Legal declaration of Holocaust experiences by Samuel Baral
ObjektnummerM2023/009:010
TitelLegal declaration of Holocaust experiences by Samuel Baral
BeskrivningTwo typed pages relating to the Holocaust experiences by Samuel Baral (b.26 April 1904). This declaration was presented to the German Consul through the Australian Jewish Welfare Society. Ignacy Preiss was called as a witness for Baral's claim.
In the testimony, Samuel briefly relates his life as a fur trader before he was forced to wear a white arm band with the Star of David. He was moved to the Krakow ghetto and was forced to work for the German military in the Kuerschner workshop making soldiers clothing. In 1943, he was transferred to Plaszow.
He was liberated in Brunnlitz by the Russians in May 1945, travelling to Israel and then Australia in 1953.
Ignacy (Ignatz) Preiss was born in December 1897 in Bochnia, Poland and married Helene Chaja Preiss (nee Lauber). They had two children, Alfreda born in 1931 and Anna born in 1937. The family lived in Krakow, Poland, where he worked as a dental equipment sales representative. The family registered for identification cards on 22 February 1941 in the days before the Krakow Ghetto was established. This is the last known record of Helene, Alfreda and Anna alive.
When the Krakow Ghetto was liquidated in March 1943, Ignatz was transferred to Plaszow forced labour camp. His descendants believe Ignatz worked in the kitchen and recall him attributing his survival to hiding pieces of food in his trousers. In 1944, with the imminent liquidation of Plaszow, his nephew Edmund (known as Mundek) Korn used his contacts with those compiling Schindler's list to arrange for Ignatz and other members of his family to be included in the group who were transported to Brunnlitz labour camp in Czechoslovakia, the site of Oskar Schindler's armaments factory.
Ignatz is listed as number #424 on Schindler's lists. Ignatz's birth year was falsified on the list to make him two years younger. Following the liberation of Brunnlitz labour camp by the Russians on 9 May 1945, Ignatz returned to Krakow where he soon met his second wife, Maria Futterweid (nee Reich).
Maria Futterweid had also been married to Alec Futterweid before the war and they had a daughter, Lucy, born in Lvov, Poland in 1940. Maria was working as a bookkeeper at a flour mill when the roundup of Jews in Lvov commenced. The family relate the German who had taken over the flour mill during the Aryanization of businesses, was fond of her and warned her to run away. She and her husband were able to obtain false papers identifying them Catholics. However, before Maria left, Lucy was ripped from her arms and murdered in front of her. Her husband Alec did not survive. She ultimately travelled to Krakow after the end of the war. Of her nine siblings, only Maria and two brothers survived.
After the war Ignatz and Maria married in 1946 in Krakow where Ignatz worked in another dental supply business. In 1947 with the threat of communism looming, they left Poland heading for Paris in the hope of obtaining visas to migrate to the USA, Australia, or Israel. Although they had sponsors in both the USA and Australia, the initial visa applications failed due to Ignatz advanced age. They had a daughter, Ines, in 1949 and once their daughter Ines was born, they were reclassified and were eventually granted visas to both the USA and Australia. They chose Australia, travelling on the Cyrenia in 1950. Settling in Bondi, Ignatz and Maria went on to have another daughter Rachel born in 1954. She died at the age of 10 weeks from complications of surgery to separate her oesophagus and trachea. The couple established the 'I + M Preiss' factory making ladies belts, buttons and buckles.
Having survived the war and having been granted a new lease of life Ignatz rededicated himself to orthodox Judaism. He was a founding member of the "Yeshiva" Flood Street synagogue which he attended several times a week throughout the rest of his life. As an orthodox Jew he was devoted to the "Yeshiva" community and a strong supporter of Jewish education.
Ignatz passed away in 1973 and Maria in 1979.
In the testimony, Samuel briefly relates his life as a fur trader before he was forced to wear a white arm band with the Star of David. He was moved to the Krakow ghetto and was forced to work for the German military in the Kuerschner workshop making soldiers clothing. In 1943, he was transferred to Plaszow.
He was liberated in Brunnlitz by the Russians in May 1945, travelling to Israel and then Australia in 1953.
Ignacy (Ignatz) Preiss was born in December 1897 in Bochnia, Poland and married Helene Chaja Preiss (nee Lauber). They had two children, Alfreda born in 1931 and Anna born in 1937. The family lived in Krakow, Poland, where he worked as a dental equipment sales representative. The family registered for identification cards on 22 February 1941 in the days before the Krakow Ghetto was established. This is the last known record of Helene, Alfreda and Anna alive.
When the Krakow Ghetto was liquidated in March 1943, Ignatz was transferred to Plaszow forced labour camp. His descendants believe Ignatz worked in the kitchen and recall him attributing his survival to hiding pieces of food in his trousers. In 1944, with the imminent liquidation of Plaszow, his nephew Edmund (known as Mundek) Korn used his contacts with those compiling Schindler's list to arrange for Ignatz and other members of his family to be included in the group who were transported to Brunnlitz labour camp in Czechoslovakia, the site of Oskar Schindler's armaments factory.
Ignatz is listed as number #424 on Schindler's lists. Ignatz's birth year was falsified on the list to make him two years younger. Following the liberation of Brunnlitz labour camp by the Russians on 9 May 1945, Ignatz returned to Krakow where he soon met his second wife, Maria Futterweid (nee Reich).
Maria Futterweid had also been married to Alec Futterweid before the war and they had a daughter, Lucy, born in Lvov, Poland in 1940. Maria was working as a bookkeeper at a flour mill when the roundup of Jews in Lvov commenced. The family relate the German who had taken over the flour mill during the Aryanization of businesses, was fond of her and warned her to run away. She and her husband were able to obtain false papers identifying them Catholics. However, before Maria left, Lucy was ripped from her arms and murdered in front of her. Her husband Alec did not survive. She ultimately travelled to Krakow after the end of the war. Of her nine siblings, only Maria and two brothers survived.
After the war Ignatz and Maria married in 1946 in Krakow where Ignatz worked in another dental supply business. In 1947 with the threat of communism looming, they left Poland heading for Paris in the hope of obtaining visas to migrate to the USA, Australia, or Israel. Although they had sponsors in both the USA and Australia, the initial visa applications failed due to Ignatz advanced age. They had a daughter, Ines, in 1949 and once their daughter Ines was born, they were reclassified and were eventually granted visas to both the USA and Australia. They chose Australia, travelling on the Cyrenia in 1950. Settling in Bondi, Ignatz and Maria went on to have another daughter Rachel born in 1954. She died at the age of 10 weeks from complications of surgery to separate her oesophagus and trachea. The couple established the 'I + M Preiss' factory making ladies belts, buttons and buckles.
Having survived the war and having been granted a new lease of life Ignatz rededicated himself to orthodox Judaism. He was a founding member of the "Yeshiva" Flood Street synagogue which he attended several times a week throughout the rest of his life. As an orthodox Jew he was devoted to the "Yeshiva" community and a strong supporter of Jewish education.
Ignatz passed away in 1973 and Maria in 1979.
ProduktionsplatsFrance
Datum 1948-10
Produktionsperiodpost World War II
Objektnamntestimonies
Materialpaper
Dimensioner
- width: 201.00 mm
height: 124.00 mm
Språk
- German Legal Document Confirmation.
Referring to the meaning of a Sworn Declaration I am herewith declaring, being Samuel Baral, residing at Flat 2, 322 Edgecliff Road Woolahra, NSW Australia, as a sworn declaration:
I am born on 26.10.1904 in Krakow. I attended the Polish Elementary school in Krakow from 1910 up to 1917 and the High School from 1917 to 1919. I was an employee in the Viennese business association from 1920 to 1921, working in the fur trading of Juda Baral in Krakow from 1921 -1039. After the German occupation in September 1939 I was compelled, I believe it was in December 1939, to wear a white armband with a white Star of David. At the same time I had to report every time to work and every time allocated the work. When the they set up the Ghetto on 20 March 1941 I moved to the Janowa Wola 4 and was employed by the German military in the Kuerschner workshop where we had to make soldiers’ fur clothing. On the 13 March 1943 I was transferred to the camp Plaszow near Krakow. There I stayed in barracks and had to make fur clothing for the German army.
On the 16.October 1944 I was moved into the concentration camp Gross-Rosen and put up in the local transfer section in barracks No. 9. There I remained till 23 October 1944. On 24 October 1944 I was moved to the Bruennlitz branch where I stayed until the 9 May 1945 when we were liberated by the Russians. There I lived in a stable and more or less busy there, using Hydrochloric acid with V 2 grenades for preparation. After the liberation I returned to Krakow and left illegally in October 1945. I travelled to Budapest from where I emigrated to Israel and from there to Australia
KreditSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Ines Krauss. This collection is donated in memory of all the relatives who perished during the Shoah and my parents Maria & Ignacy Preiss.