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Chapter VII

Remembrance

Members of the family who were murdered in the Holocaust, and those who survived, as the records name them.

Each entry gives a date and a place only, with its source and the grade the record carries. Only entries already graded Confirmed are listed as confirmed; every other entry is listed as unresolved until a record settles it.

Confirmed victims (33)

  • Riwen Mordche (Reuven Mordechai) Brecher — son of Eisig Brecher HaKohen and Lea Brecher née Bernstein1942, Moghilev, TransnistriaConfirmed · Gura Humorului memorial book, necrology (JewishGen translation gur203); Rădăuți Jewish civil marriage register, 15 March 1890, entry 4, with the father’s declaration of 18 March 1890 in the remarks column (Suceava county branch of the Romanian National Archives; photograph from the Radautz Vital Records Index project, Bruce Reisch and Edgar Hauster)
  • Pesel (Pepi) Brecher née Kupferman — wife of Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 23; JewishGen Hungary Database, Máramaros Vital Records (index of the original registers, Romanian National Archives, Baia Mare branch), births, Register Book 564, p. 88 row 13; Strâmtura civil marriages 1902, act 29, Romanian National Archives, Maramureș, MM-F-00743-1-1-00463, image 245; infants: births Book 1099 pp. 113–115, Book 1101 p. 120, deaths Books 1106–1107; Strâmtura civil births 1898, act 49, Romanian National Archives, Maramureș, MM-F-00743-1-1-00458, image 144; Strâmtura civil births 1900, act 75 with 1937 margin note, Romanian National Archives, Maramureș, MM-F-00743-1-1-00459, image 39
  • Samuel (Sámuel Pinkász) Klein — son of Jakab Hers Klein, also Herman Klein and Johanna Klein née Ferencz1944 (memorial record; Likely match)Confirmed · Felsőbánya civil marriages, act 8, 18 Feb 1902, Romanian National Archives, Maramureș, MM-F-00743-1-1-00043; Holocaust memorial records, item 8124171; Felsőbánya birth acts 60/1908, 178/1909, 146/1911, 119/1913 (Romanian National Archives, Maramureș, MM-F-00743-2-00621)
  • Freida Brecher — child of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Likutei Chaver ben Chaim vol. 11 (reprint) p. 256, HebrewBooks.org 20787; Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 30
  • Tema (Temtcha) Brecher — child of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Likutei Chaver ben Chaim vol. 11 (reprint) p. 256, HebrewBooks.org 20787; Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 31, 32 (Chaim Tabak) and 14 (Motti); Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 26
  • Izsák (Yitzchak) Brecher — son of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 24 and 16 (Frimet, item 15040135); Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 36–38
  • József (Yosef) Brecher — son of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Likutei Chaver ben Chaim vol. 11 (reprint) p. 256, HebrewBooks.org 20787; Leket Sheshana (1939) p. 34, HebrewBooks.org 12962; Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 22; Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 33–35
  • Lázár (Eliezer) Brecher — son of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Likutei Chaver ben Chaim vol. 11 (reprint) p. 256, HebrewBooks.org 20787; Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 47
  • Devora Brecher née Josef — wife of Lázár Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 19–21, 55–56
  • Chaim Leib Brecher — child of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1945Confirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 15 (item 15040134); Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 27–29
  • Leah Brecher — child of Asher HaKohen Brecher and Pesel Brecher née Kupferman1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 12
  • R’ Yaakov Zeev Wolf Brecher HaKohen of Banila — son of Zvi Brecher HaKohen and Chana Ruchama BrecherJul 1941, BanilaConfirmed · Refuot HaTugah (Lemberg 1902) p. 5, HebrewBooks.org no. 35017; Katuv Yosher (Czernowitz 1925) intro, PDF p. 41, HebrewBooks.org no. 7511; H. Gold (ed.), Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina, vol. II (1962), “Sereth”, p. 105 (JewishGen translation); Gold, Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina II (1962), “Mold. Banila”, as told by Isaak Brecher of Givatayim (very probably his son; the chapter does not say how they were related) (JewishGen translation buk2_092a); Czernowitz civil marriage register 1902–08, DAChO 1245-15-54, scan p. 370, entry 72 (Wikimedia Commons); Katuv Yosher Divrei Emet (Czernowitz, 5685 [1925]), HebrewBooks.org no. 7511, scan pp. 4, 9–15; Otzar HaChochma booklist, no. 70688 and no. 85918, https://www.otzar.org/booklists/18/all.pdf (p. 589); a memorial list of Banila names a Yaakov-Zeev Brecher, possibly him (name and town only): list of those who perished, p. 2 (Arye Weber, tr. Baruch Eylon), https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/banilov/victims.html
  • Meilech (Emil) Gottesdiener — child of Todres Gottesdiener and Feige Gottesdiener née Kleinmann16 Apr 1942 (Likely)Confirmed · Service historique de la Défense, AC 21 P (servicehistorique.sga.defense.gouv.fr/ark/115898)
  • Chana Itte (Hava-Jetty) Brecher née Knobler — daughter of Israel Feiwisch Knobler and Sure Judith Knobler née Frenkel1941, Moghilev, TransnistriaConfirmed · Gura Humorului memorial book, necrology (JewishGen translation gur203); JewishGen Romania–Bukovina births index, Poiana Micului 1897
  • Minda Brecher — first wife of Farkas (Nachum Ze’ev) Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 13
  • Usher (Asher) Brecher — grandson of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 11
  • Motti Tabak — grandson of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944Confirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 14 and 31
  • Child of Nachum Ze’ev and Minda Brecher (name not recorded) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 25 and 11
  • Child of Tema and Chaim Tabak (name not recorded, 1) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 26, 14 and 31
  • Child of Tema and Chaim Tabak (name not recorded, 2) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 26, 14 and 31
  • Child of Tema and Chaim Tabak (name not recorded, 3) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 26, 14 and 31
  • Wife of Chaim Leib Brecher (name not recorded) — wife of Chaim Leib Brecher, son of R’ AsherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 27
  • Child of Chaim Leib Brecher (name not recorded, 1) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 27–29
  • Child of Chaim Leib Brecher (name not recorded, 2) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 27–29
  • Child of Chaim Leib Brecher (name not recorded, 3) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 27–29
  • Child of Chaim Leib Brecher (name not recorded, 4) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 27–29
  • Child of Yosef (Yossel) Brecher (name not recorded, 1) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 33–35
  • Child of Yosef (Yossel) Brecher (name not recorded, 2) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen BrecherConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 33–35
  • Child of Yitzchak and Frimet Brecher (name not recorded, 1) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 36–38
  • Child of Yitzchak and Frimet Brecher (name not recorded, 2) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 36–38
  • Child of Yitzchak and Frimet Brecher (name not recorded, 3) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecher1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 36–38
  • Baby of Simcha Eliezer and Devora Brecher (name not recorded) — grandchild of R’ Asher HaKohen Brecherin the ghettoConfirmed · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 46
  • Paula (Pesia) Fogel née Davidovics — second wife of Mihály Fogel1944, AuschwitzConfirmed · Baia Sprie deaths 1915 act 51; Holocaust memorial records, item 9140003

Survivors (7)

  • Eigye (Agnes) Eilender née Katz — wife of Elia Eilender18 Jan 1877, Felsővisó (aged 36)Likely · JewishGen Hungary Database, Máramaros Vital Records (index of the original registers, Romanian National Archives, Baia Mare branch), deaths, Felsővisó Book 569, p. 29 no. 323; births Book 565, p. 59 no. 786; JewishGen Hungary Database, Máramaros Vital Records (index of the original registers, Romanian National Archives, Baia Mare branch), deaths, Felsővisó Book 557, p. 33 row 26; Book 569, p. 26 no. 176
  • Jenő (Eugen) Brecher — son of Chaim Yehuda (Miksa) Brecher (Satu Mare survivors’ index, Likely)
  • Zwi Hugo Brecher — son of Chaim Yehuda (Miksa) Brecher (Satu Mare survivors’ index, Likely)
  • Lázár Szimha László Brecher — son of Chaim Yehuda (Miksa) Brecher (Satu Mare survivors’ index, Likely)
  • Béla Adalbert Brecher — son of Chaim Yehuda (Miksa) Brecher (Satu Mare survivors’ index, Likely)
  • Menyhért Fogel — son of Berta Fogel née Klein; Esther’s nephewConfirmed · Felsőbánya births 1901–1903, act 31 (MM-FD-00743-1-1-041, image 414), Romanian National Archives, Maramureș; Holocaust memorial records, items 11175865 and 7217731
  • Elemér Fogel — son of Mihály Fogel by his second marriageLikely · Felsőbánya births index 1911, act 23; Holocaust memorial records, items 12779694 and 7214560

Unresolved (7)

Graded Likely or Possible in the record: the identification or the date and place are not yet proven.

  • Mihai (Mihály, Chaim) Tabak — spouse of Tema Brecher1944, AuschwitzLikely · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 32; JewishGen Hungary Database, Máramaros Vital Records (index of the original registers, Romanian National Archives, Baia Mare branch), Bárdfalu registers: marriages 1887, Book 1104, p. 2 row 2; deaths Book 1107, p. 10 row 1; births Books 1099–1101
  • Frimet (Frantiska) Brecher née Kreindler — wife of Izsák Brecher1944, AuschwitzLikely · Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, page 16 (item 15040135); Holocaust victims’ central names database, a memorial record, archive file 25052022_9244, pages 36–38
  • Shimon Klein — child of Jakab Hers Klein, also Herman Klein and Johanna Klein née Ferencz1944 (memorial records; Likely match)Likely · Holocaust memorial records, items 8124170 and 14693546
  • Chaja Lea (Chaje Leie) Goldberg née Unger — Malka’s older sister (Likely)5 Jan 1943, Lwów (Likely)Likely · AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 2118, scan 0018 (Gródek Jagielloński Jewish births 1893, entry 193); Gesher Galicia, Przemyśl Jewish marriages 1915–1919, record 31; Holocaust memorial records, no. 1062034; Archiwum Państwowe w Przemyślu, fond 56/1924, sygn. 36, scan 9 (Przemyśl Jewish marriages 1915, act 31)
  • Chaim Jakób Dominitz — Elias’s half-brother (Likely)date and place unknownLikely · AGAD Warsaw, fond 300, sygn. 3358, scan 0001 (Drohobycz-district Jewish marriages 1931, entry 2); Holocaust memorial records, no. 1095940
  • Michael Goldberg — son of Chaja Lea (Unger) Goldberg; Anne’s first cousin (Likely)1942, BełżecLikely · Holocaust memorial records, no. 1039678
  • Jenő (Yehuda Yekutiel) Klein — brother of Esther Brecher née Klein1944Likely · Holocaust memorial records, items 8124167, 8124170, 8124171; Baia Sprie births 1907–1919, act 42/1914 (Romanian National Archives, Maramureș)

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