Holocaust Memorial Day

[An (unfortunately) updated 2017 listing is here.]

Tonight begins Yom HaShoah--Holocaust Remembrance Day.  I grew up knowing that my father's parents were Holocaust survivors and had lost most of their families.  But my mother's family came to America well before WWII, and I never heard mention of anyone on my mother's side having been impacted by the Holocaust.  But as it turns out, my mother's family was greatly impacted as well--my maternal grandmother had aunts and uncles who were killed as well as first cousins and many others more distant.

Below is a list of my nearly 100 relatives who I know were killed in the Holocaust--many of whom were just small children.  There are many others for whom I have birth records and who disappear from records and were likely killed as well.

The back of my paternal grandparents' tombstone--their immediate family members killed in the Holocaust

Below are my relatives killed in the Holocaust, their approximate age at death, and how they are realated to me.

Name	Age	Relationship to Me
Baich, Avrohom Bajcz	57	Great grandfather
Diamond, Avrohom Tzvi	63	Great grandfather
Suttleman Diamond, Tzivia	52	Great grandmother
Fine, Moshe Dovid	80	Great-great grandfather
Diamond, Shlomo	13	Great uncle
Beitch, Molly	18	Great aunt
Diamond Mazurik, Kreina	27	Great aunt
Mazurik, David	abt 28	Great aunt's husband
Fine, Baila	45	Great-great aunt
Fine Wollich, Sara	51	Great-great aunt
Joshowitz Katz, Frieda	62	Great-great aunt
Rutner Holder, Malka	46	Great-great aunt
Rutner, Boruch Hirsch	63	Great-great uncle
Fuchs Rutner, Kreindel	57	Great-great uncle's wife & Third cousin, twice removed
Holder, Yosef	46	Great-great aunt's husband
Wollich, Yosef	55	Great-great aunt's husband
Grunberger Rutner, Etya Sheva	61	Great-great uncle's wife
Rutner, Wolf	88	Great-Great-Great uncle
Mazurik, Rivka	5	First cousin, once removed
Fuchs, Dovid	17	First cousin, twice removed
Fuchs, Shlomo Solomon	27	First cousin, twice removed
Holder, Itzik	18	First cousin, twice removed
Joshowitz, Esther	18	First cousin, twice removed
Joshowitz, Issac Myer Morris	35	First cousin, twice removed
Josovits-Katz, Itzik	34	First cousin, twice removed
Rutner Davidovics, Henya Rochel	36	First cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Mendel	42	First cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Rivka	19	First cousin, twice removed
Wollich Chechman, Cheike	32	First cousin, twice removed
Davidovics, Chaim	40	First cousin, twice removed's husband
Chechman, Mendel	abt 35	First cousin, twice removed's husband
Michel Rutner, Zelda	24	First cousin, twice removed's wife
Eizikovic, Menachem Mendel	45	First cousin, three times removed
Eizikovic, Avraham	33	First cousin, three times removed
Eizikovic, David Isaac	38	First cousin, three times removed
Engelman Steinmetz, Leah Mindia	48	First cousin, three times removed
Rutner, Mendel	37	First cousin, three times removed
Steinmetz, Shalom Zelig	46	First cousin, three times removed
Steinmetz, Shaul Aryeh	40	First cousin, three times removed
Zubkis, Tania	49	First cousin, three times removed
Lazovnik, Ovadia	53	First cousin, three times removed
Feig Rutner, Rochel Ruzena	33	First cousin, three times removed's wife
Yunger Eizikovic, Devorah	about 45	First cousin, three times removed's wife
Lazovnik, Lena Devora	42	First cousin, three times removed's wife
Rutner, Dovid Yitzchak Eizik	1	Second cousin, once removed
Chechman, Devora	8	Second cousin, once removed
Davidovics, Dovid Yitzchok Eizik	8	Second cousin, once removed
Josovits-Katz, Yosef	13	Second cousin, once removed
Rutner, Chana	13	Second cousin, once removed
Rutner, Shmuel Moshe	9	Second cousin, once removed
Rutner, Dovid Yitzchak Eizik	1	Second cousin, once removed
Elio Kriger	4	Second cousin, once removed
Eizikovic, Rephael	35	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Roizie	11	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Yaakov	3	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Yosi	14	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Esther	2	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Ezra	6	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Yosi	16	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Mordechai	abt 15	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Neshka	13	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Shmuel	abt 15	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Yechiel Mechel	5	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Mordechai	37	Second cousin, twice removed
Bogomolny, Klara	24	Second cousin, twice removed
Bogomolny, Yosef	10	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Yosef Leib	8	Second cousin, twice removed
Eizikovic, Zelda	11	Second cousin, twice removed
Fine, Chaya Clara	27	Second cousin, twice removed
Fine, Yechiel Mechal	30	Second cousin, twice removed
Fine, Yehudah Leib	21	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Ita	4	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Mendel	32	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Ruchlya Rozi	35	Second cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Smil	42	Second cousin, twice removed
Lazovnik, Mirelia	15	Second cousin, twice removed
Lazovnik, Suzelia	16	Second cousin, twice removed
Fuchs Eizikovic, Rivka	35	Second cousin, twice removed's wife
Feintuch, Herrman Hersh	81	Second cousin, three times removed
Feintuch, Nachman	67	Second cousin, three times removed
Rutner, Chaim	61	Second cousin, three times removed
Veisberger Feintuch, Chaya Sara	78	Second cousin, three times removed's wife
Eizikovic, Batsheva	2	Third cousin, once removed
Eizikovic, Menachem	4	Third cousin, once removed
Eizikovic, Shmuel	8	Third cousin, once removed
Eizikovic, Shmuel	6	Third cousin, once removed
Eizikovic, Shoshana	6	Third cousin, once removed
Rutner, Berko	15	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Aharon Mordechai	27	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Avraham Yehuda	28	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Dovid	24	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Etia	32	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner Lebovics, Rivka Regina	35	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Shmuel Moshe	20	Third cousin, twice removed
Rutner, Zelda	27	Third cousin, twice removed

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