us-005578-irn631816-irn671069
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Marek Redner (1898-1984) was born on 3 July 1898 in Lwów, Poland (also referred to as Lvov or Lemberg, present day Lviv, Ukraine) to Berisch or Baruch (1871-1935) and Reize “Rosa” (née Findling, 1873-1942) Redner. Both of his parents were from Lwów, and his father owned a small furniture manufacturing factory. Marek was the oldest of ten siblings: Amalia (1897-1943), Mahla (1899-1942), Sylvia (1900-1988), Elka (b. 1901), Julia (1904-1988), Fydka (1905-1988), Bronislawa (1907-1942), Benjamin (1908-1996), Abraham, and Pozieba. He studied medicine in Lwów and also served in the Austro-Hungarian Army during World War I. He completed his studies in 1923. In 1924 he married Bronislawa Schrenzel (1903-1997), daughter of Izrael Schrenzel (1875-1942) and Sabina Pordes (b. 1880), and they had two children: Emilia (1926-1992) and Salomon (b. 1929). After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, the Soviet Red Army occupied Eastern Poland as part of the German-Soviet Pact, including Lwów. In June 1941 the Germans broke the pact with Russia, and Lwów was occupied by the Nazis. In November 1941, Marek and his family were sent to the Lwów Ghetto where he continued to work as a doctor. In September 1942, Marek acquired a forged birth certificate for Salomon, and he went to live with Mr. Sochacki until December 1942. By January 1943, Marek’s wife and children went into hiding in Stare Sioło, a village approximately 20 miles south of Lwów. They hid in a coal cellar owned by Stefania Ciemiega. Marek joined them in May 1943, shortly before the liquidation of the ghetto. On 27 July 1944 Lwów was liberated by the Soviets. After liberation, the Redners remained in Poland. Marek continued to practice medicine and Emilia and Salomon completed high school. In 1948, Marek and Bronislawa immigrated to Montevideo, Uruguay. They immigrated to the United States in 1963. Salomon and Emilia both moved to Paris in 1949. Salomon studied engineering at the Sorbonne and Emilia studied dentistry. While in…
has beginning date: 1931-01-01
has beginning date: 1926-01-01
has end date: 1948-12-31
has end date: 1966-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: pol
has or had some members with language: rus
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 1427
has or had subject: 701
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn671069
is or was included in: us-005578-irn631816
record resource extent: folders 2
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as two folders
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Identification, biographical, and financial papers documenting the Holocaust experiences of Marek and Bronislawa Redner in Lwów, Poland (Lviv, Ukraine). Identification cards of Marek and Bronislawa include one that identifies Marek as a doctor in Lwów in 1942. The bulk of the collection consists of financial documents related to Marek’s property, its expropriation in 1941, and restitution claims in 1966. Also included is a postwar photograph of Bronislawa and a copy of a 1942 document issued to Benjamin-Hersch Lustig (donor Salomon Redner’s father-in-law) revoking his license to sell poultry.
title: Marek and Bronislawa Redner papers