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Josef Kretz

Also Known As: "Joseph", "Kritz"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lwow, Lemberg, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
Death: after September 21, 1942
Treblinka, Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust)
Immediate Family:

Son of Menke Kretz and Ester Hudia Hinda Kretz
Husband of Gittel Kretz
Father of Bronislawa "Hilde" Hüscher; Otto Kretz Kritz; Abraham Kretz and Oswald Kretz
Brother of Lifsche Jenta Weinlös; Fischel Kretz; Frymet Adler; Fany Kretz; Chaja Sara Gelles and 3 others

Managed by: Pip de P. James
Last Updated:

About Josef Kretz

Josef Joseph KRETZ: b. 8 Nov 1873, Lemberg - d. after 21 Sept 1942, Treblinka, HOLOCAUST

cf. Yad Vashem Pages of Testimony submitted for this family.

https://yvng.yadvashem.org/nameDetails.html?language=en&itemId=8112...

Josef Kretz was born in Lemberg, Poland in 1872. He was married to Gitl. Prior to WWII he lived in Vienna, Austria. During the war he was in Vienna, Austria.

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

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his grandson, Federico M Huscher

Last Name Kretz
First Name Josef
Gender Male
Date of Birth 08/12/1872
Place of Birth Lemberg,Lwow,Lwow,Poland
Marital Status Married
Spouse's First Name Gitl
Permanent Place of Residence Vienna,Vienna,Austria
Place during the War Vienna,Vienna,Austria
Date of Death 1942
Status according to Source murdered
Submitter's Last Name Huscher
Submitter's First Name Federico
Submitter's First Name M
Relationship to Victim Grandson
Source Yad Vashem - Pages of Testimony Names Memorial Collection
Type of material Page of Testimony
Item ID 811284

But DOB incorrect ...

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

www.doew.at

Vorname: Josef

Nachname: Kretz

Geburtstag. 08.11.1873

Wohnort: Wien 2, Körnergasse 7/15

Sterbeort: Treblinka

Deportation: Wien/Theresienstadt

Deportationsdatum: 28.07.1942

Überstellung: Theresienstadt/Treblinka

Datum der Überstellung: 21.09.1942

Nicht überlebt

Quelle: Shoah-Opfer

And also -

https://www.holocaust.cz/en/database-of-victims/victim/53901-josef-...

Born 08. 11. 1873
Transport IV/6, no. 444 ( -> Terezín)
Transport Bp, no. 1725 (21. 09. 1942, Terezín -> Treblinka)
Murdered

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Josef Kretz's Timeline

1873
November 8, 1873
Lwow, Lemberg, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
1897
1897
(Bolechow, Galicia), Bolekhiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
1899
August 4, 1899
Lwow, Lemberg, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
1902
1902
Lwow, Lemberg, Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
1902
(Lemberg, Galicia), Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
1942
September 21, 1942
Age 68
Treblinka, Ostrów Mazowiecka County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland