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Father: no information
Mother: no information
Spouse: Mascha (Masza) Zelewinski, née Rotenberg, b. ca. 1923
Children:
Biographical information:
Born May 5, 1918. Arrested in Lomza, July 1941. Imprisoned in Auschwitz, then Buchenwald. Liberated March 11, 1945.
Lived in Bamberg and Fürth from August 22, 1945 to 1949. Married April 10, 1948 in Bamberg.
Embarked on October 14, 1949 on the General Sturgis for the U.S. with wife and children after passing through two displaced persons camps. With assistance from the USNA (United Services for New Americans), stayed first at the Sheraton Hotel, Pittsburgh. Resided at 234 Amboy St., Brooklyn, in 1955.
Died February 4, 1996, in Brooklyn.
According to various documents collected by the International Red Cross tracing service (ITS, now the International Center on Nazi Persecution), Chaim Zelewinski was also known under the name Abram Czerwin, specifically Abram Czerwin of Lomza, for whom the birth date is given as 1915.
Chaim Zelewinski was interned at Auschwitz with number 89115 and then transferred to Buchenwald with number 117 334, also recorded in some documents as 11733. On the final ICCR certificate both of the latter numbers occur.
Our source, Jason Grossman, has many documents relating to Chaim Zelewinski, including many from the Arolsen Archives. One group of 6 may be found at https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/5713464/?p=1&s=Abram%20Czerwin&doc_id=5713465 in the form of 12 photographs (front/back).
We have another group of 19 documents as a 36 page pdf, documenting the long correspondence with the Bavarian Restitution Department (BLEA) about this matter, from 1955 to 1963.
We mention some of these.
Sources:
Jason Grossman, grandson
Arolsen Archive, 6 documents, 12 photos (front/back)
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