be-002157-kd 01017
has or had holder: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/institutions/be-002157
biographical history: Leibisch GOLDFISCHER was born on 28 March 1905 in Medenice, Poland, the child of Salomon GOLDFISCHER and Chaja ALPERN. He moved to Belgium from Vienna, Austria, on 5 May 1927. Once in Belgium, he made a stopover in Borgerhout, at Van der Keilenstraat 11, before settling in Brussels in August at Hollandsestraat 25, later in Anderlecht at Memlingstraat 31, and finally at Van Lintstraat 59, which became his last known address before deportation. Leibisch worked as a shoemaker on Rue des Fiennesstraat, where he made designs for leather shoes and earned 170 BF weekly. He married Marjem WYSZEGRODZKA (born on 20 August 1908 in Łęczyca, daughter of Majer Lajbus WYSZEGRODZKA and Bajla BAGNO), who had been in Belgium since 22 August 1927 and had obtained a visa to work at Jos Zimmerman's clothing shop at 121 Rue des Huidevettersstraat in Brussels, earning 200 BF a month. The couple married on 1 February 1930, and their son Henri was born on 15 October 1932 in Brussels. Marjem also had relatives in Brussels; her sister Ita WYSZEGRODZKA worked at Electro Mutuel on Metaalstraat 22 in Saint-Gilles, her sister Cywla WYSZEGRODZKA, married to shoemaker Goldztein, lived on Belgradostraat 54 in Forest, and her brother Samuel WYSZEGRODZKA, a producer of waterproof glue, lived on Kartuizersstraat 70 in Brussels. On 7 October 1942, Leibisch and Marjem were registered at the Dossin Barracks as numbers 53 and 54 on the deportation list for Transport XIII, which left Mechelen for Auschwitz-Birkenau on 10 October 1942. Upon arrival on 12 October, Leibisch was selected for forced labour and had number 19985 tattooed on his forearm. Leibisch was a forced labourer attached to the satellite camp in Gross-Rosen throughout the war, working mainly on railway construction and maintenance. He survived the horrors of the camp and was repatriated to Belgium after liberation by Soviet troops on 13 February 1945. Marjem did not survive deportation. Henri Goldfischer went into hiding in Anderlecht just in…
identifier: KD_01017
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1937-12-31
type: RecordSet
archival history: On 29 February 2024, Koenraad Decock, Anne Goldfischer and Gabrielle Goldfischer kindly permitted Kazerne Dossin to digitally archive one Polish passport in this collection.
has or had some members with language: fra
title: Goldfischer-Wyszegrodzka family. Collection
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1937-01-01
location of copies: Digital copy available as collection KD_01017 at Kazerne Dossin Research Centre
conditions of access: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
record resource extent: 11 digitised images (1 passport)
scope and content: This collection contains a Polish passport issued to Marjem Wyszegrodzka in 1937. Marjem Wyszegrodzka, born on 20 August 1908 in Łęczyca, Poland, moved to Belgium and married Leibisch Goldfischer. She had been in Belgium since 22 August 1927, working at a clothing shop in Brussels. On 7 October 1942, both Marjem and Leibisch were registered at the Dossin Barracks for deportation to Auschwitz-Birkenau on Transport XIII, which departed on 10 October 1942. Upon arrival, Marjem did not survive the deportation. Her husband, Leibisch, was selected for forced labour and survived the war, being repatriated to Belgium after liberation. Their son, Henri, avoided deportation as a hidden child, thanks to the Jewish Defence Committee, and was later reunited with his father.
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/be-002157-kd_01017/acquisitions/1
has or had some members with language: pol
accruals: No further accruals are to be expected.
conditions of use: Contact Kazerne Dossin Research Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu
has record set type: Collection