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First name
Helena Lena
Last Name
Dancygier
Maiden name
Helman
Date of birth
26.03.1921
Place of birth
Warsaw
Gender
female
Mother's first name
Czesława
Mother's maiden name
Father's first name
Aleksander
Age
21
In the family
niece
Marital status
married
Spouse's first name
Ignacy
Occupation
student
Country
Poland
City
Łódź, Warsaw
Street
City during the war
Warsaw
Street during the war
Niska; Nowolipie 18/6
Notes
"When the blockade began, Dr Helman, who had a certificate of release from Pawiak as a hostage, decided to go down and show this 'safe conduct pass' to the gendarmerie. He was sure that he would be immediately released. His younger daughter, 18 years old Halina, who loved her father very much, went with him together, afraid to leave him alone. [...] Mrs. Helman, seeing that her husband and younger daughter are not coming back, she went downstairs, and her older daughter, Dancygier from Lodz, went after her. [...] The entire Helman family was taken away. It is hard to imagine the suffering of Mrs. Dancygier's husband, when he came home, and the wife he adored was not there."
Place of death
Treblinka/Warsaw ghetto
Date of death
July 1942
Source

AŻIH 301/2274, rel. Róża Dobrecka; YVP Jolanta Szaban (cousin)

Record ID
26214
Date of inclusion in the database
16.07.2018
Date of modification
01.04.2022
Photo description
Source of photo (text)
Family