Gertrude Eckstein (Sonnenschein)

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Gertrude Eckstein (Sonnenschein)

Also Known As: "Trude"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Kyjov, Hodonín District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Death: circa 1942 (25-34)
Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Malopolskie, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Alfred Sonnenschein and Anna Sonnenschein
Wife of Karl Eckstein
Mother of Alfred Eckstein
Sister of Stella Tzidover

Managed by: Michael Gordy
Last Updated:

About Gertrude Eckstein (Sonnenschein)

Yad Vashem database has two POT which incorrectly state that Trude was born in Pilsen. She lived in Pilsen, but the Kyjov birth records show she was born in Kyjov.

According to the POT, she was a livestock trader before the war, living in Blisowa,Horsovsky Tyn,Bohemia,Czechoslovakia.



Death record: http://www.holocaust.cz/en/database-of-victims/victim/82299-gertrud...

  • Born 08. 09. 1912
  • Last residence before deportation: Plzeň
  • Address/place of registration in the Protectorate: Plzeň
  • Transport T, no. 121 (26. 01. 1942, Plzeň -> Terezín)
  • Transport Ar, no. 688 (28. 04. 1942, Terezín -> Zamošč)
  • Murdered

Testimony: http://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=18835... Trude Ekstein nee Zonenshein was born in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia. She was a livestock trader and married to Karl. Prior to WWII she lived in Blisowa, Czechoslovakia.

Trude was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her relative, Minna Loewith

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Gertrude Eckstein (Sonnenschein)'s Timeline

1912
September 8, 1912
Kyjov, Hodonín District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
1936
July 28, 1936
Pilsen, Bohemia, Czech Republic
1942
1942
Age 29
Oswiecim, Oświęcim County, Malopolskie, Poland