Family Tree
Paternal Paternal Maternal Maternal grandfather grandmother grandfather grandmother
No No information No information Golda Wajgert-Najman information (nee ?) ?-1933
Father Mother
Herman Fischer Sabina Fischer 1866-1933 (nee Wajgert-Najman) 1892 - 1941
Siblings
Spouse Besza (f)
Roza (f) Interviewee Krystyna Najman Sala (f) (1st marriage: Dawid (m) Mieczyslaw Najman Sobczyk; nee ?) Mendele (m) 1916 1917 - 2001 Herszel (m) Tomka Friedman (nee Fischer) (f) 1902 – 1941 Klara (f) Children 1908 – 1942
Klara Kleiner (f) Daisa Najman ? - 1941 1960s Michal Najman (born Sabina Najman Fischer) (m) 1960s 1913 - 1993
Filip (m) 1925 - 1941
1 The interviewee and his family
Full name Mieczyslaw Najman (changed from Samuel Fischer due to hiding Jewish identity)
Where and when were you born?
Drohobycz, 30th September 1916
Where else did you live? Kielce, Walbrzych, Koszalin, Swinoujscie
Your educational level? Finished business college
What sort of work do/did you do? Before WWII: office assistant, bookkeeper After WWII: executive in socialist firms
How religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised? I wasn’t raised religious. I had my bar mitzvah, but I wasn’t interested in religion. We observed holidays, but I never went to synagogue. My father saw observing the commandments as more important than going to synagogue. Nor did he force his children to go to synagogue.
What is your mother tongue? Polish, Yiddish
What other languages do you speak? Russian, German
2 If you were in an army, tell us which army and the dates 1941 – 1943 – Red Army 1943 – 1945 – Polish Army in the USSR
Where were you during the Holocaust? On not occupied territory in Drohobycz, then in the Red Army and on the front in the USSR, Poland and Germany
What did you do after the Holocaust? I settled in Kielce, then I moved to Albrzych in western Poland and I started to work in state owned companies.
3 Siblings
Their names
Besza (stepsister from Father’s 1st marriage)
Roza (stepsister from Father’s 1st marriage)
Sala (stepsister from Father’s 1st marriage)
Dawid (stepbrother from Father’s 1st marriage)
Mendele (stepbrother from Father’s 1st marriage)
Herszel (stepbrother from Father’s 1st marriage) Tomka Friedman (nee Fischer) Klara Klara Kleiner Michal Najman (nee Fischer) Filip
Where and when were they born? Besza: No information Roza: No information Sala: No information Dawid: No information Mendele: No information Herszel: No information Tomka: 1902 Klara:1908 Klara Kleiner: No information Michal: 1913 Filip: 1925
What is their mother tongue? Yiddish, Polish
Their educational level? No information
Their occupations? Besza: No information Roza: No information
4 Sala: No information Dawid: No information Mendele: No information Herszel: Scientist Tomka, Klara, Klara Kleiner: Housewife Michal: No information Filip: N/A
Where do/did they live? Drohobycz
Where else did they live? Besza, Roza. Sala, Dawid, Mendele, Herszel: USA Michal: Poznan
Do they have children? Besza, Roza. Sala, Dawid, Mendele, Herszel: No information Tomka: two childen, killed in Holocaust Klara: Edziu (m), Darek (m), killed in Holocaust Klara Kleiner: Szomek (m), Jonas (m), killed in Holocaust Michal: two daughters Filip: none
Where and when did they die? Besza, Roza. Sala, Dawid, Mendele, Herszel: No information Tomka: Drohobycz, 1941 Klara: Drohobycz, 1942 Klara Kleiner: Drohobycz, 1941 Michal: Poznan, 1993 Filip: Drohobycz, 1941
5 Spouse Name? Krystyna Najman (in 1st marriage: Sobczyk; nee ?)
Where and when was he/she born? Kielce, 1917
Where else did he/she live? Wałbrzych, Koszalin, Swinoujscie
Is he/she Jewish? No, but she converted to Judaism.
What is his/her mother tongue? Polish
His/her educational level? Finished secondary school
Occupation? Housewife
Where and when did he/she die? Swinoujscie, 2001
Tell me anything you know about his/her siblings (Name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, name of wife and children, whether their family is Jewish and whether it is religious). One sister (no further information)
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Children
Their names? Daisa Najman Sabina Najman
Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews? Yes
Where and when were they born? Both in Poznan, 1960s
Where else did they live? Daisa: Swinoujscie Sabina: Swinoujscie, Israel
Their educational level? Both finished 8 years of elementary school
Their occupations? Both are housewives
How many grandchildren do you have? Five (no further information)
7 Father
His name? Herman Fisher (Jewish name: Hersz)
Where and when was he born? Probably Drohobycz, 1866
Where else did he live? -
Where and when did he die? Drohobycz, 1933
What sort of education did he have? Finished 4 years of elementar school
What sort of work did he do? Tailor
How religious was he? He prayed every morning, sometimes he went to synagogue. He saw observing the commandments as more important than going to synagogue. Nor did he force his children to go to synagogue, but he paid for a melamed to teach his sons.
What was his mother tongue? Yiddish
8 Army service: which army and what years? No information
Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)
Name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
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Paternal grandfather
Your paternal grandfather’s name? No information
Where and when was he born? No information
Where else did he live? No information
Where and when did he die? No information
What sort of education did he have? No information
What sort of work did he do? No information
How religious was he? No information
What was his mother tongue? No information
Army service: which army and what years? No information
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Tell me about his brothers and sisters.
Name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
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Paternal grandmother
Your paternal grandmother’s name? No information
Where and when was she born? No information
Where else did she live? No information
Where and when did she die? No information
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? No information
How religious was she? No information
What was her mother tongue? No information
12 Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before
13 Mother
Her name? Sabina Fischer (nee Wajgert – Najman)
Where and when was she born? Drohobycz, 1892
Where else did she live? -
Where and when did she die? Drohobycz, 1941
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? She was very religious. She prayed on Saturday, blessed the candles, she was very observant of those things. She observed kashrut.
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
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Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
Moryc Wajgert - No information Tradesman No information No information No information
Najman
Where was she during the Holocaust? Drohobycz, she was killed there in 1941
15 Maternal grandfather
Your maternal grandfather’s name? No information
Where and when was he born? No information
Where else did he live? No information
Where and when did he die? Place unknown, before 1900
What sort of education did he have? No information
What sort of work did he do? No information
How religious was he? No information
What was his mother tongue? No information
Army service: which army and what years? No information
16 Tell me about his brothers and sisters. name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was he during the Holocaust? Died before
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Maternal grandmother
Your maternal grandmother’s name? Golda Wajgert-Najman (nee ?)
Where and when was she born? No information
Where else did she live? Drohobycz
Where and when did she die? Drohobycz, 1933
What sort of education did she have? No information
What sort of work did she do? Housewife
How religious was she? She observed all the religious rules. She prayed,but she didn’t wear wig.
What was her mother tongue? Yiddish
18 Tell me about her brothers and sisters.
Name place and date of occupation biographical data biographical data describe how religious
birth/death and origins of of children they were
spouse
No information
Where was she during the Holocaust? Died before
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