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Joseph CZUK

[N4958]

14 MAR 1893 - 1 AUG 1984

  • RESIDENCE: 1709 Florence
  • BIRTH: 14 MAR 1893, Brody, Ukraine PL; Brodi
  • BURIAL: St Joseph Cemetery, South Bend, In
  • EMIGRATION: 26 FEB 1913, SS Oceania
  • DEATH: 1 AUG 1984, South Bend, IN
  • EMIGRATION: Rio de Janerio to NYC
Family 1 : Josephine GADOMSKI
  • MARRIAGE: 14 MAY 1917, New Haven, CT
  1.  Angela CZUK
  2.  Gertrude CZUK
  3. +Bernice CZUK
  4.  Roman CZUK
  5. +Marie CZUK
  6. +John H CZUK
  7.  Henrietta CZUK

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[N4958] Brody is a town in in Ukraine, but before the war was part of Poland. The town was a famous Jewish community with, as of 1939, a Jewish population of about 10,000 out of a total population of about 22,000. The Soviet Union annexed the city in September, 1939, as part of the German-Soviet pact. The Germans captured the town on July 1, 1941, and were received warmly by the Ukrainian population. A Judenrat was established later that month. Thereafter, Jews were beaten an robbed on a regular basis by Germans and Ukaranians. In January, 1942, labor camps were set up for Jews, which housed ultimately about 1,500 persons. On September 19, 1942, the first major "Aktion" was carried out which resulted in at least 2,500 Jews being sent to the Belzec death camp. Another deportation of 2,000 to 3,000 persons took place on November 2, 1942, and shortly thereafter, a ghetto was established for the remaining Jews and Jews from surrounding towns, numbering about 7,000 persons. A new series of "Aktions" began in April, 1943, and the ghetto was liquidated on May 21, 1943, when more than 3,000 Jews were deported to the Majdanek concentration camp. Of the pre-war Jewish population, only 88 survived.

JOSEPH CZUK
Nat Intent Vol 32 pg 295; # 6395; Certificate 11-125334; filed 20 Apr 1929, dated 10 Sept 1935. Last foreign residence Rio De Janiero S America. Arrived port of New York as Josef Chk, 26 Feb 1913 on vessel SS Oceania. Wife: Josephine b] 8 Jan 1892 Poland.
Children
Mary b] 11 Jan 1918 Kalamazoo Mi
John b] 3 Sept 1919 Indiana
Henrietta b] 7 May 1921
Roman b] 1922
Angela b] 1924
Gertrude b] 14 Sept 1926
Bernice b] 4 May 1932

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