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Family TreePaternal Paternal Maternal Maternal grandf grandmoth grandfathe grandmothe ather er r r ? Krygier ? Krygier ? Strahl Amalia Strahl ?-? (nee ?) ?-1890s (nee ?) ?-? ?-1910sFather MotherEisig Krygier Hanna Krygier 1875 - 1941 (nee Strahl) 1880 - 1941Siblings Spouse Interviewee Zygmunt Krygier Wilhelm Gemrot 1902-1983 Salomea Gemrot 1913-1985 Abraham Krygier (nee Krygier) 1904-? 1909 Majlech Krygier 1907-1941 Mojzesz Krygier 1911 - 1940 Children Salomon Krygier 1916 Alicja Gemrot Amalia Szif 1945 (nee Krygier) Krystyna Maultrie 1923 (nee Gemrot) 1950 Edmund Gemrot 19511 The interviewee and his familyFull name Salomea Gemrot (nee Krygier) (changed because of hiding Jewish identity/nationality in the 1940s, also because of marriage)Where and when were you born? Przybyszowka, 1909Where else did you live? Staroniwa, Niepolomice, Tarnow, WieliczkaYour educational level? Finished secondary school and Artistic Crafts’ School (Szkola Rzemiosl Artystycznych) in RzeszowWhat sort of work do/did you do? Housewife, tailor, nannyHow religious was your parents’ home? How were you raised? ‘My family was very religious. All the Jews from Przybyszowka would come and pray at our house and my father would lead the prayers. The whole Jewish community of our village was thankful to my parents for letting them use one of the rooms in our house. Before, everyone had to go to the synagogue in Rzeszow. My brothers were kohanim. My family dressed according to European fashion. As compared to other Jews in Przybyszowka we were more tolerant and more assimilated.’What is your mother tongue? Yiddish 2 How many other languages do you speak? Polish, some GermanWhere were you during the Holocaust? In hiding with four different families: Stachowicz and Wisniowski families in Staroniwa, Dybek family in Skolyszyn and the Gemrot family in Niepolomice.What did you do after the Holocaust? Housewife3 SiblingsTheir names Zygmunt Krygier (m) Abraham Krygier (m) (nickname: Roman) Majlech Krygier (m) (nickname: Maks) Mojzesz Krygier (m) (nickname: Monek) Salomon Krygier (m) (nickname: Salek) Amalia Szif (f) (nee Krygier) (nickname: Malinka)Where and when were they born? All in Przybyszowka Zygmunt: 1902 Abraham: 1904 Majlech : 1907 Mojzesz: 1911 Salomon: 1916 Amalia: 1923What is their mother tongue? Yiddish Their educational level? Zygmunt: finished elementary school, learned some accounting and jeweler’s craftsmanship Abraham: finished elementary school Majlech : finished elementary school Mojzesz: finished elementary school Salomon: finished secondary school Amalia: finished elementary schoolTheir occupations? Zygmunt: jeweler Abraham: no information Majlech : peasant Mojzesz: printer Salomon: salesman, factory worker Amalia: housewife, worked shortly as a masseuse4 Where do/did they live? All in StaroniwaWhere else did they live? Zygmunt: USSR, London (UK) Abraham: Argentina Mojzesz: USSR Salomon: USSR, Bielsko-Biala, Malmo (Sweden) Amalia: Niederstrahlbach (today Austria), Haifa (today Israel)Do they have children? Majlech: two sons Amalia: a son and a daughter, AmitWhere and when did they die? Zygmunt: London, 1983 Abraham: Argentina, date unknown Majlech: most likely killed in Belzec extermination camp, 1941 Mojzesz: killed by Germans, date and place unknown5 Spouse Name? Wilhelm Gemrot (nickname: Wilus)Where and when was he/she born? Petrvald (today Czech Republic), 1913Where else did he/she live? He lived on different private estates on both sides of the Polish-Czechoslovak border where his father worked as manager, Tarnow, WieliczkaIs he/she Jewish? NoWhat is his/her mother tongue? Polish His/her educational level? Finished vocation school for adults as locksmith and welderOccupation? He played wind-instruments in a military brass band before WWII. During the war he worked in an armory in Tarnow. He continued his musical career after the war for a short time. He later worked as a locksmith and a welder in the Lenin Ironworks in Nowa Huta, near Cracow.Tell me about his brothers and sisters. (name, date of birth and death, occupation, place of residence, family, etc.)He had four sister: Henryka (f), lived in Petrvald, Franciszka (nickname: Nuska), Maria and Waleria 6 ChildrenTheir names? Alicja Gemrot (f) (nickname: Ala) Krystyna Maultrie (nee Gemrot) (f) (nickname: Krysia) Edmund Gemrot (m) (nickname: Edziu)Were they raised Jewish/do they identify themselves as Jews? They did not have a Jewish upbringing, but they identify themselves as Jews. Where and when were they born? Alicja: Tarnow, 1945 Krystyna: Wieliczka, 1950 Edmund: Wieliczka, 1951Where else did they live? Alicja: Wieliczka Krystyna: London (UK), south of England Edmund: LondonTheir educational level? Alicja: graduated from the Pedagogical University in Cracow, MA in pedagogics and the Jagiellonian University in Cracow, MA in library studies Krystyna: enrolled to the University of Science and Technology in Cracow and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (no degree) Edmund: finished trade school in EnglandTheir occupations? Alicja: librarian Krystyna: works for a computer company Edmund: salesman in a private trade firmHow many grandchildren do you have? None7 FatherHis name? Eisig KrygierWhere and when was he born? Werynia, ca. 1875Where else did he live? England, Przybyszowka, StaroniwaWhere and when did he die? Most likely shot in forests near Rudna (near Rzeszow), 1941What sort of education did he have? Finished high school in EnglandWhat sort of work did he do? Accountant when in England; translator, assessor and peasant holder in RzeszowHow religious was he? He was religious but less so than Salomea Gemrot’s mother was. He was educated in England and therefore was more assimilated and liberal than the other Jews in the neighborhood. He led the prayers at his house on Sabbath and on holidays. He observed all high holidays. He dressed according to European fashion. 8 What was his mother tongue? YiddishArmy service: which army and what years? British Army: second Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1900 Austro-Hungarian KuK Army: World War I, 1918Tell 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 Biographical data of attitude to Jewish birth/death data and children traditions origins of spouseMajer Krygier Werynia, ? – Manager of a ? Krygier Renia (Renata) (f) No information(m) (most likely) home for (nee ?) ?, ? - (most likely) Treblinka, 1940s elderly Jews in ?, ? - (most Treblinka, 1940sCracow likely) Edzia (Edwarda) (f)Treblinka, ?, ? - (most likely) 1940s Treblinka, 1940sSamuel Krygier Werynia, birth No information ? Krygier Helena (f), teacher No information(m) date unknown; (no further Maria Milet (nee he lived in information) Krygier) (f), teacher,Gorlice, married to a lawyer, emigrated to Edmund MiletIsrael with his Dawid (m); lawyer, family after died in WWII in WWII UkraineRoman (m)Zelman [or Werynia, ? - Probably ? Krygier Had at least two He was the most Zalman] Krygier (most likely) shochet (nee ?) sons and one religious of all (m) Belzec, 1940s ?, ? - (most daughter brothers. He wore likely) Belzec, sidelocks. 1940sWhere was he during the Holocaust? Staroniwa, ghetto in Rzeszow, most likely shot in forests near Rudna, 19419 Paternal grandfatherYour paternal grandfather’s name? ? KrygierWhere and when was he born? Kolbuszowa, date unknownWhere else did he live? No informationWhere and when did he die? No informationWhat sort of education did he have? No informationWhat sort of work did he do? PeasantHow religious was he? Probably was religious (no further information)What was his mother tongue? No information10 Army service: which army and what years? No informationTell me about his brothers and sisters.Name Place and date of Occupation Biographical data biographical data attitude to Jewish birth/death and origins of of children traditions spouseNo informationWhere was he during the Holocaust? Died before11 Paternal grandmotherYour paternal grandmother’s name? ? Krygier (nee ?)Where and when was she born? No informationWhere else did she live? Werynia, PrzybyszowkaWhere and when did she die? Cracow, before WWIIWhat sort of education did she have? No informationWhat sort of work did she do? HousewifeHow religious was she? ‘She was very religious. She read the Bible [Old Testament] to me. She taught me all the religious principles, customs. When there were prayers, Grandmother would take me there and hold my hand. And she forced me to listen well and explained what it was all about, what the significance of each prayer was.’What was her mother tongue? Yiddish12 Tell me about his brothers and sisters.Name Place and date of Occupation biographical data biographical data attitude to Jewish birth/death and origins of of children traditions spouseNo informationWhere was she during the Holocaust? Died before13 MotherHer name? Hanna Krygier (nee Strahl)Where and when was she born? Przybyszowka, ca. 1880Where else did she live? StaroniwaWhere and when did she die? Most likely shot in forests near Rudna (near Rzeszow), 1941What sort of education did she have? No informationWhat sort of work did she do? HousewifeHow religious was she? ‘She lit candles on Friday. She observed the high holidays. She did not, however, wear a wig. Her cooking was completely kosher, because she was very religious. We followed all Jewish traditions.’What was her mother tongue? Yiddish14 Tell me about his brothers and sisters.Name place and date of Occupation biographical data Biographical data attitude to Jewish birth/death and origins of of children traditions spouseJozef Strahl (m) Przybyszowka, ? Brickmaker ? Strahl Zygmunt Strahl No information- Tarnow, before (nee ?) (m), violinistWWII (in work Jaroslaw, ? - ? ? Strahl (m), accident) dentist in the USASabina Strahl (f), b. 1908, immigrated to USA before WWII? Strahl (f)Maria ? (nee Przybyszowka, ? Housewife No information None No informationStrahl) (f) - Vienna (today Austria), before WWIIBerta Star Przybyszowka, ? Housewife ? Sternszus from Erich Star (m) No information(changed from - Germany, ? Rzeszow, ? - ?, ? Roza Star (f)Sternszus was in dairy Single, pianist and because of business soprano in Cologne assimilation) (today Germany)(nee Strahl) (f) Two more sons (no information on them)Where was she during the Holocaust? Staroniwa, ghetto in Rzeszow, most likely shot in forests near Rudna (near Rzeszow), 194115 Maternal grandfatherYour maternal grandfather’s name? ? StrahlWhere and when was he born? Hungary, date unknown Where else did he live? PrzybyszowkaWhere and when did he die? Przybyszowka, 1890sWhat sort of education did he have? No information What sort of work did he do? Peasant holder, brick-yard, restaurant and alcohol distillery ownerHow religious was he? No informationWhat was his mother tongue? No informationArmy service: which army and what years? No information16 Tell me about his brothers and sisters.Name Place and date of Occupation Biographical data Biographical data attitude to Jewish birth/death and origins of of children traditions spouseNo informationWhere was he during the Holocaust? Died before17 Maternal grandmotherYour maternal grandmother’s name? Amalia Strahl (nee ?)Where and when was she born? Ropczyce, date unknownWhere else did she live? PrzybyszowkaWhere and when did she die? Przybyszowka, 1910sWhat sort of education did she have? No informationWhat sort of work did she do? HousewifeHow religious was she? No informationWhat was her mother tongue? No information18 Tell me about his brothers and sisters.Name Place and date of occupation Biographical data Biographical data attitude to Jewish birth/death and origins of of children traditions spouseNo informationWhere was she during the Holocaust? Died before19

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