Malka and Mayer Goldberg, in the 1930s - Bernhard Goldberg, their son - Rosa Kardimann, their daughter-in-law
Mayer Goldberg and his wife, Malka, née Goldberg, and their 24-year-old son, Bernhard, emigrated from Mannheim in Germany in 1929. As for Rosa Kardimann, she emigrated from Ludwigshafen in 1933. In 1939 she gave birth to little Raymond Goldberg.
The entire family was officially registered and lived in Rue du Lavoir in Brussels. During the great night raid of 3 September 1942, which targeted the area around the Gare du Midi, seventeen Jews were arrested in this street, although the Goldberg’s house escaped the attentions of the Germans. The family was picked up two months after the raid. On 19 November, their names were entered on the deportation list for Transport 18. However, following the intervention of the AJB, Raymond, 3, was transferred to one of the AJB’s homes. His grandfather, Mayer, 66, died during his stay in the Dossin Barracks. An attack of dementia led to his hospitalization in the Onze Lieve Vrouw Gasthuis. A death certificate dated 1st January 1943 records his death in the hospital.
His widow, Malka Goldberg, 66, his son, Bernard Goldberg, 37, and his daughter-in-law, Rosa Kardimann, 34, were put on Transport 18 on 15 January 1943. This is the last record of their life on earth.
