Proof of marriage document for Maria Preiss
ObjektnummerM2023/009:006
TitelProof of marriage document for Maria Preiss
BeskrivningDocument authorised by the Rabbinate and Registry Office in Krakow confirming Maria was previously married to Aron Futterweid.
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.
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 1949 - 1949
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- Polish
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.