The Glassner family

Salomon Glassner emigrated from Poland in 1920 and his future wife, Chana Buksbaum, followed in 1931. Their son, David, was born in Antwerp at the end of 1931.

The Glassner family
Chana Buksbaum and Salomon Glassner, ca. 1931

Salomon Glassner emigrated from Poland in 1920 and his future wife, Chana Buksbaum, followed in 1931. Their son, David, was born in Antwerp at the end of 1931. A restaurant manager in 1940, Salomon Glassner had been reduced to working as a cook when he was registered in the list for Transport 17 on 29 October 1942. He was sent as forced labour to the construction of the Atlantic Wall in the North of France. The AJB informed Chana Buksbaum of the return of her husband and invited her to join him in Mechelen. She went there with her child and was put on the transport, the only consolation being that the family made the fatal journey in the same carriage. When the transport arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau on 3 November, the SS immediately executed 77 % of the women and girls. Chana Buksbaum, 35 years old, accompanied by her 11-year-old son, was a typical target for the special action of the SS. Although Salomon Glassner was 42 and could have been considered for internment, there is no further trace of him and the circumstances of his death are unknown.

Publication info

ADRIAENS Ward, STEINBERG Maxime (et al.), Mecheln-Auschwitz, 1942-1944. The destruction of Jews and gypsies from Belgium, 4 volumes, Brussels, 2009

Dr. Maxime Steinberg & Dr. Laurence Schram