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Among the many
families were Djohar Benguigui (42) and
her seven children, Marie (18), Hélène (15), Adolphe (12), Yvonne
(10), André (7), Huguette (4), and Jacqueline (2); Fanny
Friedmann (44) and her six children,
Fanny (17), Salomon (16), Frida (14), Jacques (12), Rachel (8), and Olga (5).
There were 13 babies. Of their arrival at Auschwitz, Paulette Swiczarczyk
testified: There, heart-rending scenes surpassing anything one could
imagine. Young mothers whose children are their six children snatched out of
their arms to the accompaniment of screams…
Convoy 57, July 18, 1943 (Drancy)
[There was no convoy 56. See Klarsfeld, Memorial, p. 434.]
Convoy 57 deported 141 children under 18, 82 boys and 59 girls.
Under the processes Brunner established at Drancy, place of birth and
nationality were no longer recorded.
There were a handful of infants
and newborns among the deportees. Marcel Blumberg was born at the end of
December 1942, six months before he was deported; three were born in February
1943; Aron Madar was born six days before deportation.
The lists show
Régina Angel (39) and her four children, Maurice (12), Esther (8),
Sylvain (5), and Gisèle (2 months); Salomon (40) and Fortunée
(40) Bouaziz with their six children, Juliette (14), Annie (13), Annette (10),
Prosper (8), Edmond (6), and Denise (3); Julie Brodzinski (38) and her six
children, Albert (10), Hélène (14), Paul (12), Lucien (8),
Jacques (6), and Annie (3); Michel (48) and Laja (39) Feder and their six
children, Salomon (14), Henri (11), Sophie (9), Léon (6), Laja (4), and
Rachel, who was less than a year old. And there are so many others, whom we
have no room to name.
Convoy 58,
July 31, 1943 (Drancy)
Convoy 58 deported 102 children, 46 boys
and 56 girls. Among the deportees were Jaya and Zari
Benichou and their seven children, from
16 years to 11 months in age. Salomon and Sol Chicheportiche were deported together with their six children
between ages 18 and 5.
Convoy 59,
September 2, 1943 (Drancy)
In this convoy in which Brunner had
even included Jews from mental hospitals, there were 139 children, 71 boys and
67 girls. About a quarter were children whose parents came from Algeria.
There were many families and children. Julienne
Fixler (32) was with seven children,
Jacques (13), Fanny (12), Max (7), Charlot (6), Elie (4), Jean (3), and Monique
(1). Other family groups included four Gutmacher sisters, Berthe (17), Clara
(15), Rosette (12), and Céline (10); Robert (16), Jacqueline (14), and
Sylviane (10) Amar; Raymond (15), André (14), and Jacqueline (4) Atlan;
Esther Ben bounan (29) and her four children, Roger (10), Marie-Louise (4),
Bernard (3), and Jeanine (4 months); Mathilde Elbaz (31) and her three
children, Marcel (5), Maurice (4), and Albert (2 months); Sarah Weiss and her
four girls, Marie (13), Anna (12), Denise (4), and Jeannette (2); Marie
Zelinsky and her three daughters, Denise (14), Jacqueline (12), and Louise (6);
Salomé Khodorowski with Jean (6) and infant Micheline (5 months);
Ginette (9) and Liliane (7) Kogan; Joseph
(18), Salomon (15), and Lazare (13) Kola; Rachel (22) and Marc (2) Eskenazi;
Milo (14) and Lili (9)
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CHILDREN OF THE HOLOCAUST A memorial
Serge Klarsfeld
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