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Discussion Question

Wilhelm RUSSEK

#typo DOB: should be 1895-03-07
#typo Name should be RUSSAK for all
#typo POB: should be PLAUEN for 2 - 4
#typo DOB: should be 1895-10-15 for 2

Wilhelm (Vilhelm) RUSSEK (RUSSAK) (* 1895-03-07 in Bromberg, Poland; + 1942-09-07 in Auschwitz)

Married to Edith COHN.
They had two daughters, Pia and Uschi.

Living in Plauen, Germany, later in Nice, Alpes Maritimes, France.
Deported from Drancy to Auschwitz on the 1942-07-09.
He did not survive.

Sources:

Edith (Editha, Edita) Clara (Klara) RUSSEK (RUSSAK), née COHN (KOHEN) (* 1895-10-15 in Plauen; + 1942-07-09 in Auschwitz)

Living with her husband, deported and murdered with him.

Sources:

Pia Manon RUSSEK (RUSSAK) (* 1930-06-12 or 1928-06-12 in Plauen; survivor)

Sources:

Uschi RUSSEK (* 1936-05-30 in Plauen)

https://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php?q=identifiant_origine:(FRMEMSH0408707127389)

https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/ark:/40699/m005eb006ceea101

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Wilhelm Russak (1895 - 1942) - Genealogy (geni.com)

Wilhelm & Edith RUSSAK were in the region of Nice, Côte d’Azur, where they were rounded up in the notorious „Rafles d’août“ in August 1942. The arrested Jewish citizens were incarcerated in the Caserne Auvare for a while before being put on a goods train, in locked-up wagons, and transferred to Drancy.

Rafle d’Août 1942 (free.fr)

Wife: Edith Cohn

https://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php?q=identifiant_origine:(FRMEMSH0408707127387)

Daughter: Ursula Russak

https://www.mappingthelives.org/bio/97a8614e-58ea-4247-8578-3f6ca3f0b86e

Daughter: Pia Russak

Ursula and Pia Russak managed to escape to Switzerland (probably with the help of the French resistance considering their age):

https://www.recherche.bar.admin.ch/recherche/#/fr/archive/unite/6480543

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