Martin Pick

Born25.01.1879
Poland, Schlesien, Bitschin
Died05.03.1943
Poland, Auschwitz concentration camp
FatherIsaac Pick (1850 – )
MotherAuguste Majud (30.06.1846 – 19.08.1899)
PartnerSelma Brauer (25.08.1881 – 18.07.1914)

Married 22.03.1904 Poland, Schlesien, Kattowitz

Source

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Marriage certificate courtesy of
Zabrze Town Museum -
muzeumzabrze.pl
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Children:

Else Auguste Pick (23.11.1904 – ca 1942)

Arthur Pick (25.09.1906 – 16.11.2001)

Helene Pick (10.03.1909 – 1979 Q1)

Bertha Pick (10.10.1912 – 12.10.1997)

Rosa Pick (1914 – 1914)

PartnerHelene Brandt (05.04.1893 – )

Married 22.08.1915 Poland, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Adelnau

Source

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Children:

Ismar Pick (26.04.1918 – 05.03.1996)

Heinz Pick (07.01.1920 – )

Hilde Pick (ca 1920 – ca 1943)

Paul Pick (ca 1920 – )

Lotte Pick (ca 1920 – ca 1943)

Margot Pick (27.01.1925 – ca 1943)

Horst Pick (01.05.1928 – ca 1943)

Notes

According to BPP, a descendant of Martin Pick his wife Selma died in childbirth in 1914.

muzeumzabrze.pl has an article about Martin, derived in part at least from information given by BPP, a descendant of Martin Pick. This gives his date of birth as 25.01.1879 and names both Selma geb. Brauer and Lena geb. Brandt as his wives. The information regarding his children can be categorised as follows:

To Selma in or around Zabrze
Else Auguste Pick born 23.11.1904 in Klein Zabrze, married Bartenstein, perished in the Shoah: deported from Drancy (France) to Auschwitz concentration camp on 10.08.1942;
Arthur Pick born 25.09.1906 in Zabrze, died 16.11.2002 in New York;
Helen Pick born 1908 in Ratibor, married Goldmeier, died 1979 in Great Britain;

To Selma in Breslau (to 1914)
Bertha Pick born 10.10.1912 in Breslau, married Steinitz , died 12.10.1997 in New York;
Rosa Pick born 1914 in Breslau, died there in the same year;

To Helena (mostly) in Breslau
Ismar Pick born in Adelnau;
Hilde Pick born in Breslau, perished in the Shoah;
Heinz Pick born in Breslau;
Paul Pick born in Breslau;
Margot Pick born in Breslau, perished in the Shoah;
Lotte Pick born in Breslau, perished in the Shoah;
Horst Pick born in Breslau, perished in the Shoah.

Martin appears (with a date of birth in 1878) in the Breslau synagogue community address list (ca 1930) at Friedrich Wilhelmstrasse 56, an address he was sharing with a Helene Pick geb. Brandt born 05.04.1893 who is described as "Ehefr" (wife). Martin is described here as a tailor.

Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Juden In Polnischen Archiven gives his date and place of birth as 25.01.1879 in Bitschin and his last residence as Breslau.

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Birth of a daughter
Der Oberschlesische Wanderer,
Jg. 77, No. 277, 1 December 1904,
page 3
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Hoasting a hog roast
Der Oberschlesische Wanderer,
Jg. 80, Nr. 253, 2 November 1907,
page 7


Yad Vashem, citing Memorial book "Victims of the Persecution of Jews under the National Socialist Tyranny in Germany 1933 - 1945", records his birth on 25.01.1879 in Bitschin, his deportation from Breslau to Auschwitz concentration camp on 04.03.1943 and his death the following day.

Sources (click here for generic source information)

BPP, a descendant of Martin Pick - name and date of birth: 25 January 1878 or 1879;
muzeumzabrze.pl - birth, death, wives, children and advertisement;
cbj.jhi.pl - entry in the Breslau synagogue community address list (ca 1930);
books.google.co.uk - Stefan Grob (Ed.) et al: Quellen Zur Geschichte Der Juden In Polnischen Archiven - Band 2: Ehemalige Preussischen Provinz Schlesien, (De Gruyter), page 143;
sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 77, No. 277, 1 December 1904;
sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 80, Nr. 253, 2 November 1907;
yadvashem.org.

This record was last updated on 01.06.2024 at 20:47.