Sonja Renate Erika Smetana

Sonia Sonja Renate Erika SMETANA: b.1 Dec 1927, Wien - d. after 2 Sept 1942, Auschwitz, HOLOCAUST

Details of deportation and subsequent death courtesy of:

Berta SMETANA and her daughter Sonia were in the region of Nice, Côte d'Azur, where they were 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

Chambre # 45, Voiture # 6.

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 photos - plus actual list of deportation (shown here under "Media")

Convoi # 27.

Also cf www.doew.at

Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes

First Name Berta Last Name Smetana Date of Birth 09.01.1896 Place of Birth Wien Residence Wien 1, Schubertring 12/1/12 Deportation Drancy/Auschwitz Date of Deportation 02.09.1942

The surviving daughter later posted a search notice for her mother and sister in a Vienna newspaper:

ANNO, Wiener Zeitung, 1950-12-23, Seite 13

https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/anno?aid=wrz&datum=19501223&seit...