Alternate names
Biography
Chana Estrajcher, also recorded as Chanka, was born on 25 August 1915 in Sosnowiec, a daughter of Symcha Binem Estrajcher and Estera Laja Ernst. On 30 December 1941, in Łódź, she married Pinkus Olstein, who died at Bergen-Belsen on 9 May 1945, weeks after its liberation. After the war she passed through the Landsberg am Lech and Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camps, registered at the Hohne DP camp near Bergen-Belsen in September 1945 and at Feldafing in May 1946. On 20 May 1946 she married Baruch Yitzhak Ber, and the couple had three daughters, Ester Lea Lily, Gila and Ora Rachel. In July 1948 her mother's death was formally declared through a court notice in Sosnowiec. The family immigrated to Israel on 12 February 1950. Chana died in Israel on 11 December 1996 and is buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv.
Life events11
- Displaced Persons CampLandsberg am Lech, Germany
Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria was a major DP camp administered by the American zone.
This card appears to be from a Jewish Displaced Persons (DP) camp registration system used after liberation in 1945. Landsberg am Lech in Bavaria was a major DP camp administered by the American zone.
- Displaced Persons CampBergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany
Refugee/Displaced Person Statistical Card
- Displaced Persons CampBergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany
Registered as a displaced person in September 1945 at the Hohne DP Camp (near Bergen-Belsen), Germany.
- Displaced Persons CampFeldafing displaced persons camp, Germany
This record documents Chana Ber registration as a displaced person on 24 May 1946
- Newspaper / Media MentionSosnowiec, Poland
Announcements on declaration of death and establishment of the fact of death of Estera Laja Estrajcher (married name Ernst)
Places8
Family
Parents
Family record F0066 →
Spouses & Children
Media1
Chanka Estrajcher