Alternate names
Biography
Itzhak Ernst Estreicher, also recorded as Icek Estrajcher and later known as Irwin Ernst, was born on 10 June 1913 in Sosnowiec, a son of Symcha Binem Estrajcher and Estera Laja Ernst, and trained as an electrician. On 26 March 1940, in Sosnowiec, he married Itka Kartusz, and they had a son, Simcha Bonim; both Itka and Simcha were murdered at Auschwitz-Birkenau on 31 January 1944. Itzchak survived the war and was registered as a displaced person at Bergen-Belsen on 27 June 1945, still listed there in a further AJDC record of 14 November 1947. He remarried, to Hela Markowicz, and on 22 September 1949 the couple emigrated from Bergen-Belsen to the United States via Bremerhaven. They were living in New York at the 1950 census, then settled in Michigan, where he petitioned for naturalisation in Detroit on 9 December 1954, and took the name Ernst. They had two children, Albert and Lynn. In his last years he lived in Oak Park, Michigan. Itzchak died in Michigan on 20 December 1996 and is buried at the Machpelah Cemetery.
Occupations1
- Electrician
Life events11
- Displaced Persons CampBergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany
Registering Izak Estrajcher as a displaced person
This document dates from June 27, 1945, shortly after the end of WWII in Europe, registering Izak Estrajcher as a displaced person seeking to emigrate to the United States.
- Displaced Persons CampBergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany
This is a post-WWII displaced persons record card from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Location Service at Bergen-Belsen camp, dated 14 November 1947
This is a post-WWII displaced persons record card from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Location Service at Bergen-Belsen camp, dated 14 November 1947. It records Icek and Hela Estreicher, born 10 June 1913, originally from Sosnowiec, Poland, who had arrived at Belsen from Celle.
- ResidenceDetroit, Michigan, United States
15100 W 10 Mile Rd, Oak Park, Oakland County, Michigan 48237-1473
- BurialMichigan, United States
Machpelah Cemetery Association; Plot: Section 23, Row 14, Lot 26, Grave 136Z
- Emigration
- Census
Places5
Family
Parents
Family record F0066 →
Spouses & Children
- Simcha Bonim Estreicher♂BIOLOGICAL
Media3
Itzchak and Helena Ernst with their son, Albert, the bar mitzvah boy, and their daughter, Lynn
[living relative] My Father and His Tefillin
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