Leibisch Engelberg: Personal papers

Identifier
WL1677
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 71111
Dates
1 Jan 1945 - 31 Jan 1968
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • Dutch
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Biographical History

Leibisch Wolf Engelberg was born in Poland on 15 July 1903 and worked as a jeweller. In 1932 he married Liebe Geldzahler in Berchem near Antwerp, Belgium who was born in Kolbuszow, Poland on 12 September 1906. They had two children: David, born on 22 March 1933 and Israel, born on 4 May 1936. In 1942 the family fled to Nice, France. They were detained in Nice and sent to the transit camp Drancy near Paris in September 1942 before being deported to Auschwitz where the family was separated. Leibisch was then sent to other concentration camps including Gogolin and Chopinitz labour camps, Auschwitz II-Birkenau, Warsaw and Dachau. Both, Leibisch and Jozef Engelberg, his brother, lived in Antwerp after the Second World War. Jozef Engelberg, born in Sieniawa on 28 September 1897 was transported to several concentration camps from 1942 including Gogolin, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Warsaw and Dachau where he survived the war.

Acquisition

Journals 57-58, identity cards & letters, Leon Engelberg 26 journals

Donated February 2004

Donor: Rita Hammerman

Scope and Content

This collection contains correspondence and official personal documents of the Engelberg family.

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Subjects

Places

  • Brzezinka
  • Warsaw
  • Antwerp
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