Moniek Baumel / Martin Baumel (M / Poland, 1931), Holocaust survivor

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Moniek Baumel / Martin Baumel (M / Poland, 1931), Holocaust survivor.

Biography

Moniek Baumel was born January 6, 1931 in Demblin-Irena, near Lublin, Poland. He was the youngest of the seven children of Lajzer and Sara.

The family was forced to live in the Demblin-Irena Ghetto. He and his father worked as slave laborers on the large airfield in Demblin-Irena until the summer of 1944.

Separated from his father, Moniek was selected to work at KZ Czestochowa and was then taken to Buchenwald in January 1945. He endured the ‘death march’ to Theresienstadt where he was liberated in May 1945.

Moniek was brought to England in August 1945 as one of Windermere Children. In 1950 he was reunited with his mother and sister Czarna. They emigrated to the United States.

Sources

  • USHMM Database (Martin Baumel, 1930) -- YES
  • 45aid.org (Martin Baumel, 1931) -- YES

External links

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