GRYNFELD

Joseph Francuz recounts: Mendel Grynfeld was a teacher in the Chadar. He and his son survived. [SEE PHOTOS BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE]

Schmuel Grunfeld was interviewed by the Steven Spielberg USC Shoah Foundation. Possibly, the Grynfeld son in this photo. [SEE BELOW]

Per email Barbara Gancyzk, Klodawa historian, 18Nov2010: Hello, Judy - I have a new material. I filled up two lists of known you kłodawian merchants a different list of merchants, acquired by Mr. Grzegorzewicz. Interesting fact: there is a photographer - Grunfeld. Maybe that comes to Hersh, according to students book at Mendel, he enshrined in the school year 1933/1934 to the class I c (names of parents Hersh and Frajda Ita). The studio was located at ul. Dąbska. Dous Moshe Krell know where the place was a photographer on the street Dąbska. This street was rebuilt several years ago. There are no buildings on the left side towards the river, looking from the BG

Grunfeld, Schmuel
Jewish Survivor

QuestionAnswer

Name of IntervieweeSchmuel Grunfeld
Schmuel David Grunfeld (release name)

GenderMale

Date of Birth10/23/1928

City of BirthKlodawa (Lódz, Poland)< td>

Country of BirthPoland

Religious Identity (Prewar)Judaism

Religious Identity (Postwar)

Religious Identity (Time Period Unknown)

Ghetto(s)Krosniewice (Poland : Ghetto)
Piotrków (Poland : Ghetto)< td>

Camp(s)Auschwitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)(generic)
Auschwitz III-Monowitz (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Pionki (Poland : Concentration Camp)
Buchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)
Gleiwitz (Germany : Concentration Camp)(generic)

Went into HidingNo

Member of Underground, Resistance or Partisan Group(s)No

Hiding or living under false identity (Location)

Type of hiding place

Resistance Group(s)

Liberated byarmed forces, United States

Location of liberationBuchenwald (Germany : Concentration Camp)

Fled from Nazi controlled territoryNo

Forced (death) MarchesYes

Aid Giver, Liberator, or War Crimes Trials Participant

Other Experiencesdisplaced persons camps

State of InterviewFL

Country of InterviewU.S.A.

Language(s) of InterviewEnglish

Length of Interview0:00

Interview Code51193

Mendel Grynfeld. Landsberg, Germany, DP Camp, ~1945

Son of Mendel Grynfeld. Name possibly Shmuel. Landsberg, Germany, DP Camp, ~1945.