us-005578-irn708048
type: RecordSet
archival history: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
biographical history: Nathan Sadik (1917-2010) was born Nachman Mendel Sadyk on 17 June 1917 in Mława, Poland to Josef Dowid and Ruchla (née Appelmann) Sadyk. Nathan had three younger sisters: Golda, Chaya Rivke, and Gitel. His father worked as a shoemaker and the family was Orthodox. After completing grammar school he worked in a flour mill to help support the family. After the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Mława was occupied. The Germans burned down all the synagogues and Jews soon had to wear yellow stars on their clothing. In December 1940 Nathan’s parents and sister were deported to a different ghetto. Nathan remained in the Mława ghetto by hiding during the round-up and then staying with his uncle. In 1941 his family returned to the Mława ghetto, but in fall 1942 Nathan’s grandfather, Abraham Eliezer Opalka, was deported to Auschwitz and killed immediately. In November 1942 Nathan the rest of his family were also deported to Auschwitz. His parents were killed immediately, and Nathan never saw his sisters again. He was trained as a bricklayer and worked as a forced-laborer constructing new buildings in the camp. Shortly before the Germans evacuated Auschwitz in early January 1945, Nathan developed an acute appendicitis. Jewish doctors operated on him in the camp infirmary. Because he was in the infirmary, he was spared the death march out of Auschwitz as the Soviet Red Army approached. On 27 January 1945 Nathan was liberated. He soon met fellow survivor Miriam Mirla in Auschwitz and they travelled first to Mława to search for surviving family. They then travelled to Bratislava, Budapest, and ultimately ended up at the Ebelsberg displaced persons camp in Linz, Austria. Nathan and Miriam married in late 1945, and their son Moshe (later Murray Sanders) was born on 5 August 1946. In December 1948 they immigrated to the United States aboard the Marine Marlin and settled in Buffalo where their daughter Carla was born. Miriam Sadik (1915-1982) was born Miriam Mirla on 11 Jul…
has beginning date: 1948-01-01
has end date: 1954-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: eng
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 0
has or had subject: 278
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn708048
record resource extent: folder 1
record resource structure: The collection is arranged as a single folder.
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: The collection consists of documents relating to Polish Holocaust survivors Nathan and Miriam Sadik’s post-war experiences in Austria prior to immigration to the United States in 1948. Included are two copies of their marriage certificate, Miriam’s declaration of intention form, and a copy of Sadik’s membership card for The Mutual Aid Organization of Jewish Ex-Prisoners in Concentration Camps (l'Organization d'Aide Mutuelle d'Ex-Prisonniers Juifs de camps de Concentration) which lists Auschwitz and his prisoner number 76654.
title: Nathan and Miriam Sadik papers