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Laja Cywia Cywja Wajs (Szpiro)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Będzin, śląskie, Polska (Poland)
Death: 1943 (65-66)
Auschwitz Extermination Camp, Gmina Oświęcim, Oświęcim County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland (Holocaust Martyr)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jakob Jankele Szpiro and Chaja Szpiro
Wife of Abram Mordka Wajs and Abraham Mordechai Wajs
Mother of Mojzesz Icyk Wajs; Sura Rywka Blat; Feiga Szpiro; Leibl/Lewek Arie Wajs; Hela Saender and 8 others
Sister of Rabbi Mendel Szpiro; Devora Rosensaft; Fiszel Szpiro; (twin) Heniek Chejnoch Szpiro; (twin) Majer Szpiro and 2 others

Managed by: Edna Grossman
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About Laja Cywia Cywja Wajs

Source for Marriage: Zarsky Letter; Source for Birth: 1939 Bedzin Census

Tzvia Weis nee Shapira was born in Będzin in 1882 to Yakov and Chaia. She was a housewife and married to Mordchai. Prior to WWII she lived in Będzin, Poland. During the war she was in Będzin, Poland. Tzvia was murdered in 1943 in Auschwitz, Camp at the age of 61. This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed on left) submitted by her daughte, Chava Olsztajn.

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Laja Cywia Cywja Wajs's Timeline

1877
March 20, 1877
Będzin, śląskie, Polska (Poland)
1899
October 2, 1899
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1901
August 13, 1901
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1903
1903
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1904
October 7, 1904
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1911
November 14, 1911
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1912
December 24, 1912
Będzin, śląskie, Polska (Poland)
1912
Będzin, Będzin County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
1915
January 25, 1915
Będzin, śląskie, Polska (Poland)