Brasz Holocaust-Era Records

Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Krzepice (Kshepitz), Radomsko (Radomsk), Pilica (Piltz), Praszka (Prashka), Kielce (Keltz), Szczekociny (Shtshekotshin), and nearby towns

77 Holocaust-era records for Brasz and related spellings.

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Children With Lost Identity: a list of 2500 files of Holocaust orphans from Poland between years 1936-1945 (2455 persons; info at https://tinyurl.com/q2prw84) [H]

ID	The complete list	Sublist	Person	Surname	Date of Birth	City	Country	Archive No	Notes
10283	Originally at https://tinyurl.com/yyzjzfrn; now at Web Archive: https://tinyurl.com/y6zaht9x	Children With Lost Identity- B	Jurek Brys	BRYS				164

Częstochowa: Articles in American Association for Polish-Jewish Studies collection "Jews of Częstochowa" [H]

ID	URL of the article	Title of the article	Author of the article	Person	Surname from previous column
10324	http://www.aapj…dex.php?id=228	The Political Identity of Jews in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries as Reflected in the History, Heritage, and Cultural Identity of Częstochowa Jews	Jerzy Mizgalski	Dr. Szymon Brysz	BRYSZ
11115	http://www.aapj…ndex.php?id=68	The Markusfelds : a Family Portrait of Częstochowa Entrepreneurs, Philanthropists, and Social Leaders	Juliusz Sętowski	Szymon Brysz	BRYSZ
11326	http://www.aapj…ndex.php?id=70	Jewish Education in Częstochowa Between the Wars	Zbigniew Grządzielski	Dr. Szymon Brysz	BRYSZ

Częstochowa BMD 1939-1942 deaths; Często Arch [H]

ID	Reg year	Akt	Death place, date	Registration place, date	Deceased, age, profession, etc	Deceased surname	Father of deceased	Father surname	Mother of deceased	Mother maiden name	Spouse	Spouse maiden name or surname	Survived by	Survivors maiden name(s) or surname(s)	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname	Other information	Surname(s) from previous column	Image(s)	Notes by translator	Notes (not by translator)
12421	1942	597	Częstochowa, 1 Aug 1942	Częstochowa, 3 Aug 1942	Jakub Bendet Poznerson, born Kalisz 5 Jan 1875, hatter	POZNERSON	Moszek Hersz		Hinda née Brys	BRYS	Rejla née Brys	BRYS	His spouse Rejla née Brys	BRYS	Szlama Majzler, employee Jewish Community		Herszlik Mitelman, employee Jewish Community		Jakub Bendet died at 14:00 in Częstochowa, ul. Warszawska 24/26		www.crarg.org/i…015-zDdokr.jpg

Częstochowa BMD 1939-1942 marriages; Często Arch; for information on notary records, see https://www.crarg.org/notary-records.php [H]

ID	Reg year	Akt	Date and place of event	Date and place of registration	Groom, age, profession, city, and (starting in 1916) street address	Groom surname	Groom's father	Groom's father surname	Groom's mother	Groom's mother maiden name	Bride, age, city, and (starting in 1916) street address	Bride surname	Bride's father	Bride's father surname	Bride's mother	Bride's mother maiden name	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname	Other information on the page	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Image(s)	Comments by translator	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Comments (not by translator)
10905	1941	120	27 Mar 1941, Częstochowa	7 Apr 1941, Częstochowa	Szlama Waga, divorced from Laja née Wilczyńska, born Częstochowa 20 Dec 1899, living in Częstochowa ul. Najświętszej Marii Panny 24	WAGA, WILCZYŃSKA	Jakub Hersz Waga	WAGA	Bajla Gitla née Binder	BINDER	Renia Geisler née Brusz, widow after deceased Szmul Geisler, born Warszawa 14 May 1895, living in Częstochowa ul. Najświętszej Marii Panny 24	GEISLER NÉE BRUSZ	Hersz Brusz	BRUSZ	Fajga née Renbaum	RENBAUM	Lejbuś Jasny, employee of the Rabbinate in Czestochowa		Mojżesz Asz, employee of the Rabbinate in Czestochowa		Decision Częstochowa authorities from 6 Nov 1946 changed given name Szlama to Stanisław		www.crarg.org/i…066-EoLMQq.jpg

Częstochowa Book of Permanent Residents 1870-1930, Często Arch (about 16,250 persons); sample images: https://www.crarg.or…dents-1870-1930.php [H]

ID	Volume	Page of book	House number	Given name	Maiden name	Surname	Parents	Mother's maiden name	Birth date, place	Profession, other information	All surnames for persons in this family
10893	4	2244	37	Tobiasz	----	POZNANSKI	Mosiek & Dorota Brasz	BRASZ	19 Sep 1856, Czestochowa	----	POZNANSKI, BRASZ
16843	18	3235	188	Abram		BROKMAN	Jakub Hersz & Haja Brasz	BRASZ	24 Dec 1856, Czestochowa	Merchant	BRASZ, BROKMAN, SZLEZYNGIER
16844	18	3235	188	Liba	SZLEZYNGIER	BROKMAN	----	----	29 Feb 1860, Czestochowa	With husband	BRASZ, BROKMAN, SZLEZYNGIER

Częstochowa: Czestochower Yidn (Jews of Częstochowa 1947), transliteration of index; all names, including historical figures, non-Jews, etc.; translation at https://www.jewishge…1/Czestochowa1.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-cd02-00505686d14e (2907 listings) [H]

ID	Given name	Surname	Page	Comments
10430		BRYSZ	279
11861	Shimon	BRYSZ	78

Częstochowa Forced Labor, WWII; original documents at Jewish Historical Institute Warsaw; we thank the Ronald S. Lauder Foundation Genealogy Project for their cooperation (4843 persons) [H]

ID	Jewish Historical Institute sygn.	Laufende No. [consecutive number]	Kartei-No. [file number]	Person	Surname from previous column	Occupation (Beruf)	Occupation (Beruf) (translated)	Place of residence (Wohnort)	Date at top of page	Page No. in pencil	Page No. in red	Comments
13092		2341	D 11351	Hemia Brysz	BRYSZ	Kaufmann	Merchant	Garibaldi 28	22 Apr 1940	106	72

Częstochowa Ghetto Rejestracja (list of Jews sent to the Częstochowa Ghetto from other towns), 22 Jan 1940 to 7 Jan 1941; Często Arch, syg 9061, pages 2-128 (1351 persons) [H]

ID	Details	Page	Person	Surname from previous column	Came from	Comments (not by researcher)
10161	Also see later, more complete, typing of this document, as well as additional pages from this material.	10	Chemja Brysz	BRYSZ	Lodz

Częstochowa: Index to Khurbn Czenstochow, 1949; translation at https://www.jewishge…2/Czestochowa2.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-6348-00505686a51c [H]

ID	Person	Surname from previous column	Page number
10013	Bishop Brasz	BRASZ	35

Częstochowa: lists of enterprises 1940-1941, pages 98-166 (alphabetical by surname), RG-15.301, zesp 1, syg 13793; images: https://www.szukajwa…/jednostka/24943565 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page number (at top)	Order number	Person (or office, business name, etc. )	Very approximate translation (using chatgpt.com) of any Polish material from the preceding column	Surname (for Jewish listings), copied from previous column	Type of enterprise [shops, businesses, workshops, etc]	Type of enterprise: very approximate translation (using chatgpt.com)	Address of enterprise	Notes (written by proofer)
10172	8_1_0_0_13793.pdf	103	3027	Tauba Brysz		BRYSZ	Sprzed. galant. krótkiej	Sale of short haberdashery	Panny Marii 4

Częstochowa: registration of Jews coming from other cities to Częstochowa 1940-1941, syg 13797, pages 2-128 (1,558 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Number on page	Registration number (if included)	Date	Given name(s)	Surname	Date of birth	Number in family	Profession	Profession, translated into English	Former residence	Current residence	Notes by translator / typist	Date at end of this list	Text on a non-list page	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10171	10	27		8 Feb	Hemja Brysz	BRYSZ	7 May 1885	-	kupiec	merchant	Łódź	Garibaldiego 28		12 Feb 1940

Częstochowa: State Repatriation Office, County Branch in Częstochowa 1945-1950 (questionnaires); zespołu 5, syg 10-11, 14, 21-38 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page header (Polish)	Page header (translated)	Date of arrival	Page number	Serial number	Family group number?	Person	Surname from previous column	Father's name [after s. (son of) and c. (daughter of)]	Female	Evacuation card number or ID card.	Date of birth	Occupation	Nationality	Where coming from	Arrival date	Departure date	Where going
10679	8_5_0_0_30.pdf	Ksiazka meldunkowa repatriantow 1946	Registration book of the repatriates 1946	17 Jun 1946	25	11438	[not listed]	Sara Berysz	BERYSZ	Lejzor & [not listed]	Female	14215	1941	Living with father	Jewish	Russia	17 Jun 1946	17 Jun 1946	Szczecin
10680	8_5_0_0_30.pdf	Ksiazka meldunkowa repatriantow 1946	Registration book of the repatriates 1946	17 Jun 1946	25	11439	[not listed]	Cyrla Berysz	BERYSZ	Lejzor & [not listed]	Female	14215	1945	Living with father	Jewish	Russia	17 Jun 1946	17 Jun 1946	Szczecin
10681	8_5_0_0_30.pdf	Ksiazka meldunkowa repatriantow 1946	Registration book of the repatriates 1946	17 Jun 1946	25	11440	[not listed]	Anna Berysz	BERYSZ	Nuchim nee [not listed]	Female	14216	1914	Housewife	Jewish	Russia	17 Jun 1946	17 Jun 1946	Szczecin

Częstochowa Yizkor Book 1958, index pages 327-334; "Czenstochov: A New Supplement to the Book 'Czenstochover Yidn'"; translation at https://www.jewishge…wa/Czestochowa.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-d71d-00505686a51c (1519 persons) [H]

ID	Surname	Given name	Page number	Index page number - column number
10203	BERISZ		149, 189, 190	328 - 2
10233	BROSZ	Abraham	43, 50, 51, 163, 166, 263	328 - 3
10234	BROSZ	D.	22	328 - 3

Iran [Persia]: "Polish Refugees in Tehran, 1943," American Jewish Archives, D56, 8 (1675 persons) [H]

ID	Image	List	Page number	Given name(s)	Surname	Date [of birth]	Place [of birth]
10068	03-DSC00034.JPG	Lista No. 1	5	Erna	BRUSS Z DOMU ALBERSZTAT	15 Oct 1900	Warszawa
11460	03-DSC00062.JPG	Lista No. 2	33	Hanna	BRUS		Varsovia
11642	03-DSC00064.JPG	Lista No. 2	35	Mania	BROSS	1924	Wilowka
11643	03-DSC00064.JPG	Lista No. 2	35	Ernestyna	BROSS	1894	Wilowka

Łódź: Jewish survivors registered in Łódź, July 1945, received by the Jewish Immigrant Aid Society of Canada [date unreadable] [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Year of birth	Address before 1939	Notes (not by typist)
11112	9	Icek Beres	BERES	1923	Rowne
11113	9	Asia Beres	BERES	1928	Rowne
11648	13	Szmul Brasz	BRASZ	1930	Lodz
11649	13	Chana Brasz	BRASZ	1929	Lodz
11650	13	Chaza (Chaja?) Brasz	BRASZ	1907	Lodz	Given name listed as "Chaza (Chaja?)"
11763	14	Cecylja Brosz	BROSZ	1913	Drohobycz
11764	14	Artur Brosz	BROSZ	1917	Lodz
11836	15	Szaja Brysz	BRYSZ	1908	Lodz
11837	15	Abram Brysz	BRYSZ		Lodz

Neunburg [vorm Wald], Germany: List of survivors in Neunburg, Wald Bayern, Germany, liberated from various concentration camps; Relatives Information Service, Jan 1946; only Poland entries [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Date of birth	Place of birth	Liberated from	Notes (not by typist)
10038	[1]	Michael Bros	BROS	21 Mar 1914	Krakow, Poland	Buchenwald

Palestine: Displaced persons arriving in Palestine, 29 May 1945, only entries for persons born in Poland [H]

ID	Page number	Subheading	Number	Name	Surname from previous column	Date birth	Place of birth	Passport	Notes (not by typist)
10059	[5]	First List: Switzerland-Palestine; Geneva, 29 May 1945	261.	Rozen Eliahu Barsz	BARSZ	25 Dec 1925	Warschau / Warszawa	Ident. S,	Warszawa added because it seems more likely

Piotrków Trybunalski BMD 1938-1942 deaths; some images at https://www.szukajwa…spol/-/zespol/79118 [H]

ID	Year	Type	Akt	Registration date	Death date, place	Deceased	Deceased surname	Spouse	Spouse surname	Father, age, profession, city	Father surname / patronymic	Mother, age	Mother maiden name / patronymic	Witness 1	Witness 1 surname / patronymic	Witness 2	Witness 2 surname / patronymic	Other information on the page	Surname / patronymic from previous column	Notes by typist, translator, or proofer
10581	1942	D	408	8 May 1942	7 May 1942, Piotrkow Trybunalski	Mindla Pacanowska, widow after Dawid, born in Lodz on 15 Sep 1879	PACANOWSKA			Beniamin Bras	BRAS	Estera		Symcha Binem Kaminski, council worker, Piotrkow Trybunalski		Szaia Hipszer, council worker, Piotrkow Trybunalski

Poland: "Martyrdom of Jewish Physicians in Poland" (Exposition Press, 1963; 2584 persons) [H]

ID	Given name(s)	Surname	Birth	Death	Page number
10403	Benjamin	BRYSZ	1886	Holocaust	324

Poland: Parcels to be sent to Poland from U.S.A. as per orders received through American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Jerusalem 1946-1947 [H]

ID	Image	Page number in corner	Page number at top	Page header, part 1	Page header, part 2	Serial No.	Name	Number after name (if any)	Surname from previous columns	Address	Standard	Price	Sender	Surname from previous column	Stamp at bottom (if any)	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
12898	222	125	2	List No. 19/P; Parcels to be sent to POLAND from U.S.A. as per orders received through A.J.J.D.C., Jerusalem		651/P	Sz. Brysz	[none]	BRYSZ	Lodz / Pomorska 4/10	T 7	7.30	the same [Aron Herber, 34, Awoda Str., Tel Aviv]	HERBER	[none]

Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II (Jewish Agency, 1945) [H]

ID	Digital file id	Page	Given name(s)	Surname(s) from previous or next columns	Place
12971	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Jadwiga	BERES	Krakow
12972	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Jadwiga	BERES	Milanowek
12973	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Jerzy	BERES	Milanowek
12974	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Jerzy	BERES	Krakow
12975	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Lidia	BERES	Milanowek
12976	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Lidia	BERES	Krakow
12977	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Rudolf	BERES	Krakow
12978	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Salomea	BERES	Krakow
12982	08-DSC00122.jpg	16	Asia	BERESZ	Lodz
16032	08-DSC00138.jpg	32	Zyskind	BRAS	Lodz
16033	08-DSC00138.jpg	32	Chaja	BRASZ	Lodz
16034	08-DSC00138.jpg	32	Chana	BRASZ	Lodz
16035	08-DSC00138.jpg	32	Szmul	BRAZS	Lodz
16424	08-DSC00140.jpg	34	Abram	BRISZ	Leczyca
16627	08-DSC00141.jpg	35	Cecylia	BROSZ	Lodz
16748	08-DSC00141.jpg	35	Chancia	BRUS	Parczew
16749	08-DSC00141.jpg	35	Erna	BRUSS	Warszawa
16750	08-DSC00141.jpg	35	Jan	BRUSS	Warszawa
16766	08-DSC00142.jpg	36	Eliasz	BRYCZ	Rychbach
16835	08-DSC00142.jpg	36	Halina	BRYS	Olkusz
16846	08-DSC00142.jpg	36	Abram	BRYSZ	Lodz
16847	08-DSC00142.jpg	36	Szaja	BRYSZ	Lodz

Register of Jewish Survivors I: Lists of Jews Rescued in Different European Countries (Jerusalem, 1945; 19032 records typed) [H]

ID	Subdocument	Sublist	Page	Surname	Given name	Surname from previous column	Birth year or age	Birth place or last residence	Typing notes
21679	List of Surviving Jews in Poland; submitted by the Jewish Committee in Krakow		129	BERES	Jadwiga		1902	Dorna Watra

Rovno (Równe, Poland): List #2 of Jewish Survivors in Rovno; World Jewish Congress, New York, 18 May 1945 [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Date and place of birth	Present address in Rovno	Notes (not by typist)
10016	1	Asia Beres	BERES	1928, Misoch	Ul. Mizkevicha 12

Sweden: Holocaust Survivors 1945-1946; American Jewish Archives, D56/5 (16,816 rows) [H]

ID	Digital file id	Page	Seq number	Survivor given name(s)	Survivor maiden name / other surname (previous or next column)	Survivor surname	Occupation	Birthday	Birth city	Last domicile	Survivor sends greetings to -- given name(s)	Survivor sends greetings to -- surname(s)	Greetings to--Place	Other information	Typing notes
15254	DSC00155.JPG	4		Rajzlos	CHEZINSKA	OLSZEK-CHEZINSKA?			Pinecow		Idel	BERYSZ	?		? in original document
24859	06-DSC00134.JPG	58	824	Rosa		ROSNER	Dressmaker	8 Aug 1916	Lodz	Lodz	Alda	BESEN-BROSS	Lodz-New York City?		? in original document

Szczekociny Yizkor book: Israel Shwaicer, Pinkas Shts'kots', 1959; translation at https://www.jewishge…ny/Szczekociny.html; no images at https://libguides.nypl.org/yizkorbooks [H]

ID	Details	Number of page	Letter of Hebrew alphabet or serial number	Person	Surname(s) from previous column	Person, with names converted to Polish spelling	Surname(s) from previous column	Family information	More information	Notes
10542	Those who managed to come and live in Israel	275	7	Brosha Hana	BROSHA	Brosza Hana	BROSZA		6 Zvi Peretz St., Tel Aviv

USSR: "List of Polish Jewish Refugees Now in USSR, 1945," American Jewish Archives, H277/7 (2582 persons) [H]

ID	Image	Page number	Given name(s)	Surname(s)	Age	Occupation	Father's name	Family group	Last residence in Poland	Last address in the USSR	Other information
11971	15/DSC00153.JPG		Benjamin	BEREZOW	37		Zalman		Wolyn	Krasnoamiejskij Kraj Bolshoj Tortinskij Rayon Pridvinskij Lagernyj Punkt

Vilna [Vilnius, Lithuania]: Polish Jewish refugees receiving Joint Distribution Committee aid, in Vilna, Lithuania, 1940 [H]

ID	Page number	Number	Name	Surname from previous column	Birth place	Birth year	Comes from	[X = handwritten mark added after "Comes from" town]	Stamp at bottom of page (if any)	Notes (not by typist)
10753	11	716	Sazul Brus	BRUS	Sawin	1921	Sawin
16872	113	6691	Rubin Berysz	BERYSZ	Piotrkow	1913	Piotrkow

Warsaw: Listing of the Surviving Warsaw Jews in the US Zone in Germany [Centrale fun di Warszewer Landsmanszaftn in der US Zone in Dajczland], 1948 (5859 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name	Surname	Birth date	Residence in Warsaw until 1 Sep 1939	Father's given name	Mother	Mother's maiden name copied from preceding column	Current address [town]
10523	10	Halina Brasch née Gotlieb	BRASCH NÉE GOTLIEB	1924	Wronia	Jakub	Sara Friedman	FRIEDMAN	Eichstatt
10524	10	Barbara Brasch	BRASCH	1947					Eichstatt
10525	10	Szymon Brasch	BRASCH	1913	Ceglana	Mordka	Braindla Wilk	WILK	Eichstatt
10526	10	Szymon Brasz	BRASZ	20 Mar 1913	Wronia 2	Mordka	Brajndla Wilk	WILK	Fohrenwald
10527	10	Halina Brasz	BRASZ	15 Sep 1924		Jakub	Chaja		Fohrenwald
12255	39	Rikla Jakubowicz née Dorembus	JAKUBOWICZ NÉE DOREMBUS	26 Jul 1914		Majer	Berisz	BERISZ	Moncheberg

Zbąszyń, Poland: refugees 1938-1939, List of persons, actually in Zbąszyń, having relatives in U.S.A., Canada, or South America; addresses not exact or unknown; unnumbered pages [H]

ID	Additional informaiton	Page number	Number [on page]	Person	Surname from previous column	Born on	Born at	Occupation	Last address in Germany	Present address in Zbąszyń	Address of relatives	Surname from previous or next column	Degree of relationship	Notes (not by typist)
10333	List of Polish Jews expelled by the Nazi government into this Polish border town, receiving assistance from the JDC in 1938-1939	[15]	319	Chil Jacimowitz	JACIMOWITZ	16 Jul 1895	Oleinica Lodz	miner	Olsdorf.	Mlyn 4 p.	Oscar Bress, Boston	BRESS	cousin

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