Given name: David Family name: Gilbert Goetzel (3)
- (1, 2, 3) YES
- (1, 2, 3) Male
- (1) David , (2) David
- (1) Gilbert Goetzel , (2) Leviathan , (3) Goetzel
- (1) Bruno Wierzchowski, (2) Goetzel
- (1) Baden-Baden
- (1) From Warsaw, (2, 3) No information
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(1)
In Paris he met his wife-Sophie.
(2)
He and Sophie left Germany in 1935 to escape anti-Semitism and the Nazis. They moved to Warsaw, where they were married. Once there, they planned to move to a safer country, one further away from the Nazi threat. But their daughter Micki was born in 1937 and financial constraints forced them to delay their plans.
Two years later the war began and David vowed to bring his loved ones through the danger. He guided his wife and two-year-old daughter through the siege of Warsaw. He was eventually arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned for 8 months.
He left the ghetto in 1943 and went into hiding in the Aryan section of the city (first in a friend's apartment, than in Otwock). He was hiding separately from his family.
In July 1943 he took his family to the Hotel Polski. They were transported to a concentration camp - Bergen-Belsen. In April 1945 came the release and he travelled with his family to France.
In June 1945 he arrived with his family in Palestine.
On the advice of Sophie's doctors, he and Sophie divorced in 1946. After a year David met Liesel Hirsch, a German-born Jew. They married and a year later their son Raphael was born.
David decided to move his family to the United States in 1953. In 1955 his daughter Debbie was born. David opened his own business importing paintbrush handles. Debbie died in 1979 of dysautonomia, a Jewish genetic disorder. David sold his business in 1983 and retired. He engaged in public speaking about the wartime experiences.
Liesel and David celebrated their 50th anniversary in 1998. They decided to move closer to their son and granddaughters.
Every year, up until Sophie's death, Liesel and David travelled to Israel to visit her.Mąż Sophie Goetzel-Leviathan.
(3)
W marcu 1940 roku trafia do więzienia za brak opaski na ramieniu. Przebywa tam przez 8 miesięcy. W styczniu 1943 r. opuszcza getto, ukrywa się w Otwocku. Żona i córka ukrywają się oddzielnie. W lipcu 1943 cała rodzina zgłasza się do Hotelu Polskiego w Warszawie, po czym zostają wywiezieni do obozu koncentracyjnego w Bergen-Belsen. Obóz ewakuują w kwietniu 1945 roku. Razem z rodziną wyjeżdża do Paryża, gdzie przebywa przez pewien czas, przed wyjazdem na stałe do Izraela.Deported from Baden-Baden. Important person in Schultz's shop. During the round-up, he eliminated those whom he didn't like and gave the numbers to his protégés. After reoccupying shop's house at Leszno Street No 76 (after the return form the round-up), he assigned flats and was appointed the house's commissar.
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- (1) private life / daily life
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(1)
In the source Pamiętniki Żydów; sygn. 302/231; w Archiwum ŻIH; title: Der Krieg von innen [The war from the inside] she appears as David Leviathan.
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(1)
The memories of David Gilbert are written by Tim Shortridge and Michael D. Frounfelter.
(2)Pamiętnik 302/231 w Archiwum ŻIH
(3)
Początek okupacji niemieckiej w Warszawie, rozporządzenia antyżydowskie(mąż autorki był więziony za brak żydowskiej opaski). Życie w getcie warszawskim, praca w szopie Schulza. W styczniu 1943 r. autorka opuściła getto, ukrywała się w Konstancinie i Milanówku, była prześladowana przez
szantażystów. Mąż i córka ukrywali się oddzielnie. W lipcu 1943
cała rodzina zgłosiła się do Hotelu Polskiego w Warszawie, po czym zostali wywiezieni do obozu koncentracyjnego w Bergen-Belsen. Opis warunków życia w obozie, ewakuacja obozu w kwietniu 1945 r., wyzwolenie i wyjazd do Paryża.
Autorka pochodziła z rodziny polskich Żydów mieszkających przez pewien czas w Niemczech. Przed wojną studiowała w Paryżu. Po wojnie wyjechałado Izraela.Schmidt, Leokadia; Cudem przezyliśmy czas zagłady (We Miraculously Survived the Holocaust)
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Goetzel-Lewiatan
Sophie
(wife)
Sophie Goetzel-Lewiatan i jej mąż są niemieckimi Żydami. Sophie studiuje we Francji, tam poznaje męża. Uciekając prz...
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Leviathan
Micki
(daughter)
Córka Sophie Goetzel-LeviathanW sierpniu 1942 roku zostaje przemycona na stonę aryjską z getta, trafia do polskiej r...
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Walfisz
Halina
(in-law)
The daughter of Sophie Goetzel's brother. She was 11-years-old when the war begun. She was deported to a labour camp...
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Zondek
Marysia
(Acquaintance / Aider )
She takes care of Micki Goetzel, after she leaves the ghetto.
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Znajoma Sophie i Davida Leviathan
Wanda
(Acquaintance / Aider )
Znajoma Sophie i Davida Leviathan. Bierze pod opiekę Micki Leviathan, która zostaje przemycona z getta na aryjską st...
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Goetzel
Miriam (Micki)
(FAMILY / daughter)
She was born in Warsaw. When she was to-years-old the war begun. She left the ghetto in 1942. She was raised by Cath...
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Goetzel
Sophie
(FAMILY / wife)
She came from a Polish- Jewish family, living for some time in Germany. Before the war she studied in France, where...
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Jabłońska
Janina
(Acquaintance / Aider )
The German Commissar; persuades her boss to hire David Gilbert as a translator.
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Szczepańska
Wanda
(Acquaintance / Aider )
Micki Gilbert's nanny.
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Chłodna
Mąż Sophie Goetzel-Lewiatan wychodzi z więzienia, dostaje dobrą pracę, stać ich na wynajęcie dużego mieszkania.
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Nowolipie 44, szop Schultza
Fabryka włókiennicza Schultza, w której znajomi załatwili pracę Ann Celnik (Hannie Kalinie).
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Długa 29
Hotel Polski
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Szucha 30
Gilbert's family apartment.
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Więzienie na Mokotowie
David Goetzel został skazany na więzienie za brak opaski.
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nieznana [getto]
David Goetzel pracował w getcie w administracji niemieckich budynków.
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Nieznana [mieszkanie Wandy Szczepańskiej]
U Wandy Szczepańskiej mieszkał kilka tygodni David Goetzel.
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- David and Piotr stand in a long queue to register for mobilisation... 1939-09 ,
- Piotr, Wanda, Sophie and Micki leave Henryk's apartment. Since Sop... 1939-09-21 ,
- David drives up to Henryk's. It was a terrible night for the famil... 1939-09-22 ,
- David has a message for Mr. Eisner which he has to deliver to the... 1939-11 ,
- David and Sophie visit Mr. Wloch, his daughter Elga and her husban... 1940 ,
- David is arrested for not wearing an armband. He is taken to the M... 1940-09-03 ,
- David witnesses a homosexual rape performed by the Gestapo - so th... 1940-09 ,
- David is released from prison. 1941-05-05 ,
- David meets with Mr. and Mrs. Reinhardt. They offer him a deal. Be... 1942-01 ,
- David proponuje swojemu szefowi- Schmitzowi udział w wyprawie po k... 1942-01 ,
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- Mr. Wloch dies. David visits the Krugers to pay his respects. The... 1942-07 ,
- David finds a job for himself and his staff at the Schultz factory... 1942-07 ,
- Every day people report for resettlement. Whenever too few volunte... 1942-08-01 ,
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- Miss Demske calls Dawid. She warns him that he must leave the ghet... 1943-01-15 ,
- Sophie keeps thinking about her family. Sometimes Wanda visits and... 1943-01 ,
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- Adolf Eichmann is rounding up all the Jews with South American pas... 1943-10-21 ,
- David and Sophie become very popular. Sophie tells fairy-tales and... 1943-11 ,
- A women, taken to a hospital to deliver her baby, returns with bad... 1944-03 ,
- " You are being evacuated to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia... 1945-04-06 ,
- "They've murdered everyone who's gone east. I spoke to a man... 1942-08 ,
- SS officers plunge into the factory. All the Jews are to assemble... 1942-08-25 ,
- Again a selection takes place. Out of 2000 employees there are onl... 1942-09 ,
- David approaches the center of Skolimow. He wants to buy some food... 1939-09-01 ,
- David wakes up because of the sound of the flying planes. It\'s th... 1939-09-01 ,
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- After a week Peter shows up at David's. He's not alone-his friend... 1939-10 ,
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- Sophie is convinced that David and Micki are on their way to Franc... 1943-07-08 ,
- " I don't want to leave this place without my wife, but I wil... 1943-07-12 ,
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- Mr Wloch, David's supervisor hands him a small wad of money - sala... 1939-09-04 ,
- David asks his brother to visit Skolimow and check how his family... 1939-09-05 ,
- David visits the office that used to belong to his former employer... 1939-11 ,
- The march from the camp to the trains is incredibly hard. People a... 1943-04-07 ,
- The bombing begins. The train has been evacuated three times. Ever... 1943-04-10 ,
- Micki, Sophie and David arrive in Palestine. 1945-06 ,
- Franc and Wanda found a new hiding place for David. It is an aband... 1943-03 ,
- David and Wanda pay the Germans for looking the other way while So... 1943-06 ,
- David reaches Hotel Polski. He crawls on his knees to move past th... 1943-06-27 ,
- David and Micki are reunited, at last, after a year of separation.... 1943-06 ,
- David has to find a way of earning money. After eight months in pr... 1941-05 ,
- Every Tuesday and Friday David visits a bank on the Aryan side. Th... 1941-11 ,
- Sophie, David i Micki move into a new flat in Chlodna Street. The... 1941-12 ,
- Franc finds Wanda for David. They meet in the old courthouse. Wand... 1941-12-08 ,
- W kwietniu 1941 mąż Sophie Goetzel-Lewiatan wychodzi z więzienia.... 1941-04 (Independent Jewish actions ) ,
- W czasie Wielkiej Akcji Sophie Goetzel-Lewiatan przenosi się z cór... 1942-08-03 (Help / paid / one-off/short-lasting / emergency help / Independent Jewish actions / Danger) ,
- Wanda przekonuje Dawida, by poszedł do Hotelu Polskiego. Będąc już... 1943-06 (Help / emergency help / Independent Jewish actions / helping other Jews ) ,
- Przed końcem 1939 r. rodzina Goetzel (David, Sophie i Miki) został... 1939 (housing/hiding place) ,
- David Goetzel został skazany za brak opaski na 10 miesięcy więzien... 1940-09 (Help / free of charge / other help) ,
- Gdy David Goetzel wyszedł z więzienia, Janina Jabłońska pomogła mu... 1941 (Help / other help) ,
- W styczniu 1943 r. David Goetzel uciekł z getta. Wyszedł z grupą w... 1943-01 (Help / long-lasting / housing/hiding place) ,
- David Goetzel dowiedział się za pośrednictwem żony, że Niemcy szuk... 1943-06 (free of charge / Independent Jewish actions ) ,
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Goetzel-Lewiatan
Sophie
(wife)