Chaim / Chaym Holocaust-Era Records

Częstochowa (Chenstochov), Opoczno (Opotchna), Radoszyce (Radoshitz), Końskie (Kinsk), Praszka (Prashka), Piotrków (Petrikev), Przedbórz (Pshedbosh), and nearby towns

57 Holocaust-era records for Chaim / Chaym and related spellings.

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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)
10285	1939	282	9 Nov 1939, Częstochowa	12 Dec 1939, Częstochowa	Lejzor Eljasz Bimka, born Przedbórz 25 Nov 1857, widower, died in Częstochowa ul. Garncarska 9	BIMKA	Icek Bimka	BIMKA	Laja née Chaim	CHAIM	[not listed]		[not listed]		Herszlik Mitelman, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa		Szlama Majzler, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa				www.crarg.org/i…145-WlsOHX.jpg
10535	1940	230	24 Apr 1940, Częstochowa	26 Apr 1940, Częstochowa	Jonas Bursztyn, merchant, born Częstochowa 18 Apr 1868, died in Częstochowa ul. Katedralna 9	BURSZTYN	Izrael Simcha Bursztyn	BURSZTYN	Szajndla née Chain	CHAIN	Dorota née Bodzanowska	BODZANOWSKA	[not listed]		Herszlik Mitelman, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa		Szlama Majzler, employee of the Jewish community in Częstochowa				www.crarg.org/i…119-IoLVIK.jpg

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	Summary of material
16456	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0464	www.crarg.org/i…464-bISIVj.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Icek Chaim	CHAIM		Garibaldiego 21	Chaim reported an attempted theft (see also image 0465)
16457	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0464	www.crarg.org/i…464-bISIVj.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Icek-Lajb Goldberg	GOLDBERG	15 Mar 1901	N Marji Panny 6	Goldberg was arrested on suspicion of the theft (see also image 0465)
16458	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0464	www.crarg.org/i…464-bISIVj.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Szlama Winter	WINTER		N Marji Panny 8	The man was apprehended at Winter’s apartment (see also image 0465)
16460	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0465	www.crarg.org/i…465-iJnmbc.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Icek Chaim	CHAIM		Garibaldiego 21	Chaim reported an attempted theft (see also image 0464)
16461	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0465	www.crarg.org/i…465-iJnmbc.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Icek-Lajb Goldberg	GOLDBERG	15 Mar 1901	N Marji Panny 6	Goldberg was arrested on suspicion of the theft (see also image 0464)
16462	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0465	www.crarg.org/i…465-iJnmbc.pdf	CHAIM, GOLDBERG, WINTER	Szlama Winter	WINTER		N Marji Panny 8	The man was apprehended at Winter’s apartment (see also image 0464)
17062	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0515	www.crarg.org/i…515-Kqg7t7.pdf	SZTYBEL, CHAIM, MAJZNEROWICZ	Chaskiel Sztybel	SZTYBEL		Katedralna 7 St	Sztybel reported the theft of caustic soda
17063	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0515	www.crarg.org/i…515-Kqg7t7.pdf	SZTYBEL, CHAIM, MAJZNEROWICZ	Fiszel Chaim	CHAIM		Warszawska 13 St	Chaim was accused of the theft
17064	Summary of each entry; see pdf file for each image number for a compete translation of the page	Microfilm roll 4	0515	www.crarg.org/i…515-Kqg7t7.pdf	SZTYBEL, CHAIM, MAJZNEROWICZ	[no given name] Majznerowicz	MAJZNEROWICZ			Majznerowicz signed the crime report

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
12958		2471	D 11481	Simon Chain	CHAIN	Buchhalter arbeitslos	Bookkeeper, unemployed	Pl. Daszynskiego 2	22 Apr 1940	102	76

Częstochowa: Rada Starszych w Czestochowie, USHMM, microfilm 4 (images 0001.tif-1015.tif); sample images: www.crarg.org/czesto…olocaust-police.php [H]

ID	Digital file name	Given name	Surname	Details	Surname(s) in column to the left (if not in the surname column)	Typist comments
14353	0464.tif	Icek	CHAIM	18 years old; Reported a break-in into his apartment.

Częstochowa: Regional Liquidation Office in Częstochowa 1949-1950, USHMM RG-15.327, syg 401 [H]

ID	Document start page, part 1	Document start page, part 2	Page(s)	Number (first page)	Description of the property, and location	Gardens, garages, outbuildings etc.	To whom did it belong	Surname from previous column	Currently administered by	Notes	Other information	Notes by transcriber / translator	Surname from previous columns	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10334	Rejonowy Urząd Likwidacyjny w Częstochowie 1949-50 syg 31	Various property lists for the town and county of Częstochowa (1946-48)	11	46	Garibaldiego No.10/12 [Częstochowa]		Icek Chaim	CHAIM			Transferred in various shares 17 Jun 1946 Property register No.746/II	List of properties transferred by the Delegature Urzędu Likwidacyjnego in Częstochowa since 1 Mar 1946

Częstochowa / Wrocław Region: Lists of Jewish survivors from Częstochowa who lived in Wrocław Region, Poland after WWII (Yad Vashem), images at www.crarg.org/jewish…-wroclaw-region.php [H]

ID	Image name	Number	Person	Surname from previous column	Marital status	Year of birth	Place of birth	Names of parents	Surname from previous column	Place staying during war?	Occupation and place of work	Present address	Street?	Other information on the page	Notes by typist
10106	1157.pdf	105	Kenigsberg Samuel	KENIGSBERG	widower [wdow]	1906	Czestochowa [Częstoch]	Chil and Gustawa nee Chajma	CHAJMA	USSR [ZSRR]	electroplating [galwanotechnik]	Dzierzoniów	Daszyńsk
10107	1157.pdf	106	Kenigsberg Marian	KENIGSBERG	single [kawal]	1919	Czestochowa [Częstoch]	[BLANK]		concentration Camp [obóz konc]	[BLANK]	Bielawa	Dębowa 21

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
10648	CHAIM-HERSZ			148	330 - 2
10649	CHAIM-LEIB			257, 258	330 - 2

France: Concentration Camp at Vernet d'Ariège, France, 1939-1944: Jews from CRARG area of Poland [H]

ID	Source	Person	Surname from previous column	Date of entry	Date of birth	Place of birth	Parents	Surname from previous column	Occupation	Comments	Surname from previous column	Notes (not written by researcher)
10067	Archives Départementales, Foix, France	Wolf Henri Rolrubin- Chaim	ROLRUBIN- CHAIM	2 Jan 1942	24 Jun 1901	Lublin	Salomon & Bora née Weimach	WEIMACH	Hairdresser	Transfer to Toulouse 20 Sep 1942, married Therese Toth in 1927	TOTH

Gowarczów: List of Jewish properties located in the Gowarczów commune, except for the Gowarczów settlement [WYKAZ nieruchomosei pozydowskich znajdujacych sie na terenie gminynGowarczów oproez osady Gowarczów], syg 364, page 19-21; images: www.szukajwarchiwach…/jednostka/15071956 [H]

ID	Image file name	Title before this material	Page	Order number	Street name	House number	Name and surname of the property owner	Surname from previous column	Property definition	Purpose of the property	Numbers of rooms	Mortgage list	Comments	Notes (by translator / typist)	Notes (not written by translator / typist)
10002	21_336_0_-_364_22_56161605.jpg	List of abandoned properties in the Commune of Gowarczów, Końskie local government [Wykaz nieruchomości opuszczonych i porzuconych na terenie gminy Gowarczów powiatu Koneckiego]	19	2/3050	Rynek		Chaim Gingier	GINGIER	House			1

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
12021	16	Jozef Chaim	CHAIM	1894	Warsaw
12022	16	Helena Chaim	CHAIM	1900	Warsaw
12322	19	Aron Chajm	CHAJM	1922	Kutno

Poland: List of Polish Survivors, Undated (begins with Page 12: Poles) [H]

ID	Page number	Person	Surname from previous column	Birthday	Last domocile	Identity card no.	Notes by typist	Notes (not by typist)
10051	12	Rozalie Chaim	CHAIM	9 Oct 1912	Cierkowice	2393

Poland: Lists of Polish Jews in Ghetto[s] to Receive Aid 1942 (V-mail; regarding V-mail, see: https://postalmuseum…bition/victory-mail) [H]

ID	Image file	Destination of Communication	Postmark	Sender address	Date	Person in Poland: Line number	Person in Poland: Given name	Person in Poland: Surname	Person in Poland: Town [k/=kolo=near; dla=for]	Person in Poland: Address	Other information	Surname from previous 2 columns
10105	DSC00037.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 136892	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	3 Nov 1942	64	Cypora Szicher	SZICHER	Kostopol, Wolyn		dla Blank Chaim	CHAIM
10285	DSC00042.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 137630	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	4 Nov 1942	239	Boruch Chaun	CHAUN	Opatow Kielecki	ul. Joselewicza 78
11779	DSC00081.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 143705	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	9 Nov 1942	1765	Frajda Kopel fuer Chaim	CHAIM	Lublin	Krawiecka 2
12585	DSC00102.JPG	Dr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 101266	Palestine; Postage paid	Representation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV	28 Sep 1942	5	Leon Chaim	CHAIM	Lwow	Kochanowskiego 25

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)
13380	257	157	[none]	List No. 5/P; Parcels to be sent to Poland from U.S.A. as per orders received through A.J.J.D.C. Jerusalem		188/P	Beirisch Krymolowski	[none]	KRYMOLOWSKI	Lodz / Zeromskiego 39/5	T 5	7.65	E. Sor Kwar Chaim, Emek Hefer	CHAIM	16 Nov 1945 / To/1002

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
17581	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Helena	CHAIM	Bedzin
17582	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Jerzy Grzegorz	CHAIM	Warszawa
17583	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Jozef	CHAIM	Lodz
17584	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Moisze	CHAIM	Warszawa
17585	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Sonia	CHAIM	Tarnow
17628	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Aron	CHAIM	Lodz
17629	08-DSC00146.jpg	40	Chaim	CHAJN	Kolo

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

ID	Set, folder, and image	Survivor given name	Surname from previous column	Present address	Survivor former residence	Message in full	Surname from previous two columns	Date(s) of broadcast	Other information--including title, date, and page
10483	PSRM Set 13, folder 12-H277n2 DSC00033.JPG	Maria	MONASTYRSKA	Warsaw		Chajn Janina	CHAJN	26 Mar 1945	Page 6
10558	Set 15, folder 11-H277n2, image DSC00042.JPG	Chana	CHAIM			Informs Chaim Jehuda that she is alive in Rechowoth	CHAIM	13 May 1945	title at top of page: Radio messages broadcast by Jewish survivors in Poland through "Radjo Polskie" Lublin; date: 13 May 1945; page: 2
10574	Set 15, Folder 11- H277n2, Image DSC000043.JPG	Maria with son	FRYDA			Inform Chaim Jehuda in Rechowoth that they are alive	CHAIM	13 May 1945	title at top of page: Radio messages broadcast by Jewish survivors in Poland through "Radjo Polskie" Lublin; date: 01 May 1945; page: 2
11537	PSRM Set 37, folder 13-H277n2 image DSC00027 JPG	Dr. Isak	CHAIM		From Warsaw	Greets relatives in Tel-Av.		7 Feb 1945	List of Messages Broadcast by Radio Lublin; Submitted by the World Jewish Congress 31 Jul 1945; page 1
11967	PSRM Set 43, folder 13-H277n2Chaim, DSC00060.JPG	Dr. Isak fr. Warsaw	CHAIM			Sends greetings to relatives in Tel-Aviv		7 Feb 1945	Page 2

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

ID	Subdocument	Page	Surname	Given name	Birth year or age
20360	List of Surviving Polish Jews Submitted by the Representatives of the Polish Jews in London	120	CHAIM	Dr. Izaak & wife
24706	List of Polish Nationals (Mostly Jews) In the Bergen-Belsen Camp	149	CHAJNA(?)	Tauba	leathermaker
24707	List of Polish Nationals (Mostly Jews) In the Bergen-Belsen Camp	149	CHAJNE(?)	Fela	leathermaker

Stockholm: August 9, 1945, List of Messages Broadcast by Radio Stockholm submitted by The World Jewish Congress, N.Y. (244 persons) [H]

ID	Image number	Source	Name	Surname(s) isolated/repeated from previous column	Age (of person listed under "Name")	Date of Broadcast	Message	Surname(s) isolated/repeated from previous column	Typist notes
10059	DSC00358.JPG	Survivor Lists, Poland, Central Committee of Polish Jews, Survivor Messages from Hillersleben and Stockholm, Sweden; Amer Jewish Arch, MSS COL 361, D55/5	GLAS	GLAS	37	June 10, 1945	Greets BRAWICZ and CHAIM	BRAWICZ, CHAIM

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
16103	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Leon	SELINGER	London
16104	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Chaja	SELINGER	Sosnovice-Srodel
16105	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Anna	SELINGER	Sosnovice-Srodel
16106	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Zofia	SELINGER	Sosnovice-Srodel
16107	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Leonore	SELINGER	Sosnovice-Srodel
16108	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Bajla	SELINGER	Chrzesow
16109	03-DSC00125.JPG	6	84	Rosalie	SELINGER	CHAIM-SELINGER		9 Oct 1912	Cierkovice	Chranow	Max	SELINGER	Warschau
23354	06-DSC00052.JPG	32	460	Lew		KAUFMAN	Clerk	03 Nov 1913	Lodz	Lodz	Rosa	CHAIN	Leningrad, Twerskajastr. lo/2
23361	06-DSC00053.JPG	32	461	Markus		KAUFMAN		05 May 1922	Lodz	Lodz	Rosa	CHAIN	Leningrad Twerskajastr. lo/2 SSSR

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
14259	71	Rosalie	CHAIM	SELINGER							Cierkovice	09 Oct 1912				Poland

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)
11004	15	970	Lejba Chejn	CHEJN	Glubokie	1861	Smorgon
11010	15	976	Morduch-Ber Chejn	CHEJN	[blank]	1918	Smorgon

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