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First name
Mordechaj Motek Motel
Last Name
Kirszenbaum
Maiden name
Date of birth
1918/1922
Place of birth
Otwock
Gender
male
Mother's first name
Golda
Mother's maiden name
Goldberg
Father's first name
Szyja
Age
15/24
In the family
grandson
Marital status
Spouse's first name
Occupation
Country
Poland
City
Otwock
Street
Reymonta 35
City during the war
Otwock
Street during the war
Staszica
Notes
He was educated to be a rabbi. He was very Orthodox. He didn't even drink when he was imprisoned. When he was taken to a labor camp, he would stop and stop working while he prayed.
Place of death
Treblinka
Date of death
19.08.1942/September 1942
Source

YVP Dorothy Greenstein (sister), Malka Kostinski (sister); USC VHA rel. Dorothy Greenstein (sister); Akta IPN Sygn. S 9.2013.Zn, t. 105 s. 21978 (discontinuation of the investigation into the liquidation of the Otwock ghetto, 20.10.2014)

Record ID
32822
Date of inclusion in the database
30.11.2020
Date of modification
03.04.2026
Photo description
Source of photo (text)
Family