Rosalie Schlesinger
| Notes  Photo credit: Ernest Burger, Yad Vashem  Registration of Rosalie as the owner of "J. Pese", Gleiwitz, Der Oberschlesische Wanderer,Jg. 75, No. 239, 14 October 1902, page 6 Following the death of her husband in 1902 Rosa moved to Gleiwitz. The 1905 address book describes her as a Kaufmannsfrau of Schuetzenstrasse, 4 and owner of a Konfitueren und Teehandlung (jam and tea) business trading as "J Pese" at the same address (named as Jacques Pese in the 1914 address book). Address books for 1907, 1912, 1913, 1914 and 1924 have similar entries. The 1914 Upper Silesia business directory lists Rosa Danziger geb. Schlesinger as the owner of the J. Pese jams business.   Advert in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 75, No 233, 7 October 1902 Zweites Blatt, page 4  Advert in Oberschlesische Volksstimme Jg 28, No 238, 16 October 1903 page 3  Advert in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 76, No 271, 22 November 1903 page 3  Advert in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 77, No 203, 3 September 1904 page 3  Advert in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 213, 16 September 1905 page 1  Advert for a sales assistant in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 228, 4 October 1905 Zweites Blatt, page 4  Advert for a sales assistant in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 230, 6 October 1905 Zweites Blatt, page 4  Advert for a sales assistant in Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 80, No 182, 10 August 1907 Zweites Blatt, page 3 The 1904 advertisement shows that Rosa was also trading in umbrellas and wall coverings. A descendant recalls that she was in business with two cousins in a women's clothing business. The 1924 address book has entries for a Rosa Danziger as the owner of a women's clothing business at Nikolaistrasse, 26; the entry for this address lists three Danzigers: Rosa, Herta and Marg. The 1939 census of Gleiwitz lists her at Kirschstrasse 2, a Jewish old people's home. Rosa was deported from Gleiwitz to Auschwitz concentration camp on 20.05.1942 (note: some of the deportation records erroneously record her year of birth as 1889 instead of 1869). My great grandmother. Sources (click here for generic source information) notes on the children of Albert and Rosa Danziger (origin unknown); Family knowledge; Ernest Burger's autobiography; mappingthelives.org - 1939 census. bundesarchiv.de - Gedenkbuch entry for Rosa Danziger (correct date of birth); statistik-des-holocaust.de - deportation list (incorrect date of birth); yadvashem.org - testimonial written by her grandson, Ernest Burger; yadvashem.org - transcript of deportation record; 1905 address book for Gleiwitz pages 76 (109), 112 (147) and 198 (233); 1907 address book for Gleiwitz pages 92 (116), 134 (160) and 232 (258); 1912 address book for Gleiwitz pages 81 (89), 115 (125) and 322 (336); 1913 address book for Gleiwitz pages 15 (31) and 227 (245); 1914 address book for Gleiwitz pages 16 (36), 221 (239) and 261 (281); 1924 address book for Gleiwitz pages 1/30 (62), 2/100 (406), 2/136 (442), 6/22 (560), 6/29 (567) and 6/48 (286); sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer, Jg. 75, No. 239, 14 October 1902; 1914 business address book for Upper Silesia, p. 100 (113); sbc.org.pl - 1936 telephone directory for Kattowitz page 148 (161); sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 75, No 233, 7 October 1902; sbc.org.pl - Oberschlesische Volksstimme Jg 28, No 238, 16 October 1903; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 76, No 271, 22 November 1903; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 77, No 203, 3 September 1904; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 213, 16 September 1905; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 228, 4 October 1905; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 78, No 230, 6 October 1905; sbc.org.pl - Der Oberschlesische Wanderer Jg 80, No 182, 10 August 1907. | ||||||||||||||||
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