Elkan Holocaust-Era Records

Wieluń (Vielun), Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Krzepice (Kshepitz), Praszka (Prashka), Radoszyce (Radoshitz), Działoszyn (Zaloshin), Mstów (Omstov), and nearby towns

113 Holocaust-era records for Elkan and related spellings.

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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
11392	http://www.aapj…ndex.php?id=70	Jewish Education in Częstochowa Between the Wars	Zbigniew Grządzielski	Helena Elkana	ELKANA
11542	http://www.aapj…ndex.php?id=70	Jewish Education in Częstochowa Between the Wars	Zbigniew Grządzielski	Helena Elkana	ELKANA

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)
11765	1941	901	14 Dec 1941, Częstochowa	16 Dec 1941, Częstochowa	Hinda Gitla Elkan née Połacz, widow, born Złoszew 1860 [day and month not listed], died in Częstochowa ul. Katedralna 7	ELKAN NÉE POŁACZ	Icek Połacz	POŁACZ	Rajzla née Węgczewska	WĘGCZEWSKA	[not listed]		[not listed]		Herszlik Mitelman, employee of the Rabbinate in Częstochowa		Szlama Majzler, employee of the Rabbinate in Częstochowa				www.crarg.org/i…026-N4ge9J.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)
10061	1939	60	5 Mar 1939, Częstochowa	8 Mar 1939, Częstochowa	Icek Kryman, born Częstochowa 1 Ja 1902, living in Częstochowa ul. Aleja Wolności 11	KRYMAN	Efroim Kryman	KRYMAN	Laja Estera née Zajder	ZAJDER	Trane Ruchel Srebrnik, born Błaszki 26 Nov 1903, living in Częstochowa ul. Warszawska 32	SREBRNIK	Szyja Srebrnik	SREBRNIK	Chana Laja née Elkun	ELKUN / ELKAN	Mojżesz Asz, employee of the Jewish community in Czestochowa		Herszlik Mittelman, employee of the Jewish community in Czestochowa				www.crarg.org/i…034-z98bfT.jpg			ELKAN added because it appears in other Częstochowa records

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
12316	Haim	ELKON	161

Częstochowa: daily record sheets of the Jewish police in the Częstochowa Ghetto 1941-1942, Senior Council in Częstochowa (Rada Starszych w Częstochowie), USHMM; sample images: www.crarg.org/czesto…olocaust-police.php [H]

ID	Details	Microfilm roll	Page	Image	Surname(s) for this entry	A person in this entry	Surname from the previous column	Birth date	Address	Other family listed	Summary of material
20111	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0790	www.crarg.org/i…790-HdtUSw.pdf	ALKIN, KEMPINSKI	[no given name] Alkin[?]	ALKIN[?]				Alkin[?] is to be brought from Deutsche Berufsschulen (Staszica 10), to the Jewish District
20112	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0790	www.crarg.org/i…790-HdtUSw.pdf	ALKIN, KEMPINSKI	[no given name] Kempinski	KEMPINSKI				Officer Kempiński, id no 124, was sent to bring Alkin[?] from Deutsche Berufsschulen (Staszica 10), to the Jewish District

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
14607	213/22	3	F 05669	Feiwel Elkon	ELKON	Zimmermaler	Painter (painting the rooms of buildings)	N.M. Panny 20 bei Wajnsztok	5 Jul 1940	34
14676	213/22	3	F 05669	Feiwel Elkon	ELKON	Zimmermaler	Painter (painting the rooms of buildings)	N.M. Panny 20 bei Wajnsztok	5 Jul 1940	39

Częstochowa: German Prison in Częstochowa 1939-1944 (Niemiecki Zakład Karny w Częstochowie), EXPANDED WORK [H]

ID	Reference [number]	Register number	Date of arrival in prison	Name	Surname copied from previous column	Date of birth	Place of birth	Previous address (Częstochowa unless otherwise stated)	Father	Mother	Surname copied from previous column	Occupation	Suspected or accused of	Date of sentence	Sentence	Other information	Notes by translator / typist	Surname copied from previous columns	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10268	1229		19 Aug 1941	Juda Arie Srebrnik	SREBRNIK	14 May 1906	Częstochowa	Warszawska No. 13	Szyje	Chana née Elkan	ELKAN	Merchant	Refusing work			Released 9 Oct 1941	Report of secret message to him intercepted in lunch delivered for Bolesław Wojtezak but intended for Juda Arie Srebrnik; letter from wife? Dyna included as well as translation in German	WOJTEZAK, SREBRNIK

Częstochowa: index to registration book of repatriates registered at the Częstochowa transit point [Skorowidz do książki meldunkowej repatriantów zameldowanych na Punkcie Etapowym w Czestochowie], syg 39; seems to be an index to: Częstochowa: State Repatriation Office, County Branch in Częstochowa 1945-1950 (questionnaires); zespołu 5, syg 10-11, 14, 21-38; images: https://www.szukajwa…-/jednostka/9713068 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	Order number (L.p.)	Person	Surname from previous column	Number of persons, if listed	City in column 3 [likely = where coming from]	City in column 4 [likely = where going]	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10117	8_5_0_-_39_31_89498232.jpg	53	6097	Joachim Elkin	ELKIN		Baranowierz	Łódź

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)
10280	8_1_0_0_13793.pdf	106	3106	Fajwel Elken		ELKEN	Malarstwo pokojowe	Interior painting	Panny Marii 20

Częstochowa: prisoners at Hasag Pelcery slave labor camp in Częstochowa, USHMM (4738 persons) [H]

ID	Image file	Image file (second set: improved images)	Lp.	Given name (Nazwisko i imie)	Surname (Nazwisko i imie)	Year of birth (Data ur)	Birth, from complete document	Place of birth (Miejsce urodzenia)	Residence in 1939 (Miejsce zam. w 1939 r)	From where sent (Skad przybyl do obozu) [may be one of 6 Hasag slave-labor camps]	Profession (Zawod)	Profession (Zawod), translation	Card number (Nr. kartotek obozowej)
10863	Hasag-A1/0870.tif	Hasag-B1/0865.tif	862.	Henryk	ELKAN	1915	12 Sep 1915	Wielun	Wielun	Wielun	krawiec	tailor/dressmaker (male)	169
10864	Hasag-A1/0871.tif	Hasag-B1/0866.tif	863.	Icek	ELKAN	1914	27 Feb 1914	Wielun	Wielun	Wielun	krawiec	tailor/dressmaker (male)	1596
10865	Hasag-A1/0872.tif	Hasag-B1/0867.tif	864.	Maria	ELKAN	1921	1 Jan 1921		Czestochowa	Czestochowa	sanitariuszka	nurse, hospital orderly, stretcher-bearer (female)	1019
10866	Hasag-A1/0873.tif	Hasag-B1/0868.tif	865.	Misza	ELKAN	1912	12 Jun 1912	Wielun	Wielun	Czestochowa	robotnik	worker (male)	2535

Częstochowa: Resurrection and Destruction in Ghetto Częstochowa (Viderstand un Umkum in Czenstochower Ghetto, L. Brener), publ. before 1952, in Poland [H]

ID	Translation here	Page	Given Name	Surname	Title	Notes	Surname from previous column	Details on pages 174-176	Notes
10247	https://www.jew…a4/cze005.html	55	Sholem	ALECHIM

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)]	Surname from previous column	Male	Female	Evacuation card number or ID card.	Date of birth	Occupation	Nationality	Where coming from	Arrival date	Departure date	Where going	Signature of the reporting clerk	Comments	Notes by typist / translator	Notes (not by typist / translator)
10051	8_5_0_0_23.pdf	Ksiazka meldunkowa repatriantow 1945-1946	Registration book of the repatriates 1945-1946	5 Jan 1946	20	6097	5682	Joachim Elkin	ELKIN	Mojcher & [not listed]		Male		60	1897	Forestry engineer	Jewish	Province Baranowicze	5 Jan 1946	5 Jan 1946	Lodz

Częstochowa: Surviving Jews in Częstochowa, about 1945, World Jewish Congress (2503 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Sequence number on far left	Given name	Surname	Year of birth	Present address [document published 1950]	Comments
10476		474	Misza	ELKAN	1907	Wielun
10477	9	475	Mariaj	ELKAN	1921	Czestochowa

Częstochowa Yizkor Book 1947 Biographical Articles, index pages 323-325 (Częstochowa Jews who emigrated to the U.S.); index appears in the 1958 yizkor book; 620 persons [H]

ID	Translation	Images	Name	Surname from previous column
11016	https://www.jew…1/czea004.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	M. Elkin	ELKIN
11525	https://www.jew…1/czea005.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Mendl Elkin	ELKIN

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	Other surname	Page number	Index page number - column number
10091	ALGIN	Mosze		135	327 - 4
11006	ELKIN	M.		260	331 - 4

Częstochowa Yizkor Book (Tshenstokhover Yidn, 1947), index to full translations of biographies; translation at https://www.jewishge…chowa1/czea006.html; images at https://digitalcolle…3-cd02-00505686d14e [H]

ID	Letter	Page	Surname	Additional Surname	Given Name	Additional Given Name
11764	12-lamed	LII	ELKIN
12400	19-tzadek	LXXXI	ELKIN		Mendl

France: Deportations during Holocaust, only "Pologne" from the web; used to be here: http://perso.wanadoo…istoire/Accueil.htm [H]

ID	Details	Nº JO [Number of journal]	Date [of journal]	Sex	Given name	Surname	Country of birth	State/region of birth	Country of death	Complete information
11673	Nº = number; JO = the publication "Le journal officiel"	98	26 Apr 1995	F	Salomé	KUPFER, NÉE ELKAN	Pologne		Pologne	Kupfer, née Elkan (Salomé) le 7 août 1914 à Kalisz (Pologne), décédée le 10 décembre 1943 à Auschwitz (Pologne)
20621	Nº = number; JO = the publication "Le journal officiel"	98	26 Apr 1995	F	Salomé	KUPFER, NÉE ELKAN	Pologne		Pologne	Kupfer, née Elkan (Salomé) le 7 août 1914 à Kalisz (Pologne), décédée le 10 décembre 1943 à Auschwitz (Pologne)

Jerusalem: Booklet listing survivors published by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee in Jerusalem, P.O.B. 640, Jerusalem; only Poland listings [H]

ID	Page number	Regional header	Sub-regional header, if any	Person	Surname(s) from previous column	Listed in parentheses after primary entry	Surname(s) from previous column	[Blank column header; date of birth?]	Age	From	Notes (not by typist)
10527	6	Letters from abroad (In brackets: the name of the relative from abroad)		Wolf Elkan	ELKAN	(Zandsztajn H.).	ZANDSZTAJN	[blank]	[blank]	Jerusalem

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)
12908	23	Fajga (Bekermajster) Elkan	BEKERMAJSTER, ELKAN	1918	Lodz
12909	23	Fanny Najna Elkin	ELKIN	1914

Poland: Jewish Refugees in Italy, List Nr. 1, Jan 1946; only "Poland" listings [H]

ID	Page number	Name	Surname from previous column	Place of birth	Date of birth	Father's name	Mother's name	Notes (not by typist)
10805	24	Moshe Elkin	ELKIN	Bjalistok / Białystok, Poland	1925	Sindel	Fruman	Białystok added because it seems more likely

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
20852	09-DSC00006.jpg	57	Najna Fanny	ELKIN	Lodz
20853	09-DSC00006.jpg	57	Mojzesz	ELKON	Jasionowze
47611	10-DSC00008.jpg	197	Motel	OLKUN	Warszawa
47612	10-DSC00008.jpg	197	Sara	OLKUN	Warszawa

Radoszyce: list of Jewish houses in Radoszyce [Wykaz: domów żydowskich w Radoszycach]; the material bears is no date, but a letter just after the material bears the date 1945; syg 375, pages 26-48 [H]

ID	Image file name	Page	House owner	Surname of house owner	Street and (house) number	Number of rooms	Type of building	Annual return	Tenant	Surname of tenant	Rent	[See image for additional columns (apparently with rent per month)]	Notes (written by translator / typist)	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10567	21_336_0_-_375_49_56162523.jpg	47							Samuel Elkan	ELKAN		[See image for additional columns (apparently with rent per month)]

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
19783	List of Jews of Polish nationality who arrived in Sweden Submitted by the World Jewish Congress	List A, 30 May 1945	115	ELKAN	Laziesak Marieni	MARIENI	1910	Pabranie (Pabianice?)	(?) in original list
26254	List of Jewish Survivors from East European Towns	GRODNO	159	ELGIN	Cywia(?)			Grodno
26469	List of Jewish Survivors from East European Towns	KOWNO	160	ELKON	Abram (Yosif)
26470	List of Jewish Survivors from East European Towns	KOWNO	160	ELKON	Rachil (Philip)
27102	List of Jewish Survivors from East European Towns	LIST B KOWNO	164	OLKIN-ABRAMOVITCH	Liza

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

ID	Digital file id	Page	Survivor given name(s)	Survivor maiden name / other surname (previous or next column)	Survivor surname	Birth city	Survivor sends greetings to -- given name(s)	Survivor sends greetings to -- surname(s)	Greetings to--Place	Typing notes
15224	02-DSC00153.JPG	3	Elkan Mariem		LAZIECZAK	Pabianice	Icek	ELKAN	?
15225	02-DSC00153.JPG	3	Elkan Mariem		LAZIECZAK	Pabianice	Berysz	ELKAN	?
15226	02-DSC00153.JPG	3	Elkan Mariem		LAZIECZAK	Pabianice	Idel	ELKAN	?
15253	DSC00155.JPG	4	Rajzlos	CHEZINSKA	OLSZEK-CHEZINSKA?	Pinecow	Icek	ELKAN	?	? in original document

Sweden: Survivors 1 (9505 persons) [H]

ID	Page	Given name(s)	Surname 1	Surname 2	Surname 3	Maiden name 1	Maiden name 2	Father's given name	Mother's given name	Spouse's given name	Place of birth	Date of birth	Place of residence	Place of death	Date of death	Nationality	Comments
14503	75	Laziesak Marieni	ELKAN								Pabranie	02 Dec 1910				Poland

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	Family group	Last address in the USSR
10020	14/DSC00137.JPG	1	Jacob	ELKIN	30	Jacob, Gina, sons Shloma & Mark	Samarkand Wabkenskaja 11
10021	14/DSC00137.JPG	1	Gina	ELKIN		Jacob, Gina, sons Shloma & Mark	Samarkand Wabkenskaja 11
10022	14/DSC00137.JPG	1	Shloma	ELKIN		Jacob, Gina, sons Shloma & Mark	Samarkand Wabkenskaja 11
10023	14/DSC00137.JPG	1	Mark	ELKIN		Jacob, Gina, sons Shloma & Mark	Samarkand WAbkenskaja 11
11406	15/DSC00106.JPG		Abram	ELJUKIN			Namangansk obl. Gorod Shus Artelimeni Perwowo Maja

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
10077	2	76	Hinda Alkom	ALKOM	Indara	1917	Kalisz
11244	19	1205	Abram Elkin	ELKIN	Radun	1916	Radun
16889	113	6708	Izrael Elkin	ELKIN	Poland	1913	Rodin

Wieluń Yizkor book: Sefer zikaron li-ḳehilat Veyelun, 1971, pages 407-487 [H]

ID	Page	Information on page	Surname (or maiden name) copied from previous column	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10309	424	In memory
10310	424	Father: Jchezkel Dudowicz	DUDOWICZ
10311	424	Mother: Rosa
10312	424	Sister: Mina, husband Max Szulc	SZULC
10313	424	Uncle: Hershel Dudowicz and his family	DUDOWICZ
10314	424	Aunt: Ita Miller (née Dudowicz) and her family	MILLER (NÉE DUDOWICZ)
10315	424	Aunt: Rachel Cymerman (née Dudowicz) and her family	CJMERMAN (NÉE DUDOWICZ)
10316	424	Cousins: Kopel, Fajwel and Gutsze Elkan and their families	ELKAN
10317	424	and our brother: Jacob Kopel Dudowicz who died in Israel	DUDOWICZ
10318	424
10319	424	The mourners:
10320	424	Riva Shea (née Dudovitz)	SHEA (NÉE DUDOVITZ)
10321	424	Hanna Dudowicz (née Lewkowicz) and her family	DUDOWICZ (NÉE LEWKOWICZ)
10322	424	Haim Dudowicz and his family	DUDOWICZ
10323	424	Moshe Dudowicz and his family	DUDOWICZ
10545	438	A memory for our family members
10546	438	who perished in the Holocaust
10547	438	Our father: Jacob Zandsztajn	ZANDSZTAJN
10548	438	Our mother: Ruchel [née Elkon]	ELKON	Elkon added because it appears in other Wieluń records
10549	438	Our sister: Jetka
10550	438	Our brother: Moszek
10551	438	Our sister: Szajndla
10552	438	Our brother: Lejb
10553	438	Our uncle: Chaim Szlama Elkon and his family	ELKON
10554	438	Our Uncle: Yechiel Elkon and his family	ELKON
10555	438	Our uncle: Hirsz Eliezer Zalc and his family	ZALC
10556	438
10557	438	The mourners:
10558	438	David Avni
10559	438	Zvi Zandsztajn	ZANDSZTAJN
10560	438	Avraham Zandsztajn	ZANDSZTAJN
11104	460
11105	460	To the eternal memory
11106	460	Father: Majer Godel Sulmierski	SULMIERSKI
11107	460	Mother: Perla [née Chorowicz]	CHOROWICZ
11108	460	Sister: ChaJa
11109	460	Brother: Isaac Ber
11110	460	Sister: Pesa
11111	460	(Died in the Lodz Ghetto in 1944)
11112	460	Sister: Brucha Gemach-Lewinsztein	GEMACH-LEWINSZTEIN
11113	460	Lewinsztejn
11114	460
11115	460	Perpetuated by daughters and sisters:
11116	460	Sarah Elkann and family, Los Angeles	ELKANN
11117	460	Necha Wilensky and family, Paris	WILENSKY
11118	460
11119	460	To the eternal memory
11120	460
11121	460	Eva Levkovich (born Felta)	LEWKOWICZ (BORN FELTA)
11122	460	Idel Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11123	460	Chaim Moshe Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11124	460	Gershon Lewkowicz	LEWKOWICZ
11125	460	Eli Pitowski	PITOWSKI
11126	460
11127	460	in mourning:
11128	460	Mordechai Lewkowicz and family	LEWKOWICZ
11129	460	Clara Mielnik and family	MIELNIK
11130	460	Paris

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