We are trying to learn if our cousin, Dijna Engelander Stroz, had any children who survived WWII. What little we know is below. In particular, it appears that her daughter, Laja Stroz, may have survived.
Note the in Polish, the name had an accent on the o and a dot over the z. In English the name would be pronounced stroosh.
Dina>Dijna (Englender) Stroz
born. 13 Apr 1881, Mstów, Poland
died. 4 Jun 1943, Sobibor (death campus), Poland
home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam >> Sobibor death camp (Poland).
& Ejzyk Lejb >> Ajzijk Lejb Stroz
born. 18 Jul 1879, Czestochowa, Poland
died. 29 Apr 1935, Amsterdam
home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam.
marr. 1929, Czestochowa, Poland
| Laja Englender>>Stroz
| born. 3 Apr 1906, (also listed as 10 Apr 1906), Czestochowa, Poland
| died. 3 Oct 1944, Midden-Europa; or 1 Oct 1944, Theresienstadt to Auschwitz
| home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam >> Theresienstadt to Auschwitz.
(More detail is below.)
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A good search engine for Jews in Amsterdam:Marktkaarten = permission to work in street (street seller). These are market licenses from the period 1922-1954.http://www.gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/genealogie/marktkaarten/zoek/
Note: marktkaarten records do usually have photographs!
Standplaats = the name of the market where the licensee was selling his/her goods.Our Stroz/Englender family lived in Amsterdam on the Dijkstraat 8 (street) and had stalls on the markets at: Nieuwmarkt/Westerstraat/Waterlooplein/Uilenburg.
Known members of our Stroz/Englender family in Amsterdam:
Kaarthouder |
Geboren | Eega | Woonadres | Markt | Foto |
Stroz, A. |
?-?-? |
|
Dijkstraat 5 |
Nieuwmarkt |
ja |
Stroz, A. |
?-?-? |
|
Dijkstraat 8 |
Westerstraat |
ja |
Stroz, A. |
?-?-? |
|
Dijkstraat 8 |
Westerstraat |
ja |
Stroz, A. |
1-5-1879 |
Engelander |
Dijkstraat 8 |
Waterlooplein |
ja |
Stroz, Aziek |
1-5-1879 |
|
Dijkstraat 8 |
Uilenburg |
ja |
Stroz, Aziek |
1-5-1879 |
|
Dijkstraat 8 |
Uilenburg |
ja |
Stroz-Engelander, D. |
20-4-1881 |
Stroz, D. |
Dijkstraat 8 |
Waterlooplein |
ja |
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http://www.gemeentearchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/genealogie/gezinskaarten/zoek
"gezinskaart": an old system to write the names of the children and their date of birth on a thick piece of paper, and above that paper the names of the parents are written ("gezin" = family)
Gezinskaarten = Family cards or Family recordsKnown members of our Stroz/Englender family in Amsterdam:
Voorl [initial] |
Naam | Geb.datum [date of birth] |
A.L. |
Stroz |
1-5-1879 |
I. |
Stroz |
6-5-1901 |
I. |
Stroz |
?-?-? |
L. |
Stroz |
10-4-1906 |
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Stroz Hercko - 30.3.1868 Czestochowa - 21.5.1943 Sobibor [= brother of Aziek Leib Stroz]Stroz-Engelender Dijna - 1881 Czestochowa - 4.6.1943 Sobibor [my cousin]
Stroz Laja - 10.4.1906 Czestochowa - 3.10.1944 (middle of Europa) [child of woman above]
Stroz-Przyrowski Matjty - 4.5.1908 Radomsk - 21.5.1943 Sobibor
STRUS, Reichl married to Zwartverwer 04-02-1889 Censtochou - 21-05-1943 Sobibor
PRZYROWSKI, Maity married to a Stroz 05-04-1908 Radomsk - 21-05-1943 Sobibor
STROZ, Gitla married to a Borzykowski 18-04-1895 Czestochowa - 04-06-1943 Sobibor
STROZ, Sura married to a Himel 16-09-1874 Czestochowa - 04-06-1943 Sobibor
STROZ, Hela married to a Samsonowicz 28-04-1897 Czestocowa - 01-10-1942 Auschwitz
BORZYKOWSKI, David 13-11-1892 Janow - 04-06-1943 Sobibor
BORZYKOWSKI, Herman 30-10-1927 Amsterdam - 04-06-1943 Sobibor
PRZYROWSKI, Dawid 15-01-1896 Radomsk - 06-06-1943 Sobibor (not for sure)
PRZYROWSKI, Jacques 30-11-1934 Amsterdam - 06-06-1943 Sobibor
PRZYROWSKI, Mozes Chaim 28-09-1901 Strzadkov - 11-06-1943 Sobibor
GLIKSMAN, Gitla married to a Przykowski 20-04-1901 Radomsk - 11-06-1943 Sobibor
GLÜCKSMANN, Maria Married to a Przykowski 28-07-1897 Radomsko - 04-06-1943 Sobibor
HIMEL, Hercko 30-05-1910 Klobucko - 26-04-1945 Walderbach
SAMSONOWICZ, Frieda 23-02-1928 Amsterdam - 01-10-1942 Auschwitz
SAMSONOWICZ, Herman 28-9-1925 Amsterdam - 25-01-1943 Auschwitz
SAMSONOWICZ, Israël 19-10-1895 Czestochowa - 31-01 1943 Auschwitz
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More detail on my Stroz tree:
Dina>Dijna (Englender) Stroz
born. 13 Apr 1881, Mstw, Poland
died. 4 Jun 1943, Sobibor (death campus), Poland
home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam >> Sobibor death camp (Poland).
note1. Strz, with dot on z {Strooj}.
note2. 1881 Birth cert: Mstw B21, reg 20 Apr 1881, 9am; child Dina, b. 13 Apr 1881, 5:00am, Mstw.
note3. 1881 Birth cert: father Fiszel Englender 49 tailor inhabitant of Mstw; mother Laja Fiksel 30.
note4. 1881 Birth cert: witnesses Vigdor Ryhter 41 shkolnik, and Moska Griljak 40 homeownerboth inhabitants of Mstw.
note5. Czestochowa perm res list: Laya Englender>>Stroz, born 1881, Mstw, married "with husband."
note6. Czestochowa perm res list: Parents Fiszel and Laya Fiksel.
note7. Amsterdam archives: Dijna came from Czesto, joined Ajzijk Lejb on 13 Sep 1930, at Dijkstraat 8.
note8. Amsterdam archives: Aziek (A.L.) Stroz, b 1-May-1879, residence Dijkstraat 5 or 8.
note9. Amsterdam archives: Aziek, streetseller at Nieuwmarkt, Westerstraat, Waterlooplein, and/or Uilenburg.
note10. Amsterdam archives: D. Stroz-Engelander, b 20-Apr-1881, residence Dijkstraat 8, streetseller at Waterlooplein.
note11. Amsterdam archives: L. Stroz, b 10-Apr-1906, joined her parents on 13 Sep 1930.
note12. Amsterdam archives: The family moved to address Recht Boomsloot 13, Amsterdam, on 6 Feb 1937.
note13. Amsterdam archives: Transport Westerbork 1 Jun 1943, Amsterdam to transit camp Westerbork.
note14. Dutch Jew: "Dijna Strz-Engelender, b 1881, Czestochowa, d 4-Jun-1943, Sobibor."
note15. Dutch Jew: "Laja Strz, b 10 Apr 1906, Czestochowa, d 3 Oct 1944, Midden-Europa*."
note16. Nether. Nat. Arch., The Hague: 9 Feb 1950: newspaper-message concerning Dijna; I haven't seen yet.
note17. Note: Sobibor (near Lublin, Poland) opened March or May 1942; closed 14 Oct 1943 after inmate revolt.
note18. Note: Approx 250,000 Dutch, French, and Polish were killed at Sobibor, mostly Jews.
note19. Note: Most of the deported/murdered Dutch Jews went to Auschwitz or Sobibor.
note20. http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/Sobibor.html
note21. http://www.us-israel.org/jsource/Holocaust/Sobibortoc.html
note22. http://www.jewishgen.org/forgottencamps/Camps/SobiborEng.html
& Ejzyk Lejb >> Ajzijk Lejb Stroz
born. 18 Jul 1879, Czestochowa, Poland
died. 29 Apr 1935, Amsterdam
bur. Diemen (no longer exists), Amsterdam
home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam.
note1. 1879 Birth cert: Must be Czestochowa, B146, Ejzyk Lejb Struz.
note2. 1911 Listed as a witness for Estera Brodas birth (Aizyk Stroz 32 [= b 1879]).
note3. Czestochowa perm res list: Eizik Leib Stroz, b 6/18 Jul 1879 Czestochowa, parents Shiya and Chaya Faersztejn.
note4. Czestochowa perm res list: Married, occupation waitor, at house 398.
note5. Czestochowa perm res list: Warszawska 48 [added in pencil].
note6. Amsterdam Arch: Ejzyk Lejk Stroz, b 1 May 1879 Czesto, [to Amsterdam] 15 Aug 1930.
note7. Amsterdam Arch: Ejzyk Lejk stayed with [nephew] Icek Stroz, b 6 May 1901 Czesto, professional tailor.
note8. Amsterdam Arch: (Wife of Icek is Rosa Anna Kiesewetter, b 18 Jan 1898 Scheibe Thuringen.)
note9. Amsterdam Arch: (Son of Icek and Rosa Anna is Karel, b 20 Mar 1930, Amsterdam.)
note10. Amsterdam Arch: Ejzyk Lejk Stroz begins staying on his own beginning 8 Sep 1930, at Dijkstraat 8.
note11. Amsterdam archives: The family moved to address Recht Boomsloot 13, Amsterdam, on 6 Feb 1937.
note12. Amsterdam Arch: Ejzyk Lejk Stroz, d 29 Apr 1935, Amsterdam.
marr. 1929, Czestochowa, Poland
| Laja Englender>>Stroz
| born. 3 Apr 1906, (also listed as 10 Apr 1906), Czestochowa, Poland
| died. 3 Oct 1944, Midden-Europa; or 1 Oct 1944, Theresienstadt to Auschwitz
| home. Czestochowa >> Amsterdam >> Midden-Europa or Theresienstadt to Auschwitz.
| note1. 1906 Birth cert: Czestochowa, B1703? B1708?, born at home 21 Mar/3 Apr 1906; reg 26 Apr/9 May 1906, 10am.
| note2. 1906 Birth cert: Child Laja Englender; mother unmarried Dina Englender 25 resident of Czestochowa.
| note3. 1906 Birth cert: [No father listed.]
| note4. 1906 Birth cert: Witness Szymon Voznica 58 hospital worker, resident of Czestochowa.
| note5. 1906 Birth cert: Witness Sasza Stroz 36 [=b 1870] shoemaker, resident of Czestochowa.
| note6. 1906 Birth cert: Delay due to illness of babys mother
| note7. 1929 Addition to birth cert: Ejzyk Lejb Stroz recognizes Laja as his child, in marriage document M135,
| note8. 1929 Addition to birth cert: Dated 4 Dec 1912, Czestochowa; as per Czestochowa registrar 12 Jan 1929.
| note9. Czestochowa perm res list: Laja Englender (Russian) changed to Laja Stroz (Polish--thus after 1918?).
| note10. Czestochowa perm res list: Mother Dina (Russian), b 21 Mar/3 Apr 1906, single, "with mother."
| note11. Czestochowa perm res list: "Repaired 14 Jan 1929" [presumably because of subsequent marriage of mother].
| note12. Amsterdam archives: Laja Stroz, b 10 Apr 1906, not married.
| note13. Amsterdam archives: Lived on her own and had her own registry card (before joining her parents)....
| note14. Amsterdam archives: Registered at Rapenburgerstraat 15, 1928 (date undreadable).
| note15. Amsterdam archives: Joined her parents--registered at Dijkstraat 8, 29 Oct 1930.
| note16. Amsterdam archives: Profession "d.b." (perhaps is dienstbode = maid).
| note17. Amsterdam archives: The family moved to address Recht Boomsloot 13, Amsterdam, on 6 Feb 1937.
| note18. Dutch national archives: Dossier nr. 110481, b 10-Apr-1906, kleermaakster (= female tailor).
| note19. Dutch national archives: Unmarried, daughter of Ejzijk Lejb and Dyna Engelender.
| note20. Dutch national archives: Last residence Amsterdam, Nieuwe Achtergracht 8. II [2nd level, European].
| note21. Nether. Nat Arch, The Hague: Last place and addr in Netherlands after 9 May 1940, Amsterdam, Nw. Achtergracht.
| note22. Nether. Nat Arch, The Hague: The Hague: Laja on transport 25 Feb 1944, from Westerbork to Theresienstadt.
| note23. Nether. Nat Arch, The Hague: Laja on transport 1 Oct 1944 from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz.
| note24. Dutch Jew: "Laja Strz, b 10 Apr 1906, Czestochowa, d 3 Oct 1944, Midden-Europa*."
| note25. Beit Terezin (Israel): Laja Stroz, b 10 Apr 1906, Czestochowa.
| note26. Beit Terezin (Israel): To Theresienstadt from Holland 26 Feb 1944.
| note27. Beit Terezin (Israel): [German Theresienstadt Mem Book: transport "Em" 1 Oct 1944, Theresienstadt to Auschwitz.]
| note28. Beit Terezin (Israel): To Auschwitz 1 Oct 1944; did not return.
Daniel Kazez
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