Leopold Zwerkbaum Zwergbaum

Leopold ZWERKBAUM: b. 29 Sept 1893, Wien - d. after 25 Sept 1942, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

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

Nr. 190433 Familienname Zwerkbaum Vorname Leopold Code 1 Vorname des Vaters Nathan Name der Mutter Schwarz Vorname der Mutter Eugenie Ort Wien Buch Nr. P 1893 Band P Datum 29.09.1893 Zahl 2299

It appears that Leopold may well have fled to the south of France with his brother Willy, but that he had been incarcerated in the Camp de Milles and was thus sent separately from there to Auschwitz via Drancy. He was also apparently a "singer" ...

cf.

Leopold ZWERKBAUM: Le camp d'étrangers des Milles : 1939-1943, Aix-en-Provence - André Fontaine - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?id=M9n8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT216&lpg=PT216&dq...

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

https://ressources.memorialdelashoah.org/notice.php? q=noms_tous%3A%28zwerkbaum%29%20AND%20id_pers%3A%28%2A%29&spec_expand=1&sort_define=tri_nom&sort_order=1&rows=20&start=1

Provides actual deportation list - Convoi # 37, 25.09.1942