Berta Selig Seelig

Bertha Berta SELIG SEELIG, née NEU: b. 25 March 1895, Mannheim - d. after 14 Sept 1942, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Bertha SEELIG/SELIG was in the region of Nice, Côte d'Azur, where she was rounded up in the notorious "Rafles d'août" in August 1942. The arrested Jewish citizens were incarcerated in the Caserne Auvare for a while before being put on a goods train, in locked-up wagons, and transferred to Drancy.

cf. Archives Départémentales des Alpes Maritimes:

http://www.basesdocumentaires-cg06.fr/os-html/adam/home.html

SEELIG Berthe: Chambre # 61, Voiture # 1

Also cf. listing thanks to:

http://niceoccupation.free.fr/rafle-daout-1942.html

Details of further deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Mémorial de la Shoah

http://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php?q=noms_tous%3A%2...

Features actual list of deportation (shown here under "Media")

Convoi # 32

N.B. It appears that her husband Max SEELIG/SELIG was also with her in Cannes/Nice but had been previously arrested and sent to incarceration in the Camps de Gurs, from which he was then deported to Drancy and further on to Auschwitz before his wife - cf. notes on his profile page.

And also cf.

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=8046...

Berta Selig nee Neu was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1896 to Jacob and Janette. Prior to WWII she lived in Mannheim, Germany. During the war she was in Cannes, France.

Berta was murdered in the Shoah (according to this source).

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her nephew, Gerhard Dietrich Wassermann

Last Name Selig Last Name Zeilig First Name Berta Maiden Name Neu Gender Female Date of Birth 1896 Place of Birth Mannheim,Mannheim (Mannheim),Baden,Germany Father's First Name Jacob Mother's First Name Janette Spouse's First Name Max Permanent Place of Residence Mannheim,Mannheim (Mannheim),Baden,Germany Place during the War Cannes,Alpes Maritimes,France Place of Death Auschwitz,Camp,Poland Status according to Source murdered Submitter's Last Name Wassermann Submitter's First Name Gerhard Submitter's First Name Dietrich Relationship to Victim Nephew Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection Type of material Page of Testimony Item ID 804605