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Hela Markowicz

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Alternate names

Hela Estrajcher
Helene Ernst

Biography

Hela Markowicz, later known as Helene Ernst, was born on 25 May 1922 in Łódź. During the war she was held at the Hasag-Pelcery forced labour camp in Częstochowa. She married Itzchak Ernst Estreicher, and on 22 September 1949 the couple emigrated from the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp to the United States, settling in Michigan, where they had two children, Albert and Lynn Meredith. She died in Michigan on 6 April 1994 and is buried at the Machpelah Cemetery.

Life events6

  1. Birth

    Łódź, Poland

    Birth of Hela Markowicz

  2. Forced Labour

    Hasag Pulcery forced labor camp Czestochowa, Poland

    Data regarding Hela Markowicz at the Hasag Pulcery forced labor camp in Czestochowa, which existed from June, 1943 through January, 1945

  3. Displaced Persons Camp

    Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, Germany

    This is a post-WWII displaced persons record card from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Location Service at Bergen-Belsen camp, dated 14 November 1947

    This is a post-WWII displaced persons record card from the American Joint Distribution Committee (AJDC) Location Service at Bergen-Belsen camp, dated 14 November 1947. It records Icek and Hela Estreicher, born 10 June 1913, originally from Sosnowiec, Poland, who had arrived at Belsen from Celle.

  4. Death

    Michigan, United States

    Death of Hela Markowicz

  5. Burial

    Michigan, United States

    Machpelah Cemetery Association; Plot: Lot 25, Row 14, Section 23, Grave 41Z

  6. Emigration

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Family