Elsa Fall

Elsa FALL, née FALL : b. 22 Aug 1888, Holleschau - d. after 2 Sept 1942, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Elsa FALL 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.

Chambre # 61, Voiture # 1

cf. Archives Départémentales des Alpes Maritimes:

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

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 # 27

N.B. Both Elsa and her husband Richard were together in Nice but separate listings show they were not deported from there at same time. It is possible that Richard was first incarcerated in a camp in France before being moved to Drancy and then to Auschwitz.

Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes

• First Name Elsa
• Last Name Fall
• Date of Birth 22.08.1888
• Place of Birth Holleschau
• Residence Wien 5, Kliebergasse 1 a
• Deportation Drancy/Auschwitz
• Date of Deportation 02.09.1942

Plus:

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=1749...

Elsa Fall Pal was born in Holesov, Czechoslovakia to Josef and Eugenia. Prior to WWII she lived in Wien, Austria. During the war she was in France.

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

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her niece, Suzana Shtern

Last Name Fall Last Name Pal First Name Elsa First Name Elza Gender Female Place of Birth Holesov,Holesov,Moravia-Silesia,Czechoslovakia Father's First Name Josef Father's First Name Yosef Mother's First Name Eugenia Permanent Place of Residence Wien,Vienna,Austria Place during the War France Status according to Source murdered Submitter's Last Name Shtern Submitter's First Name Suzana Relationship to Victim Niece Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection Type of material Page of Testimony Item ID 1749293