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Biography
Jochweta Estrajcher was born on 28 February 1905 in Sosnowiec, a daughter of Symcha Binem Estrajcher and Estera Laja Ernst. She married Israel Olstein and they had two daughters, Miriam and Sara. She was shot in the Środula ghetto on 1 August 1943, during the German liquidation and resettlement of the remaining Jews of Sosnowiec.
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- Birth of Daughter
- Birth of Daughter
- Death of Daughter
- DeathŚrodula Ghetto, Sosnowiec, Poland
Death of Jochweta Estrajcher - Shot by the German authorities during the resettlement of Jews from Sosnowiec on 01-08-1943.
The final liquidation of the Sosnowitz ghetto began on the night of August 1, 1943. Police companies from Sosnowitz, Maczki, Kattowitz, Bytom, and Gilwice arrived for the 'Aktion,' as were training, factory, and reserve police detachments, for a total force of 22 officers and 775 men, armed with machine guns and grenades. Lieutenant- Colonel Schadow, the chief of the Sosnowitz police, directed the 'Aktion' in which approximately 10,000 Jews were deported to the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, whilst some 400 people were shot, when they resisted or tried to escape. On August 2, 1943, a group of 300 people - mainly officials of the Judenrat, the Central Office, and the Jewish Police - were sent to the labour camp at Gora Swietej Anny. The 'Aktion' lasted until August 15, 1943.
