- First name
- Lajzer Lejzer
- Last Name
- Klapper
- Maiden name
- Date of birth
- Place of birth
- Gender
- male
- Mother's first name
- Mother's maiden name
- Father's first name
- Age
- about 65
- In the family
- husband
- Marital status
- married
- Spouse's first name
- Hendla
- Occupation
- polisher/wagoner
- Country
- Poland
- City
- Kalisz
- Street
- Chopina
- City during the war
- Warsaw
- Street during the war
- Muranowska
- Notes
- Lejzer, who had siblings in America, travelled to the United States twice before the war and spent two years there. In Kalisz he worked as a cabman or coachman. When the Germans occupied Kalisz at the beginning of the war, Volksdeutschs went from house to house, taking whatever they wanted and beating people. Afterwards, all the Jews were gathered into a ghetto, where they slept on straw spread over the ground. After two months, the Germans transported the Jews of Kalisz to the Warsaw ghetto. They were told that they would be sent to work and given accommodation — they had no idea they were being sent to extermination camps. Lejzer most probably perished in Treblinka.
- Place of death
- Treblinka
- Date of death
- 1942/1943
- Source
USC VHAVisual History Archive - USC Shoah Foundation collects oral testimonies of Holocaust survivors. The Visual History Archiveis USC Shoah Foundation’s online portal that allows users to search through and view more than 55,000 video testimonies of survivors and witnesses of genocide. Testimony number and the relationship of the witness and the deceased (if known) are provided. 3365, rel. Michael Klapper (son)
- Record ID
- 48407
- Date of inclusion in the database
- 13.08.2024
- Date of modification
- 26.05.2026
- Photo description
- Lejzer Klaper (photo taken in America)
- Source of photo (text)
- USC VHA 3365, rel. Michael Klapper
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