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Lisa Nitzberg (née Meshengiser)

Records on this page tell what became of her

ליזע מעשענגיסער־ניצבערג

Also spelled Dr. Meshengiser-Nitzberg, Lisa Meschengisser-Nitzberg, Lisa Meshengiser, Liza Nitzberg, Lize Meshengiser

The paper names her in one piece, on 9 September 1934 (29 Elul 5694).

News and articles
1934

September 1934: 1 article, in the issue of 9 September 1934.

News and articles 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, she died in the Holocaust.

Years: Died 1943

  • Auschwitz

    Yad Vashem's record says:

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    Place of Death: Auschwitz,Camp,Poland; Status According to Source: murdered; Type of Material: Page of Testimony

    Record no. 1370532 Consulted Where it was found

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  • Auschwitz · 3 February 1943

    The Pruzhany memorial book (Pinkes fun finf fartilikte kehiles: Pruzshene, Bereze, Maltsh, Shershev, Selts (1958)) says:

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    וועווע ניצבערג — געבוירן 1890 אין פּרוזשענע; … מיט זיין פרוי, די דענטיסטין ליזע מעשנגיסער. … אומגעקומען דעם 3טן פעברואַר 1943 אין אוישוויץ, צוזאַמען מיט זיין פרוי ליזע מעשנגיסער—ניצבערג.

    Machine translation 

    Veve Nitzberg — born 1890 in Pruzhany; … with his wife, the dentist Lize Meshngiser. … Perished on the 3rd of February 1943 in Auschwitz, together with his wife Lize Meshngiser-Nitzberg.

    P. 748 Consulted Where it was found

  • Auschwitz

    The Pruzhany memorial book (Pinkes fun finf fartilikte kehiles: Pruzshene, Bereze, Maltsh, Shershev, Selts (1958)) says:

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    אומגעפער אַ פינפטל פון די טראַנספּאָרטן, וואָס זענען געבראַכט געוואָרן קיין אָשוויענטשים … ד״ר ליזע מעשענגיסער האָט נישט געקענט אַריבערטראָגן די ליידן, און ווען ס׳איז געקומען דער דאָקטער אויסקלייבן די מענטשן צום פאַרגאַזן, האָט זי אים געבעטן, ער זאָל זי אויך שיקן. ער האָט איר בקשה דערפילט.

    Machine translation 

    About a fifth of the transports that were brought to Auschwitz … Dr. Lize Meshengiser could not bear the suffering, and when the doctor came to select the people for gassing, she asked him to send her too. He granted her request.

    P. 633 Consulted Where it was found

  • Auschwitz (probable)

    From Morris Sorid's testimony of 26 February and 6 March 1986:

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    Unfortunately, he was also taken to Auschwitz with his wife and didn't hear from them anymore.

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Where the records place her

  1. Auschwitz

    From Morris Sorid's testimony of 26 February and 6 March 1986:

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    His wife, Dr. Lisa Nitzberg, she was a dentist. … Unfortunately, he was also taken to Auschwitz with his wife and didn't hear from them anymore.

    Consulted

As the family remembers it:

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Died in the Holocaust.

Note

Yad Vashem places her death at Pruzhany, on 1943: Place of Death: Pruzhany,Pruzana,Polesie,Poland; Date of Death: 01/1943; Status According to Source: murdered; Type of Material: List of persecuted persons

This differs from the record this page rests on: Yad Vashem records her death at Auschwitz.

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Death of Lisa Nitzberg (née Meshengiser)