Ester Holocaust-Era Records

Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Wolbrom (Volbrom), Radomsko (Radomsk), Praszka (Prashka), Piotrków (Petrikev), Lelów (Lelev), Krzepice (Kshepitz), and nearby towns

45 Holocaust-era records for Ester and related spellings.

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Bergen Belsen: Polish Women at Bergen Belsen, List 1079 c; Relatives Information, 14 194[6?] [H]

ID	Page number	Lfd.	Person [Vorname / Name]	Surname from previous column	Date of birth [Geburstadt]	Place of last residence [Letzter Wohnort]	Notes (not by typist)
10298	6	348	Estera Estera	ESTERA	7 May 1925	Lodz

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)
10116	1939	115	2 Jun 1939, Częstochowa	3 Jun 1939, Częstochowa	Mendel Wargoń, born Włoszczowa 1870, died in Częstochowa ul. Stary Rynek 9	WARGOŃ	Mosiek Wargoń	WARGOŃ	Hinda née Szajntal	SZAJNTAL	Rywka Mariem née Aster	ASTER	[not listed]		Herszlik Mitelman, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa		Szlama Majzler, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa				www.crarg.org/i…061-D1qesF.jpg

Częstochowa: Committee in Warszawa-Praga, District 5, Committee in Częstochowa, Register of ill persons (142 persons) [H]

ID	Source	Image number	Number	Given name	Surname	Date of birth	Parents' given names	Profession	Address
10070	Amer Jewish Arch, Central Committee of Polish Jews, persons for whom individual assistance is requested, about 1945; MSS COL 361, file D55/5	Surv 11-D55n5/DSC00108.JPG	70	Moniek	ISTER	1928	Szyja, Nacha		Garibaldiego 28

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
12573	Albert	ASTOR	304

Częstochowa Holocaust-era, various pages (395 persons) [H]

ID	Details	Given name	Surname	Date of birth	Age	Father	Mother	Occupation	Occupation (translated)	Current job	Current job (translated)	Address	Regional page header	Regional page header (translated)	L.p. (seq # on left)	Comments
10249	("Komitet w Czestochowie...," "Committee in Czestochowa": Central Committee of Polish Jews, Warszawa-Praga, Szeroka 5, Records/Files and Statistics Department), USHMM, 1997.A.0235.Reel 5	Moniek	ISTER	1928		Szyja	Nacha					Garibaldiego 28	Wykaz chorych	Registry of sick people	70

Częstochowa: regarding ownership of houses 30 Apr 1941, syg 13797 [H]

ID	Page	Order number	Street	Name of the owner	Surname(s) copied from previous column	Number of renters	Administrators	Surname(s) copied from previous column	Letter before list of names / property: text	Letter before list of names / property: details	Notes by translator / typist	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10121	134	121.	Narutowicza 67/69	Herc Ester u. [and] Erben [heirs]	HERC ESTER,	49	Freisler	FREISLER	“administrators of the houses from which Jews were evicted to immediately carry out the relevant deregistration”	https://www.cra…0-Apr-1941.php
10122	134	122.	Neuer Ring 2	Klin Ester u. [and] Staszewski	KLIN ESTER, STASZEWSKI		Tuliszka	TULISZKA	“administrators of the houses from which Jews were evicted to immediately carry out the relevant deregistration”	https://www.cra…0-Apr-1941.php

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
10061	https://www.jew…1/czea001.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Alter Astor (Ast)	ASTOR, AST
11333	https://www.jew…1/czea005.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Yakov and Ester	ESTER
11703	https://www.jew…1/czea006.html	https://digital…2-00505686d14e	Shlomoh and Ester	ESTER

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
10072	ESTER			149	327 - 3
10073	ESTER-MALKA			34, 35	327 - 3

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
10074	01-alef	III	ASTOR	AST	Alter

France: Paris list no. 1162A - Orphan children from Buchenwald now in Paris; only entries for Poland; printed in red at top of page 1: Relatives Information Service; 24 Jan 1946 [H]

ID	Page number	If x before No.	No.	Person	Surname from previous column	Date of birth	Place of birth	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10136	5		273	Hans Oster	OSTER	15 Nov 1928	Koln, Poland

Kielce district: "Surviving Jews in the Kielce District"; World Jewish Congress, no date (2179 persons) [H]

ID	Town	Sequence number in city list	Person	Surname from previous column	Present address [city after war]	Year of birth	Page of book	Comments
10587	Kielce	123 of 239	Rojza Oster	OSTER	Stopnica	1920	7
10588	Kielce	124 of 239	Mania Oster	OSTER	Stopnica	1923	7

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)
13068	25	Dobrysz Ester	ESTER	1918	Lodz
13069	25	Roza Ester	ESTER	1922	Lodz

Lublin: "Surviving Jews in Lublin"; World Jewish Congress, 1945 (2393 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Person	Surname from previous column	Birth year	Address in 1939	Father's given name	Mother's given name	Present address in Lublin	Comments
10464	3	Fanny Estera	ESTERA	1915		Izak	Wido

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

ID	Given name(s)	Surname	Birth	Death	Page number
11666	Lazarz	OZDER	1909	Holocaust	428

Poland: Monitor Polski (court records after WWII regarding inheritance, etc.); translations will be added later, for now try https://translate.google.com; source: http://monitorpolski.gov.pl [H]

ID	File name	Nr.	Date	Year	Page	Header	Introductory sentence/paragraph (if any), before a numbered list	Introductory sentence/paragraph (if any), before a numbered list: translation	Entry regarding person, couple, or family	Entry regarding person, couple, or family: translation	Surname from previous two columns	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10932	M1946080014801	80	26 Sierpnia	1946	2	Sad Grodzki w Czestochowie	Sad Grodzki Oddzial Hilpoteczny w Czestochowie obwieszcza, ze otwarfe zostaly nastepujace spadki po zmarlych:	Translations will be added later; for now try https://translate.google.com	3) Rajzli z Fajnerow Eister, wlascicielce niepodzielnej polowy nieruchomosci w Czestochowie, oznaczonej hip. Nr 1525/II.	Translations will be added later; for now try https://translate.google.com	FAJNER EISTER
12280	M1947018000001	18	12 Lutego	1947	5	Sad Grodzki w Czestochowie	Sad Grodzki, Oddzial Hipoteczny w Czestochowie, obwieszcza, ze zostaly otwarte postepowania spadkowe po zmarlych, jak nizej, celem zgloszenia praw do tych spadkow i zamkniecia postepowan w mysl art. 128 prawa hipotecznego w terminach: / na dzien 17 maj.a 1947 roku.	Translations will be added later; for now try https://translate.google.com	54. Chunie-Zurachu i Esterze z EIsterow malz. Herszlikowicz, wlascicielach 1/2 niepodz. Nieruchomsci w Czestochowie, oznacz. Nr 946/II hip.,	Translations will be added later; for now try https://translate.google.com	EISTER, HERSZLIKOWICZ

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)
12742	208	111	[none]	List No. 28/P.; parcels to be sent to Poland from U.S.A. as per orders received through A.J.J.D.C. Jerusalem		758/P.	Dr. Zofia Urmann c/o Izydor	[none]	URMANN, IZYDOR	Bytom / ul. Karola / Mirk 3/2	Passover	9.50	Malka Arbeit, 44, Stamper st., Petch Tikwa	ARBEIT	14 Jan 1946 / To/1243a

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
21400	09-DSC00009.jpg	60	Borys	ESTER	Lodz
47997	10-DSC00010.jpg	199	Helena	OSTER	Warszawa
47998	10-DSC00010.jpg	199	Jakub	OSTER	Przemysl
47999	10-DSC00010.jpg	199	Klara	OSTER	Lodz
48000	10-DSC00010.jpg	199	Malgosia	OSTER	Warszawa
48024	10-DSC00010.jpg	199	Abe	OSTROW	Knyszyn

Poland Survivor Radio Messages, American Jewish Archives, H277, n2 (2741 persons) [H]

ID	Set, folder, and image	Survivor given name	Surname from previous column	Name of father	Other family members	Present address	Surname from any previous column	Survivor former residence	Message in full	Address for mail	Surname from previous two columns	Date(s) of broadcast	Other information--including title, date, and page
10799	PSRM Set 20, folder 12-H277n2, image DSC00074.JPG		ESTER						To inform Ester, Ludwik and Kiriat, Chaim (Haifa) that she is alive		ESTER, KIRIAT	26 Mar 1945	Page 2; likely should be: "Ester, Ludwik from Kiriat Chaim (Haifa)…" because Kiriat Chaim is a suburb of Haifa
12764	PSRM Set 55, folder 13-H277n2, Image DSC00130.JPG	Baruch	OSTER			now in Warsaw			Sends greetings to Oster, Jacov-Moshe, Tel-Aviv		OSTER	16 Jun 1945

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	Birth year or age	Birth place or last residence
16679	List of Jews Liberated from the Buchenwald Camp; submitted by the World Jewish Congress, Jun 1945	List D 6 Nov 1945	44	OSTER	Hainz	1928	Koeln
18562	List of Polish Jews Liberated from the Dachau Camp		106	OSTER	Jakub	1921	Slawkow
25313	List of Polish Nationals (Mostly Jews) In the Bergen-Belsen Camp		152	OSTER	Moses	pupil

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
12860	02-DSC00071.JPG	5		Dorka		ERSTER		17 May 1921	Lodz		Chil	ESTER	Jerusalem

Sweden: "List of Survivors: Stockholm, 1946," Mosaiska forsamlingens i Stockholm (807 persons) [H]

ID	Page number	Nationality	Identity card number	Sequential number (on left)	Arrival date	Given name(s)	Surname	Date of birth	Last domicile	Place of birth	Comments
10698	[17?]	German			After Jul 1946	Irmgard?	GUGGENHEIMER-ESTER	9 Oct 1927		Frankfurt a.M.

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
11407	15/DSC00108.JPG		Chlawna	ESTROW						Bucharsk obl. Kassansajski Rayon P.O. Pulati 2-oj M.T.S.

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
11217	19	1178	Chlowna Estrow	ESTROW	Miory	1913	Miory
14331	68	4195	Chuna Ostrow	OSTROW	Ostrow Maz.	1921	Ostrow
16109	98	5943	Ita Rachel Uster Kurnic	USTER KURNIC	Orsen	1918	Orsen
18906	146	8691	Szmul Ostrow	OSTROW	[none listed]	1923	Ostrow Maz.

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]
12236	39	Chaja Jagodnik née Ester	JAGODNIK NÉE ESTER	20 Oct 1916	Gesia 79/33	Jankiel	Sura Szejdman	SZEJDMAN	Rosenheim
12940	50	Zalmen Lewin	LEWIN	21 Sep 1910	Burakowska 4	Hersz	Eisig Ester	ESTER	Ulm
12941	50	Izak Lewin	LEWIN	1941					Ulm

Zbąszyń, Poland: refugees 1938-1939, List of Refugees who have relatives in America; numbered 187-598; unnumbered pages [H]

ID	Additional informaiton	Page number	Number	Person	Surname from previous column	Born on	Born at	Occupation	Last address in Germany	Present address in Zbąszyń	Address of relative	Surname from previous column	Degree of relation	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10343	List of Polish Jews expelled by the Nazi government into this Polish border town, receiving assistance from the JDC in 1938-1939	[16]	513	Sally Gelblach	GELBLACH	2 Sep 1900	Berlin	worker	Berlin	17 Stycznia	Lewkowitz Ester, Buenos Aires, 2220 C. Riva de Via	ESTER	sister

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