Wajcblum Weissman, Hanna Anna 'Hanka' bat Yaakov (Jakub)

Birth Name Wajcblum Weissman, Hanna Anna 'Hanka' bat Yaakov (Jakub) [1]
Birth Name חנה בת יעקב

    Hannah חנה means He (God) has Favoured Me/Favours Me (i.e. with a child). or Gracious.
    Variants:
    * Hanna
    * Hana
    * Chana
    * Ana
    Hannah חנה is the name of the wife of Elkanah אלקנה, and mother of the prophet, Samuel שמואל.

Married Name Heilman, Anna bat Yaakov (Jakub)
Call Name 'Hanka'
Call Name חנה
Call Name Anna
Gender female

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth December 1, 1928 Warszawa Warsaw, województwo Mazowieckie, Polska  

 
Membership   השומר הצעיר ‎haShomer haTzair  

 
Transport May, 1943 Majdanek Kriegsgefangenenlager, Lublin, województwo lubelskie, Polska Jakub and Rebeka Wajcblum, and daughters, Ester and Hanka were transported from the Warsaw ghetto

 
Camp September, 1943 Auschwitz Konzentrationslager, Oświęcim, powiat Oświęcimski, województwo Małopolskie, Polska Ester and Hanka Wajcblum were tranferred from Majdanek

Event Note

Ester and Hanka Wajcblum were assigned to forced labor at the Weichsel – Union Metallwerke Munitions plant.

Event Note

Ester and Hanka Wajcblum were recruited by Ala Gertner to steal gunpowder from the Weichsel – Union Metallwerke Munitions plant, which was passed to Roza Robota, who transferred the gunpowder to the Sonderkommando underground, which used it, on October 7, 1944, to blow up Crematorium IV in Birkenau.

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Camp   Ravensbrück Frauenkonzentrationslager, Ravensbrück, Landkreis Templin/Uckermark, Brandenburg, Deutschland Hanka Wajcblum was transferred to Neustadt Glewe labor camp

Event Note

In May, 1945, at age sixteen years, Hanka Wajcblum was liberated.

 
Boat     Hanka Wajcblum immigrated to Palestine

Event Note

After a brief stay in Belgium, Hanka Wajcblum made Aliyah.

 
Residence   קיבוץ יראון kibbutz Yiron, מרום הגליל, הגליל העליון, הצפון, ישראל  

 
Marriage March 7, 1947   Joshua Heilman married Hanka Anna Wajcblum

 
Emigration August, 1960 Ottawa, National Capital Region, Ontario, Canada Joshua Heilman, wife Anna, and their two daughters, moved to Canada

Event Note

Joshua Heilman worked as a Hebrew school principal, and Anna Heilman worked asa a social worker for The Children’s Aid Society.

 

Parents

Father Wajcblum, Jakub
Mother Jaglom, Rebeka
Siblings
  1. Wajcblum, Sabina bat Yaakov (Jakub)
  2. Wajcblum, Ester Estusia bat Yaakov (Jakub)

Source References

  1. Never Far Away: The Auschwitz Chronicles of Anna Heilman

Pedigree

  1. Wajcblum, Jakub
    1. Jaglom, Rebeka
      1. Wajcblum, Sabina bat Yaakov (Jakub)
      2. Wajcblum, Ester Estusia bat Yaakov (Jakub)
      3. Wajcblum Weissman, Hanna Anna 'Hanka' bat Yaakov (Jakub)

Ancestors