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Mordko Krzepicki 8 July 1909 – 24 August 1952 Early Information My father was born in Wielun, Poland, 200 kms SW Warsaw, 80km SW of Lodz He was married in Wielun on 20 September 1935 His wife’s name was Fela Habelska He was divorced on 19 September 1950 (Katowice, Poland) His parents were Szmul Krzepicki and Chana Fajwlowicz He arrived in Melbourne on 28 January 1949 on the Napoli He spent his first 30 years in Poland He spent the war years in Russia Persia Other Army theatres United Kingdom 1939-42 1942 1942-46 1946-48 1909-1939 Source: National Archives & Wielun Certificates FAJWLOWICZ (LOVETT) FAMILY TREE LOVETT FAMILY TREE Mordko Krzepicki c.1946 3rd Rifle Battalion, 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division, 2nd Polish Corps, 8th British Army Mordko Krzepicki, with mates in Palestine 1942 Mordko Krzepicki, with mates in Palestine 1942 Mordko Krzepicki in Palestine, 1942 MILITARY HISTORY Sources of information APC Polish Historical Disclosures Ministry of Defence RAF Northolt (Barbara Kroll) Middlesex United Kingdom Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, Princes Gate, London Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace Stanford University, California MILITARY HISTORY: Cpl M Krzepicki July 1941 Released from Siberian labour camp after the Polish/Soviet Agreement Anders Army Polish Forces under British Command (Iran) 1942 - 43 3rd Rifle Battalion 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division 2nd Polish Corps 8th British Army Middle East (Iraq-Palestine-Egypt) 1944 - 46 Italy 1946 - 48 UK, Europe MILITARY HISTORY: Cpl M Krzepicki 1943 - 44 Sangro and Rapido Rivers, Sth Apennines Battle for Monte Cassino Ancona/Goths line of enemy defences Rearguard of 8th British Army Northern Apennines 1945 Senio River Bologna/Lombardy Plain Divorcee, Sept.19th 1950, wife presumed dead Mordko Krzepicki and Edna Dobson THE EUREKA MOMENT Daniel Mendelsohn at the Jewish Holocaust Museum, May 2007 “The Lost” (550 pages) Stephen Spielberg Visual Testimonies at Monash University Eureka!!!! MY FATHER’S FIRST WIFE’S FAMILY Syma Habelska * m Berl Benesz *(Spielberg Visual Testimony) Nuchem Chabelski Rosie m Jack Chrapot (mother Lola Chrapot) m Chaja Blic four children….. Fela Habelska * m Mordko Krzepicki 1935 #, divorced post WW2 m (2nd marriage)* Helen * m C Sanaki 2 children….. # Migrated to Melbourne 1949 * Migrated to Melbourne 1951 KRZEPICKI FAMILY TREE Lieb (Arie) KRZEPICKI m Source: Yad Vashem, except * Rakhel ? Szmul b.1889 d1941 m Khana (Chana) Fajwlowicz b1890 d1941 Treblinka Yekhiel b? Moshe (Menakhem) b1909 d1944 Lodz m Frida BOMS b1911 d1944 Lodz Yeshayahu b1940/41 Mordke * b1909 d1952 Melbourne Rakhel b1914 d1941 Treblinka Tova/Gitel/Gizela b1918 d1941 Treblinka Kaza b1920 d1941 Treblinka Abram Dawid * b 1913 ? Yaakov b1882 d1942 Chelmo m ??? Frida (Fidel) GRANEK b1885 d1942 Chelmo Arie b? Rakhel b1914 d1942 Chelmo Lea b1922 d1942 Chelmo POLAND Wielun Wielun: Plac Legionow Wielun: Street Scenes Wielun Public Buildings Wielun Synagogue Destroyed September 1939 Wielun – Statues from the Communist era Wielun Urzad Stanu Cywilnego Waiting at the USC Wielun: Regional Museum Petje and Mr Jan Ksiazek,Deputy Director of the Museum ul. Turowska, 19 My Father’s last known address in Wielun His family home? His wife’s family home? His home with his wife? WIELUN BUSINESSES Source: 1929 Business Directory, Wielun Lingerie M. Krzepicka ul. Fabryczana Fabrics Ch.Krzepicki ul. Kaliska Confectionery A. Krzepicki ul. Kaliska Dyers B. Krzepicki ul. Kaliska Bookshop L. Krzepicki ul. Fabryczana Office provisions B. Krzepicki ul. Kaliska Food traders L. Krzepicki ul. Kaliska Grains L. Krzepicki Sz.Krzepicki ul. Fabryczana ul. Barbary Source: Yale Reisner, JHI Warsaw INFORMATION FROM THE JEWISH HISTORICAL INSTITUTE WARSAW Krzepickis in Pre-War Wielun Leib a member of the Communist Party in 1930s Wowe (Zev) manager of a library, member of a Zionist organisation Abram Dawid convicted for communist activities, 1933,1937 My father’s brother? Berl Society of Jewish Craftsmen in late 1920s Michel on the Board of the Socialist Party Michel & Lewek one of the first Jewish families in Wielun. Bought real estate after 1806, when Jewish people were allowed to buy property Source: Yale Reisner / Wielun Yizkor book Wielun: Zajazd Boryna USC at Boleslawiec (24km from Wielun) USC at Praszka (19km from Wielun) Praszka Synagogue – now a cinema Towns near Wielun Ruins of the Krzepice Synagogue Jewish Cemetery at Krzepice Lodz: Radegast Station and Memorial Jewish Cemetery Lodz Jewish Cemetery Lodz, established 1811 Graves dug prior to liberation The Ghetto Field, burial place of 43,000 Lodz: Art Nouveau Buildings Lodz: ul. Piotrkowska - Arthur Rubenstein memorial “Manufaktura” Israel Poznanski’s factory converted to a “Chadstone” Another factory complex being converted to a 5-star hotel Museum of Textiles, Lodz The Grand Hotel, Lodz Podgorze (Krakow): pl.Bohaterow Getta Entrance to Oskar Schindler’s factory Sample Page from Ministry of Defence Personnel Records Mordko Krzepicki 8 July 1909 – 24 August 1952