Jews of the Somme
Être Juif dans la Somme
Targeted in the Roundup of Foreign and Stateless Jews, 18-19 July 1942 and after:
Initially targeted but found to have been naturalized
Chasia Wajnberg – Rosières-en-Santerre. Deported 20 January 1944
Arrested in October 1942
Georges Wolff – Ault. Deported 11 November 1942
Arrested February 1943
Israel Pilcer – Quevauviller. Deported 2 Mar 1943
Orders from the German military authorities (SIPO) in St. Quentin to the French Regional Prefect, 16 July 1942
Hospitalized at the time of the rafle, Gitla Redlich and Sarah Lewenberg are transferred to Drancy upon release
The Arrests of Georges Wolff at Ault, 19 October 1942 and Israel Pilcer at Quevauvillers, 19 February 1943
Roundup (Rafle) of July 18-19. Foreign-born non-naturalized Jews and “stateless” Jews are to be rounded up and sent away; at first it is planned to send them to Laon and from there to Nancy, but in point of fact they go to Drancy, which is becoming the central collection point for Jews to be deported to the east. Initial victims are the engineer Marc Adler, Zalman Redlich and the barber Abraham Lewenberg. The wives of the last two, Gitla Redlich and Sarah Lewenberg, escape temporarily by being admitted to the hospital. The others are transported to Drancy and then sent to Auschwitz in July, August or September. The authorities have their eye on the women who are in turn arrested in October, sent to Drancy and deported to Auschwitz in November. Georges Wolff, an unemployed actor living in Ault-Onival on the Picard coast is also arrested and sent to Auschwitz in November.
