The Nirenberg-Karpman family

These Polish Jews from Antwerp were all summoned to Mechelen, except for Szmul, 15, who had been ent for forced labour in Northern France, and was subsequently sent to Auschwitz on Transport 16 on 31 October 1942.

The Nirenberg-Karpman family
The Nirenberg family in the 1930s: Chaja Fajga, her brothers Szmul and Mojsza, their big sister, Chana, their parents, Abram Nirenberg and his wife, Estera Tyla Karpman

These Polish Jews from Antwerp were all summoned to Mechelen, except for Szmul, 15, who had been ent for forced labour in Northern France, and was subsequently sent to Auschwitz on Transport 16 on 31 October 1942. The rest of the family went to the Sammellager on 19 August 1942 and were destined for Transport 6. Chaja Fajga was 13, Mojsza 17, and Chana was 21. The father, Abram Nirenberg, was 45, while the mother, Estera Tyla Karpman, was 49. No further records of them remain, none of them survived deportation. Although Szmul survived the journey and was registered as fit for work under number 72.706 he did not live to tell his story.

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