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) 6 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 9 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 10 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 11 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 14 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 17 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 19 .