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Liba Potalsky

Records on this page tell what became of her

ליבע פאטאלסקי

The paper names her in one piece, on 5 May 1939 (16 Iyar 5699).

Greetings
1939

May 1939: 1 greeting, in the issue of 5 May 1939.

Greetings in 1 month.

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Printed beside her

On this page: Printed beside her

In the paper 1 piece

What became of her

By the records on this page, which probably name her, she probably died in the Holocaust.

Years: Died 1942

  • 1942

    A record that probably names her, from Yad Vashem, says:

    Held by Yad Vashem Archives

    Potolski; Liba; Libe; Female; 1908; Antopol, Kobryn, Polesie, Poland; Aharon; Yosef; Feigele; Single; Pruzany,Pruzana,Polesie,Poland; Clerk; Pruzany,Pruzana,Polesie,Poland; Majdanek,Camp,Poland; 1942; murdered

    Record no. 593754 Consulted Where it was found

1 more record
  • A record that probably names her, from the Pruzhany memorial book (Pinkes fun finf fartilikte kehiles: Pruzshene, Bereze, Maltsh, Shershev, Selts (1958)), says:

    Held by Yiddish Book Center

    אויף דער צווייטער וואָך פון זייער אָנקומען האָבן זיי צוזאַמענגענומען 18 ייִדן … פרל. פּאָטאָלסקי ליבע … אַוועקגעפירט זיי און אויסגעשאָסן אין וואַלד ליאַכי, 2 קילאָמעטער פון פּרוזשענע.

    Machine translation 

    In the second week after their arrival they rounded up 18 Jews … Miss Liba Potolsky … took them away and shot them in the Lachy forest, 2 kilometres from Pruzhany.

    P. 659 Consulted Where it was found

Death of Liba Potalsky