Knecht Family memories - Knecht Family History

The following is a collection of photos of various family member who perished in the Holocaust. In some case, some people in the photo may have survived.

Members of the Knecht Family

Aaron Leib Knecht (1857 – May 1941) – colourized In May 1941, during the selection carried out on the market before the deportations of Jews from Nowy Dwór to the camp-prison in Pomiechówek, the Nazis murdered 28 people. During the burial of corpses in the Jewish cemetery, a Gestapo asked Aaron Knecht (who was laying victims in the tomb) how many dead Jews he counted. When he answered 28, then Gestapo shot Knecht and said: “and now it is twenty-nine”.	Sura Rifka Knecht nee Lejzerowicz the wife of Aaron Leib Knecht (daughter of Szoel Lejzerowicz & Fagi Ruchla Cybulska) 1867 – Nov 1940
Children of Lemel Knecht Left to Right: Dawid “Duddy” Knecht 1934 – abt 1942 Chaim Knecht 1931 – abt 1942 Abram Knecht 1929 – abt 1942All killed it is believed in Auschwitz.	Left to Right: Zlata Bermanson (? – abt. 1943) Sara Bermanson (? – Oct 1942) Feiga Bermanson (1914 – abt 1943)
Ruchel Leah Bermanson (nee Knecht) 1880- 1943 the sister of Aaron Leib Knecht with her husband Mosihe Bermanson ? -1943 and grandson Yosel-Chaim Brykman 1933-1943	Sara Krystal nee Bermanson with children and niece Left to Right Joseph Krystal 1926 – 2000 Mariem Krystal 1931 – Oct 1942 Sara Krystal nee Bermanson Shmile Krystal 1929 – Oct 1942 Rifka Bermanson 1923 – 2011 Nachem Krystal 1933 – Oct 1942
Ethel Knecht 1901 – 1943 with her husband Moishe Aaron Szydlo ? – 1943

Family Members (Fuchs and Radzyner)

Chana Radzyner nee Fuchs 1877 – abt 1943 Grandmother of Morton Knecht	Necha Belfer nee Fuchs abt 1880 – abt 1943 Sister of Chana Radzyner
Rachel Radzyner 1905 – 1942 Hershel Radzyner 1908 – abt 1943 The aunt and uncle of Morton Knecht.	Cyrel Leah Belfer 1914 – 1943 Daughter of Necha Belfer
Engagement photo of Chaim Abramczyk (1894 – 1939) to Cyrel Leah Radzyner (1900 – 1943) the aunt of Morton Knecht	Chaim Abramczyk 1894 – Dec 1939 Photo taken shortly after his release from Nazi toruture. Died as a result of torture by the Nazis
The Abramczyk Family Left to Right Chana Radzyner Chaim Abramczyk Jankiel Abramczyk (1924 – 1943) Cyrel Leah Abramczyk nee Radzyner Mania Abramczyk (1930 – 1943)	Cousins of Morton Knecht Symche Felner (1934-1942) son of Rachel Radzyner Jankiel Abramczyk Mania Abranczyk
Morton Knecht with Family Left to Right Mania Abramczyk Faiga Knecht (1930 -2020) sister of Morton Morton Knecht Faiga Elefenbejn (1924 – abt 1942) Jankiel Abramczyk