Born: Shlomek Wachsberg
Chrzanów, Poland
October 26, 1921
Died:
October 27, 1991
Survivor David Wachsberg grew up in the town of Chrzanów, Poland with his siblings Charles (Chaimek), Sol (Shlomek), and Ann (Chana, married name Blum). He remembered experiencing antisemitism after the German invasion of Poland in September 1939. Wachsberg was imprisoned in multiple forced labor camps before being liberated by the Soviet army in 1945. He stayed in displaced persons camps before coming to the United States on October 31, 1949.
Parents:
Simon Wachsberg, d. Auschwitz, 1943
Gitel Lieberman Wachsberg, d. Auschwitz, 1943
Siblings:
Charles, (b. Chaimek), survived
Sol (b. Shlomek), survived
Ann (b. Chana), survived