The Jewish vital records for Silesia are fragmentary and for many towns no longer exist.
For this reason researching families for this region requires some creative searching.
Prague
Conscriptions (1850 - 1914) - Applications for Residence Permit of Prague Police
- Ernest Lanzer (1887 Teschen), lediger Reisender
Vienna
- Heinrich Lanzer (1837 Karvina - 1899 Vienna)
- Heinrich Lanzer (1856 Ustroń - 1905 Vienna)
- Karl Lanzer (1850 Jablunka - 1913 Vienna)
- Dr. Oskar Lanzer (1851 Ustroń-1914 Vienna)
- Samuel Lanzer (1842 Teschen - 1921 Vienna)
Sources
- IKG: 50 Births, 16 marriages, 3 divorces, 33 death records
- Neue Freie Presse (11 death announcements)
- Wiener Neues Tagblatt (5 death announcements)
Moravia (but not necessarily Silesia)
- Adele Jellinek (c.1875 Uherské Hradiště - Holocaust)
- Heinrich Lanzer (1856 Ustroń - 1905 Vienna)
Silesia (now in Moravia and in Poland)
Bielsko Biala, Poland
- Bartolomej Lanzer (1887 Teschen - 1951 Bielsko Biala)
- Dr. Isidor Lanzer (1875 Detmarovice - ); had at least one child in Bielsko Biala
- Otylia Lanzer (1910 Bielsko ); survived WWII in hiding
Dětmarovice, Czech Republic (Dittmannsdorf)
- Adolf Lanzer (1880 Detmarovice - 1942 Maly Trostinec)
- Dr. Alfred Lanzer (1905 - Holocaust); physician trainee living in Dětmarovice
- Aron Moshe Lanzer (c. 1840 Třanovice - 1915 Dětmarovice)
- Leopold Lanzer (before 1854 )
- Sigmund Lanzer (1875 Dittmannsdorf - )
- Dr. Otto Lanzer (1907 Dětmarovice - Holocaust)
Dolní Lutyně, Czech Republic (Deutschleuten)
- Adolf Lanzer (parents assumed) (1854 Ustroń - ); living in Dolní Lutyně in 1921
- Löbl Lanzer (before 1805 aus Deutschleuten)
- Aron Moshe Lanzer (before 1853 )
- Salomon Lanzer (1870 Dětmarovice - c. 1942 Auschwitz)
Fryštát, Karvina, Czech Republic, Czech Republic (Freistadt)
- Albert Lanzer (before 1808 Freistadt - before 1862
- Lanzer Ferdinand (1829 Freistadt - 1901 Wien)
- Jakob Lanzer (before 1817 - )
Horni Domaslavice
Karvina, Czech Republic (Freistadt)
- Albert Lanzer (before 1808)
- Ferdinand Lanzer (1829 Freistadt - 1901 Wien), probably son of Albert
- Jakob Lanzer (before 1817)
Frýdek-Místek (Mistek complete search - need to search Frydek)
Jablunkov, Frýdek-Místek (Jablunkau) (See Teschen)
- Karl Lanzer (1850 Jablůnka - 1913 Wien); children born in Nebory, Trinec, and Uherske Hradiste
Konská, Trinec, Frýdek-Místek, Czech Republic (Koskau)
- Ludwig Lanzer (1819 Třanovice - )
Krasna, Frýdek-Místek (Krasna bei Freidek)
- Helene Spitzer (before 1858)
Lazy, Orlova, Karvina, Czech Republic and Orlova, Karvina, Czech Republic
- David Lanzer (1855 Michalkovice, Ostrava - 1914); at least one child born in Lazy
- Heinrich Lanzer (1886 Lazy ); children born in Michalkovice
- Helene Justitz (1853 Lazy - 1933 Ostrava)
- Leopold Lanzer (before 1820 - Lazy)
- Josefine Lanzer (c. 1817 - 1899 Lazy, buried Teschen), wife of Leopold
- Regina Weissberger (1868 Horní Žukov, Český Těšín - )
- Teresie Eichner
Opava (Troppau)
- Dr. Michael Lanzer?
- Richard Lanzer (c. 1895 Brenna - 1912 Opava)
- Rudolf Lanzer (1871 Český Těšín - 1944 Auschwitz); resident of Opava
Ostrava, Czech Republic (Ostrau) and Michalkovice, Ostrava
- JUDr. Adolf Lanzer (1882 - 1944 Terezin) deported from Ostrava
- David Lanzer (1855 Michálkovice, Ostrava - 1914 Ostrava?)
- Lanzer Ferdinand (1829 Freistadt - 1901 Wien)
- Laura Wieder (1904 Ostrava - )
Prostřední Suchá, Havířov, Karviná (Mittel Suchau)
- Richard Lanzer (c. 1863 - 1918 Mittel Suchau) (buried in Teschen)
Seibersdorf (Zebrzydowice, Czech Republic)
Teschen (now Český Těšín, Czech Republic and Cieszyn, Poland) (including Horní Žukov, Český Těšín)
- Bartolomej Lanzer (1887 Teschen - 1951 Bielsko Biala)
- Ernestine Mechner recte Lanzer
- Lanzer Ferdinand (1829 Freistadt - 1901 Wien)
- Heinrich Lanzer (1907 Teschen - 1943 Holocaust)
- Ignatz Lanzer (before c. 1858 - ); child born in Teschen
- Jakob Lanzer (before c. 1877 - ); child born in Teschen
- Leopold Lanzer (before c. 1830); child born in Jablunkov
- Leopold Lanzer (before c. 1820); resided in Lazy
- Regina Weissberger (1868 Horní Žukov, Český Těšín - )
- Richard Lanzer (c. 1895 Brenna - 1912 Opava)
- Rudolf Lanzer (1871 Český Těšín - 1944 Auschwitz); resident of Opava
- Samuel Lanzer (1842 Teschen - 1921 Vienna)
Třanovice, Czech Republic (Nieder Trzanowitz, Tranowitz)
HBMa Fond 1073/167 Třanovice inv c. 2160 Births 1811-1851 and Deaths 1831-1849
- Antonia Goldstein (1817 Třanovice )
- Aron Moshe Lanzer (c. 1840 Třanovice - 1915 Dětmarovice)
- Jakob Lanzer (1873 Niedertrzanowitz)
- Ludwig Lanzer (1819 Třanovice - )
- Salomon Lanzer (before 1791 - before 1870)
Uherské Hradiště (Ungarisch Hradisch)
- Adele Jellinek Weiner (Lanzer) (1877 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz)
- Anna März c, 1885 - Holocaust); lived in Uhersky Brod
- Karl Lanzer (1850 Jablůnka - 1913 Wien); children born in Uherské Hradiště
Uherský Ostroh (Ungarisch Ostra)
- Oskar Lanzer (1879 Uherský Ostroh - ); resided in Olomouc
Ustroń, Cieszyn, Poland
- Adolf Lanzer (parents assumed) (1854 Ustroń - ); living in Dolní Lutyně in 1921
- Heinrich Lanzer (1856 Ustroń - 1905 Vienna)
- Ida Roth (Lanzer) (parents assumed) (before 1856 )
- Ignaz (Ignatz) Lanzer (Lantzer) (before 1831)
- Dr. Oskar Lanzer (1851 Ustroń-1914 Vienna)
Holocaust Victims, Survivors, and Refugees
This list may contain some members of Lanzer families that were from areas outside of Moravia and Silesia.
(A = Auschwitz Death Certificates; AA = Arolsen Archive; ASA = Austrian State Archives unclaimed bank accounts; D = DOEW.at; H = Holocaust.cz; J = Jewishgen.org; P = Page of Testimony at Yad Vashem; U = US Holocaust Memorial Museum Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database ; Y=Yadvashem.org)
- Adele Jellinek Weiner (Lanzer) (1877 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz) H, Y; Wien
- Adolf Lanzer (1869 Konska, Trinec - 1938 Wien) ASA; Coronary thrombosis
- Adolf Lanzer (1880 Dittmansdorf - 1942 Maly Trostinec) AA, ASA, D, Y; Wien 4, Favoritenstraße 10
- JUDr. Adolf Lanzer (1882 - 1944 Terezin) AA, H, Y; deported from Ostrava, no family information found
- Albert Lanzer (1862 Horní Žukov, Český Těšín, - 1939 Místek) AA
- Alfred Lanzer (1876 - ?) AA, ASA; emigrated to Israel
- Alfred Lanzer (1905 - ) Y; Detmarovice; physician trainee
- Alice Lanzer (Tobias) (1909 Wien - 1942 Maly Trostinec) AA, D, Y; Wien 9, Servitengasse 4
- Amalie Lanzer (Willer) (1882 Leśna. Bielsko Biala - 1941 Kroměříž) AA
- Anna März (Lanzer) (1885 CZ - Auschwitz) Y; Uhersky Brod
- Anna Lanzerová (1898 Místek - Maly Trostinec) AA, H, Y
- Anna Lanzer (Tobias) (1858 Dolní Lutyně - 1942 Treblinka) AA
- Arnold Lanzer (1935 - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y
- Arnošt Lanzer (1910 Michálkovice, Ostrava - 1980) AA
- Arthur Lanzer (1881 - 1944 Auschwitz) AA, H, D, Y; Wien 9, Liechtensteinstraße 45a/7
- Arnold Lanzer (1935 Ostrava - 1942 Treblinka) AA, Y
- Bedřich Lanzer (1917 Opava - 1945 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y; Opava
- Berta Lanzer (Löwy) (1887 Osoblaha - 1944 Auschwitz) AA, H, P, Y; Opava
- Cäcilie Lanzer (Schön) (1871 Uhersky Brod - 1944 Theresienstadt) AA, H, Y
- Charlotte Pollak (Lanzer) (1878 Michalkovice - 1942 Maly Trostinec) P; resident of Opava
- Edith Karter (Lanzer) (1910 Dittmannsdorf - 1942 Treblinka) Y; Teschen then Krakow
- Eduard Lanzer (1876 Vendryne - 1942 Terezin) AA, H, Y
- Elfrýda Lanzerová (1877 - 1943 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y; deported from Kyjov
- Ella Winternitz (Lanzer) (1883 Wien - 1944 Auschwitz) D, H, Y; Wien
- Elsa Lanzer (Kafka) (1888 Wien - 1944 Auschwitz) AA, ASA, H, D; Wien 9, Liechtensteinstraße 45a/7
- Emilie Lanzer (1863 - ?) ASA
- Erna Lanzerová (1904 Dětmarovice - Maly Trostinec) AA, H
- Ernestine Lanzer (1911 - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y
- Erwin Lanzer (1904 Dittmannsdorf - 1942 Poland) P; resident of Tesin, married, mechanical engineer
- Eugen Lanzer (1918 Michalkovice - 1941 Auschwitz) AA, Y
- Eugenie Lanzer (1872 - ) AA, D, H, Y; Lunzer?
- Evženie Lanzerová (1895 Ostrava? - Treblinka) AA, H, Y; Ostrava
- Felix Lanzer (1898 Wien - 1939 Wien) ASA, D, Y; Wien 7, Siebensterngasse 20/15
- Friedrich Lanzer (1917 Troppau - 1945 Kaufering Lager, Dachau) AA, D, P, Y; Wien 4, Preßgasse 28/7; prisoner 116124 as Fritz Langer
- Gerda Lanzer (1918 - ) AA, H, Y; survived and liberated at Theresienstadt at the end of 1945
- Gertrude Wittner (Lanzer) (1886 Wien - 1942 Riga) Y; resident of Berlin
- Gisela Lanzer (1870 Wien - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y (alternate birth year 1879)
- Gisela Lanzer (1876 - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H; deported from Olomouc
- Gizela Brauner (Lanzer) (1901 Deutschleuten - 1942 Auschwitz) A, Y
- Hana Lanzer (1858 - 1942 Treblinka) H, Y
- Hanne Lanzer (1934 Ustron - 1942 Auschwitz) Y; Ustron
- Heinrich Lanzer (1907 Cieszyn - 1942) Y; Ustron
- Helene Löbenstein (Lanzer) (1874 Teschen - Holocaust) P
- Helene (Helena) Lanzerová (NN) (1878 Malacky - 1941 Maly Trostinec) ASA, D; Wien 3, Salesianergasse 31/9 (no other person from this address)
- Helena Lanzer (Druker) (1878 Kyjov - 1942 Maly Trostinec) AA, P; Michalkovice
- Helena Lanzerová (1909 - 1942 Maly Trostinec) AA, H
- Helena Lanzerová (1938 Ostrava? - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H; Ostrava Kremerova 24
- Hermine Lanzer (Zehngut) (1908 Cieszyn - 1942 Poland) P; Ustron
- Herta Böhm (Lanzer) (1910 Olomouc - ); deported to Theresienstadt then Piaski, survived and liberated in Lublin
- Hilda Lanzer (Zierer) (1896 - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y
- Hilda Lanzerová (1911 Dittmannsdorf - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H
- Ida Lanzer (Goldberger) (1885 - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y; Ostrava Kounika 8
- Irena Galicakova (Lanzer) (1909 Ostrava - 1944 Auschwitz) Y; Michalkovice, Ostrava
- Isidor Lanzer (1875 Dittmannsdorf) AA, Y
- Josef Lanzer (1893 Teschen - ) AA; Buchenwald prisoner 2792;
- Josef Lanzer (1897 Mistek - ) AA, P, Y; Mistek (previously in Frymburk?); deported to Nisko 1939
- Karl Lanzer (1926 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz) H, Y; Uherske Hradiste
- Kurt Lanzer (1905 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y; Kyjov
- Kurt Lanzer (1922 Fridek - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, Y; Mistek, Ostravaska 19
- Leo Lanzer (1895 Třinec-Nebory - 1943 Auschwitz) H, Y; Uhersky Brod, Uherske Hradiste (aka Lev, Leoš)
- Leopold Lanzer (1880 Albrechtice - 1943 Maly Trostinec) AA, H, Y; Michalkovice 397
- Lilli Baumann (Lanzer) (1921 Fridek - 1942 Treblinka) AA, H, P, Y
- Malvína Lanzer (1882 Michalkovice - Treblinka) H, P
- Malvine Lanzer (Müller) (1885/1886 Bizenz - after 1942 Baranoviči) H, Y, P; married to Oscar
- Magdalena Lanzer (1881 - ) ASA
- Margarete Lanzer (Vogel) (1884 Krnov - 1943 Auschwitz) H, Y (aka Marketa)
- Martha Lanzer (Löwinger) (1881 Sučany - after 1941/10/28 Poland) ASA, D; Wien 9, Währinger Straße 33; deported to Lodz
- Margareta Stamberger (Lanzer) (1899 Teschen - Holocaust) P; Bielsko, Poland
- Max Lanzer (1868 Vendryně - 1940 Dachau) Y; Olomouc Bahnhofstrasse 10
- Miluše Galicak/Lanzerová (1942 - 1944 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y
- Marie Felicie Fialla (Lanzer) (1891 Opava - ) P; Wien
- Olga Lanzer (Fuchs) (1896 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y; Uherske Hradiste
- Oskar Lanzer (1908 Michálkovice, Ostrava - 1941 Auschwitz) Y; Michalkovice, Ostrava
- Oskar Lanzer (1881 - 1942 Baranoviči?) H, Y
- Otto Lanzer (1913 Michalkovice - ) AA, U; deported to Nisko
- Pavel Lanzer (1932 Uherske Hradiste - 1943 Auschwitz) AA, H, Y; Uherske Hradiste
- Peter Georg Lanzer (1937 Wien - 1942 Maly Trostinec) AA, D, Y; Wien 9, Servitengasse 4
- Regina Lanzer (Baron) (1878 Hranice - before c. 1942 Nisko) P; Dolni Lutyne
- Regina Valerie Morgenstern (Lanzer) (1884 Dittmannsdorf - Auschwitz) P
- Richard Lanzer (1908 Uherske Hradiste - 1960 Leeds) AA
- Robert Lanzer (1879 Wien - ?) ASA
- Robert Lanzer (1895 Wien - before 1945 Izbica) AA, ASA, D; Wien 2, Im Werd 3/9; deported to Ibica
- Rudolf Lanzer (1871 Teschen - Auschwitz) H, P, Y; Opava
- Rudolfine Better (Lanzer) (1900 Deutschleuten - 1942 Auschwitz) P; Teschen
- Ruth Lanzer (1932 Ustron - 1942 Auschwitz) P; Ustron
- Salomon Lanzer (1870 Dittmannsdorf - c. 1942 Auschwitz) P; Dolni Lutyne
- Selma Lanzer (Fest) (1886 Litovel - 1972 Wien) ASA
- Selma Lanzer (Morgenstern) (1880 Karwin- 1940 Poland) Y
- Stefanie Braun (Lanzer) (1880 Uherske Hradiste - 1944 Auschwitz) P; wife of Leopold
- Vera Lanzer (1934 Cieszyn - 1942 Treblinka) P
- Viktor Lanzer (1876 - 1943) AA, H
- Vítězslav Lanzer (1888 Ostrava? - Treblinka) AA, H, Y; Ostrava
- Wilhelm Lanzer (1937 Cieszyn - 1942 Treblinka) P