- Document ID: do_hU7rhkgYLxD3CT523xk3e
- Document Collection: 7-14-1 Documentation of the CLI
- Link to Online Archive: https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/de/document/132388517
#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:
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=11620687&ind=1
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=1725318&ind=2
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=3214923&ind=1
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=7351281&ind=1
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- WILHELM RUSSAK
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- WILHELM RUSSAK
- Gedenkbuch - Memorial book entry
- MtL - Mapping the Lives
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:
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=11620684&ind=1
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=1401387&ind=2
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=3214921&ind=1
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=3214921&ind=1
- https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=7351311&ind=1
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- EDITH RUSSAK
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- EDITH RUSSAK
- Gedenkbuch - Memorial book entry
- MtL - Mapping the Lives
Pia Manon RUSSEK (RUSSAK) (* 1930-06-12 or 1928-06-12 in Plauen; survivor)
Sources:
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Pia Manon RUSSAK
- Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- PIA MANON RUSSAK
- MtL - Mapping the Lives
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
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.
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