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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 Landszaft (22/01/ 1867- ?) married Itzick Kraziniecki (1862-?) in Zamowiec in 1885.

They had four children recorded in the Wodzislaw archives:

  • PerlaKraziniecki (1889- ?) married Gresz Spiro in 1912.

  • Jakow Kraziniecki (3/08/1896-?). Him too: no information.

  • Abela Kraziniecki (17/10/1899- ?): no information.

  • Wulf Kraziniecki (June 6, 1901). Wulf supposedly left for Argentina before the Holocaust. I haven't been able to find him.

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

He was a merchant in Miechow.

Two children listed in the Wodzislaw archives

  • Schmuel Landszaft (4/01/1894-1943) married to Kashia Poslusny (1898-1942)

  • Haim Landszaft (14/12/1898-1942) married in 1924 in Krakow to Liebe Stiel: two children

* Zigmund (1925-2025), our cousin Ziggy, married to Renia Cuckierman (post-war): they will have 3 daughters: Leah, Caroline and Jacqualine.

* Major Landszaft (1927-1945).

We know that Haim's family lived in the Krakow region, in Chorzow, known during the German period as Konigshutte. They returned to Poland between 1922 and 1939.

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

They will have 4 children

  •   Chana Landszaft (1911-1942);

  •   Pessel Landszaft (1912-1942);

  •   Kopel Landszaft (1919-1977). His birthplace is sometimes listed as Sosnowiec (15 km from Chorzow), sometimes as Ksiaz Wielki (north of Wodzislaw). He married Rosa/Rouja Wenchadlowska (1920-1982) in 1947; they had a daughter, Zahava, our closest cousin.

  •   Itzick Landszaft (1926-1942)

3 - Chaim-Szmul Landszaft born on 26/02/1871. This child, unknown to us and even to my father, died at 18 months old, on February 5, 1872. This may perhaps explain my father's first name, Szmul.

My dive into the Wodzislaw archives allowed me to find the birth certificates of my grandmother Perla's other brothers and sisters.

4- 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...

5- Blima Landschaft (13/11/1877-1942) married Moszek Lieber on 4/09/1903 in the Wodzislaw register. This was the civil marriage, as the religious marriage must have taken place in 1892 or 1893, since a daughter was born in 1894.

According to my father, when his mother died(1919), he was taken in by his aunt Blima, who lived near Miechow. They had a mil where they ground warious foods into  flour.

They will have 7 known children:

  • Schmuel Lieber (?-?) marries Tsipora?

  • Chaya Pesle Lieber (1894-1942) 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 (1904-1942) married Baruch Wenchadlowski . They had a daughter, Rouja Wenchadlowski (1920-1982), who later married Kopel Landschaft and had a daughter, Zahava Landschaft.

  • Zysla Lieber (4/07/1906)

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

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

  • Kalman Lieber (1915- survived the Holocaust)

6- Chana-Pesla Landschaft ( 1880-1942) married Yehuda Leybus 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)

7- Sora/Sara Landszaft (7/12/1881-1942) married Izrael Gerz Bialokaminski on 22/05/1897

They had at least 7 children recorded in the Wodzislaw registers.

  • Estera-Malka Bialokaminski born 14/12 1898

  • Lyna Bialokaminski, born 16/06/1904, married Chaskiel Kajzer (28 years old) on 12/09/1933

  • Chaja Bialokaminski 2/06/1906

  • Chaim Bialokaminski 2/01/1908

  • Majer Bialokaminski 06/20/1910

  • Motel and Szmul Bialokaminski 8/12/1911

And

  • Yossel Bialokaminski,whom my parents knew but whom I could not find on the Wadzislaw records.   He married Leah Waintraub, who perished in the Holocaust. He later remarried, this time to Ita , and they had a son after the war.

8- Chawa Landszaft (1883-1942) married Naftulah Waintraub on 22/05/1901.

They had at least 6 children recorded in the Wodzislaw registers

  • Mordechai Waintraub (7/10/1904-1942)

  • Léah and Fajgla Waintraub (08/24/1909-1942). Leah was Yossel Bialokaminski's first wife and Fajgla married Mordka Brondwajnchandler on 2/12/1929.

  • Schmuel Waintraub (8/09/1903-1942)

  • Majer Waintraub (4/02/1911)

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

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

They will have 6 known children:

  • Aron-Majer Landschaft (1909-1993 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)

10- 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 .

11- 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 Kraziniecki 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.

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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