- First name
- Meir Mejer
- Last Name
- Kestenberg
- Maiden name
- Date of birth
- 1932/1937/1939
- Place of birth
- Nowa Słupia
- Gender
- male
- Mother's first name
- Rywka
- Mother's maiden name
- Zylberman
- Father's first name
- Joszua Szyja
- Age
- 3/10
- In the family
- grandson
- Marital status
- Spouse's first name
- Occupation
- Country
- Poland
- City
- Nowa Słupia
- Street
- City during the war
- Nowa Słupia
- Street during the war
- Notes
- Both brothers were deported to Treblinka along with their mother and grandparents. Their sister Ana recalls that one of the Polish teachers offered to hide their youngest, fair-haired brother Meir and raise him as a Pole, but their mother refused to be separated from him.
- Place of death
- Treblinka
- Date of death
- 1942
- 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. 21424, rel. Ana Flaumembaum (sister), 4334, rel. Miriam Miklin (sister); YVPYad Vashem Archive – Page of Testimony. Information on Holocaust victims are collected in the Central Database of Shoah Victims’ Names in the form of answers to a survey. Apart from the abbreviation (YVP) we usually provide the relationship of the person filling in the survey the victim. (1746035)
- Record ID
- 130429
- Date of inclusion in the database
- 02.01.2022
- Date of modification
- 30.04.2026
- Photo description
- Source of photo (text)
- Family
Maiden Name