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Cirl
Feigenbaum Mandel
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| The
Mandel and Feigenbaum Families |
(Descriptions of pictures from top to bottom, left to right)
PICTURES FROM THE MANDEL FAMILY:
In the first picture are my aunts Pearl, Pauline and Gitel.
In the second picture are my cousins Sara and Hinda. In the
third picture are my father’s cousins who came from
America to my father’s wedding, and my father’s
two sisters Gitel and Chaja. The fourth picture is of my father
praying in Jerusalem by the Western Wall.
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PICTURES
FROM MY WIFE’S FAMILY, THE FEIGNBAUMS:
The first picture is of the family including the parents, children
and one grandchild. The second picture is of my wife, brother
and sister-in-law. In the third picture are my wife, brother,
sister-in-law and the little boy and his grandmother. |
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| My
name is Cirl Feigenbaum Mandel. I was born on June 3, 1927to
Sarah and Leon Feigenbaum in Szydlowce, Poland. My oldest brother’s
name was Charles Feigenbaum. He was married to Helen and had
a son named Samuel. My next brother was Ben. I also had a sister
named Haddy. Unfortunately, my beloved family was killed during
the Holocaust. |
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1942 I was taken to a concentration camp by the Nazis. The camp
was in Skrzysko, Poland. I stayed in that camp (which was an
ammunitions camp) for two years. In 1944 I went to another concentration
camp in Chenstocjowa, Poland. I worked in ammunitions again,
and had very little to eat. |
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January 1945 I was liberated from the camp. I went back to my
birthplace, but unfortunately none of my family survived. |
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remained in my town for two months under very severe conditions.
I had hardly any food to eat and no clothing other than what
was on my back. |
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went from city to city until I cam to Lodz, Poland. While in
Lodz, I recalled that my father had brothers in America. |
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wrote to the Szydlowce Organization and they were able to put
me in contact with my family in America. In 1947 I went to America.
I worked in a clothing factory. In 1950 I married my wonderful
husband, Solomon Mandel. I have two children and three granddaughters.
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