Biography
Baruch Yitzhak Ber was born on 15 April 1907 in Pabianice. With his first wife, Cypora Granatstein, he had two children, Chawa (born 1936) and Israel (born 1938); Cypora and both children are believed to have died in Lublin around 1942. He was arrested and imprisoned on 15 October 1942 while at the Hasag-Pelcery forced labour camp in Częstochowa, and was later held at Buchenwald, arriving on 24 December 1944 before being transferred to Sachsenhausen on 5 January 1945. After liberation he passed through the Feldafing displaced persons camp, registered there on 2 October 1945. On 20 May 1946 he married Chana Estrajcher, and they had three daughters, Ester Lea Lily, Gila and Ora Rachel. The family immigrated to Israel on 12 February 1950. Baruch died in Israel on 5 July 2000 and is buried at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery, Tel Aviv.
Life events10
- Initial ArrestHasag Pulcery forced labor camp Czestochowa, Poland
Arrest & imprisonment
Arrest & imprisonment: Arrested: 15.10.1942 in Petrikau (Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland) First admitted: 24.12.44, KL Buchenwald Transferred from: Tschenstochau (Częstochowa) — stamped 24.12.44
- Concentration campBuchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany
Arrived at the Buchenwald concentration camp
Family: Father: Fajvel B., Tischler (also a carpenter), from Pabjanice, District r.o. Mother: Eva B., née Tuszymet — died 1920 in Pabjanice (when Boruch was ~13) Wife: Cypora B., née Gromatstajn — address: Lublin, Lubartowska ul. No. 23 Children: 2, ages 8 and 12 at time of registration
- Displaced Persons CampBergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany
Refugee/Displaced Person Statistical Card
- Concentration campSachsenhausen concentration camp, Germany
Transferred from Buchenwald to Sachsenhausen concentration camp just 12 days after arriving at Buchenwald, on 5 January 1945
- Displaced Persons CampFeldafing displaced persons camp, Germany
Post-WWII Displaced Persons registration record, dated 2 October 1945, processed at the Feldafing displaced persons camp in Germany.
