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Gisela Billig (Löwi Löwy)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Wien, Wien, Austria
Death: after September 07, 1942
Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lillepolen, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Israel Leopold Löwi Löwy and Amalia Löwi Löwy
Wife of Bernhard "Bernat" Billig
Mother of Unnamed stillborn son Billig and Herbert Billig
Sister of Elsa Else Löwi Löwy; Irene Löwi Löwy and Fritz Löwi Löwy

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About Gisela Billig

Gisela BILLIG, née LÖWI LÖWY: b. 18 July 1895, Wien - d. after 7 Sept 1942, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

Basic birth data from IKG-Wien archives courtesy of www.genteam.at

Nr. 102950
Familienname Löwi
Vorna
me Gisela
Code 1
Vorname des Vaters Israel Leopold
Name der Mutter Strauss
Vorname der Mutter Amalie
Ort Wien
Buch Nr. R 1895
Band R
Datum 18.07.1895
Zahl 1777

Details from actual IKG-Wien birth registration, viewable courtesy of:

1895.07.18 - Gisela LÖWI - IKG-Wien BR:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GB29-FMN?i=180&wc=...

Father: Israel Leopold LÖWI, "Schneidermeister", b. Verbo, Ungarn

Mother: Amalie, née STRAUSS

m. 10.11.1887, Ungar. Neudorf

Witnesses: Salomon STRAUSS & Moritz STRAUSS

Basic marriage data from IKG-Wien archives courtesy of www.genteam.at

Nr. 313848
Familienname Löwi
Vorname Gisela
Code 2
Vorname des Vaters
Name der Mutter
Vorname der Mutter
Ort Währing
Buch Nr.
Band
Datum 1916
Zahl 15
Zusatz zur Zahl
Folio
Anmerkung
Name der Braut Billig
Vorname der Braut Bernat (Bernhard)

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Gisela 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

BILLIG (BELLIG misspelled) Gisela: Chambre # 65, Voiture # 4

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 # 29

And also cf.

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=6983...

Gisela Billig nee Loewy was born in Wien, Austria in 1895. Prior to WWII she lived in Nizza, France.

This information is based on a List of persecuted persons, found in Card index of Relico, the Relief Committee of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Geneva: Jews from various places; master item for six files , Erich Billig

Last Name Billig
First Name Gisela
Maiden Name Loewy
Gender Female
Date of Birth 18/07/1895
Place of Birth Wien,Vienna,Austria
Permanent Place of Residence Nizza,Alpes Maritimes,France
Address of permanent residence 17, Rue Raiberti
Status according to Source camp inmate
Submitter's Last Name Billig
Submitter's First Name Erich
Relationship to Victim Relative
Source Card index of Relico, the Relief Committee of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) in Geneva: Jews from various places; master item for six files
Type of material List of persecuted persons
Item ID 6983539

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Gisela Billig's Timeline

1895
July 18, 1895
Wien, Wien, Austria
1917
August 17, 1917
Vienna, Wien, Wien, Austria
1919
September 11, 1919
Vienna, Wien, Wien, Austria
1942
September 7, 1942
Age 47
Auschwitz, Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lillepolen, Poland