • David Psluszny (1917-1942)

  • Jakob Posluszny (1925-1942)

  • Yoel Posluszny (1927- survived the Holocaust)

5- Fajwush Landschaft (1885-1942) married Fajgla?

They will have 6 known children:

  • Aron-Majer Landschaft (1909-Holocaust survivor) married once before the war and a second time after the war.

First, with Myriam Fajgenblatt:

They had four children, all of whom perished in the Holocaust.

- Rachel (1934-1942)

- Mendel (1936-1942)

- Scheindle (1938-1942)

- Hadassa (1941-1942)

He remarried in 1947 to Rouja Rosenblum and had two children: Faybus/Shraga and Ester

  • Schmuel Landschaft (1911-1942)

  • Yehuda Landschaft (1914-1942)

  • Mordechai Landschaft (1918-1942)

  • Scheindle Landschaft (1920-1942)

  • Beth-Sheva Landschaft (1922-1942)

6- Blima Landschaft (1886-1942) married Moszek Lieber in 1899.

They will have 6 known children:

  • Schmuel Lieber (?-?) marries Tsipora

  • Chaya Pesle Lieber (1904-1942) married Hirsch-Itzack Frucht : They will have at least

- a boy, Abraham Frucht (who married Perele Fajgenblatt before the war and had two children: all three died during the Holocaust and

- a well-known daughter , Bronia Frucht (1924-2007). She married Moshe Nowitarger after the war and they had 3 children: Chaya, Avroum and Ayala

  • Golda Lieber (1900-1942) married Baruch Wenchadlowski . They had a daughter, Rouja Wenchadlowski (1920-1982), who later married Kopel Landschaft and had a daughter, Zahava Landschaft.

  • Hersch Lieber (1908-1942) married Gitla (1912-1942)

  • David Lieber (1912-1942) married Pesle (1914-1942)

  • Kalman Lieber (1915- survived the Holocaust)

7- Hendel Landschaft (1888-1942) marries Hunnah-Leyb Fajgenbaltt.

They will have 8 children:

  • Hana Pesla Fajgenblatt (?-1942)

  • Ytzack Fajgenblatt (?-1942)

  • Brandel Fajgenblatt (?-1942)

  • Hendel Fajgenbaltt (?-1942)

  • Rachel Fajgenblatt (?-?) died at age 12

  • Myriam Fajgenblatt (?- 1942): Aron Majer Landschaft 's first wife

  • Schmuel Fajgenblatt (?-1942)

  • Perele Fajgenblatt (1920-, a Holocaust survivor) married Abraham Frucht before the Holocaust; they had two children, all three of whom perished during the Holocaust. Perele remarried in 1946 to Abraham Lipnowski and they had a daughter, Myriam .

8- Sara Landschaft (1890-1942) married a Bialokaminski.

They had at least one son

  • Yossel Bialokaminski . He married Leah Waintraub , who perished in the Holocaust. He later remarried, this time to Ita , and they had a son after the war.

9- Chawa Landschaft (1892-1942) married Natulah Waintraub.

They had at least 4 known children

  • Mordechai Waintraub (?-1942)

  • Léah Waintraub (?-1942) first wife of Yossel Bialokaminski

  • Schmuel Waintraub (?- 1942)

  • Perele Waintraub ( 1919-2003) married after the war to Zalman Pila and they had two children in Canada: Eva and Moshe Zalman.

10- Perele Landschaft (1893-1919) my grandmother (1893-1919) married Kasriel Czalczynski around 1910 and had 3 children:

  • Majer-Ber Czalczynski (1911-1942), He was married to Ida Bergier and they had two children in 40 and 42: Jakob-Josek, murdered at Treblinka.

  • Szmul, Czalczynski - my father (1915-2007) and

  • Moshe Czalczynski (1918-1942).

Those who survived

The Krozneki family are believed to be in Argentina.

Yoel Posluzny reportedly left Poland after the war to live in Haifa.

Yossele Bialokaminski, after being in the USSR during the war, then returning to Poland, lives in a moshav not far from Gedera. My parents met him.

Ziggy and Koppel

I don't know much about the children of Chudes-Gitla, Chana Pesla and Sara.

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Henri, son of Michele

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Bronia and Rouja, Blima's little girls

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Perele from Canada, daughter of Chawa

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Aron Maier son of Fajwush

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Pearl of Australia, daughter of Hendel

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Szmul Czalczynski, son of Perele

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