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Ruszka Wajsfelner was born in Czestochowa, Poland, she was daughter of Herszel Wajsfelnerand Balbina Wajsfelner.
Ruszka was a seastress. She lived in Czestochowa and in the Czestochowa,Ghetto,Poland during the war. She was deported to Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp.[1] She was subjected to a death march. Either in the ghetto or the camp. The SS divided this camp into subsections for individual groups , the "special camp" was for Polish Jews. Overcrowding, lack of food, and poor sanitary conditions caused outbreaks of typhus, tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and dysentery, Ruszka died of starvation.
Ruszka Wajsfelner was killed 1942 at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, age 26.
(https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/3610647: accessed 2024-10-28)
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Sources
- ↑ * Yad Vashem, "Testimony of Ruth Mantel Wysoki (Cousin) on
Ruszka Wajsfelner , Page of Testimony signed September 9,1999" (https://collections.yadvashem.org/en/names/3610647: accessed 2024-10-28).
Notes
Ruth Mantel Wysoki, her cousin, who gave the testimony is a survivor who went through a camp, a ghetto, forest and went into hiding during the war.
Last Name: Wajsfelner First Name: Ruszka,Ruska Gender: Female Date of Birth: 1918 Place of Birth: Czestochowa,Czestochowa,Kielce,Poland Father's First Name: Herszel Mother's First Name: Balbina Marital Status: Single Permanent Place of Residence: Czestochowa,Czestochowa,Kielce,Poland Profession: Dress seamstress Place During the War: Czestochowa,Ghetto,Poland Place of Death: Bergen Belsen,Camp,Germany Date of Death: 1944 Status According to Source: murdered Submitter Name: Ruth Mantel Wysoki Relationship to Victim: Cousin Source Collection: Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection Type of Material: Page of Testimony Item ID: 3610647