Family Tree – Murder in the House of Diamonds. A True Story, Not Fiction.

A

Name: Chajer Berek

Sex: M

Date of birth: Aprox. 1856

Place of birth: Poland

Date of death: Aprox. 1924

Place of death: Poland

Notes: Father of Lea Schtatlender

B

Name: Hinde Weiss

Sex: F

Date of birth: Poland

Date of death: Aprox. 1931

Place of death: Poland

Notes: Mother of Lea Schtatlender

C

Name: Izaak Goldmann

Sex: M

Date of birth: June 20, 1885

Place of birth: Pabjanice, Poland

Notes: Known a Icek. Married to Lea Schtatlender. He got to the grand jury in 1914 Luxembourg and remained there until 1919 with the identity of his brother-in-law, Jozef Schtatlender because previously he had been expelled from the country. He was arrested in the Polish-German border in 1934 and sent to an unknown camp. Nothing more was heard of him.

D

Name: Lea Schtatlender

Date of birth: May 25, 1883

Place of birth: Lodz, Poland

Place of death: Auschwitz, Poland

Notes: Known as Laja. Married to Izaak Goldmann. Was arrested in Brussels, Belgium in 1943 and deported to Aushwitz, Poland.

E

Name: Caecilla Goldmann

Sex: F

Date of birth: May 2, 1916

Place of birth: Luxembourg

Notes: Known as Celli. Was arrestaded in Brussels, Belgium on April 19, 1943 and sent in escort XX, with number 220, to a camp of forced labor at L’ Arbeiteinsatz where later was sent to Auschwitz, Poland.

F

Name: Esther Goldmann

Sex: F

Date of birth: March 7, 1913

Place of birth: Elberfeld, Germany

Notes: Was arrested in Brussels, Belgium on January 5, 1943 and sent on escort XVIII with number 967, from camp Malines, Belgium to Auschwitz, Poland.

G

Name: Abraham Goldmann

Sex: M

Date of birth: October 8, 1914

Place of birth: Hollerich, Luxembourg

Notes: Known as Abraham Schtatlender. Was registeres with the last name Schtatlender because his father Izaak Goldmann, had taken the identity of his brother-in-law Jozef, who had died. He was arrested on August 18, 1942 in Brussels, Belgium and sent to a camp in Malines, Belgium where he was deported in escort IV, with number 21 to Auschwitz, Poland.

H

Name: Siegmund Goldmann

Sex: M

Date of birth: July 4, 1917

Place of birth: Luxembourg

Notes: He was arrested in Brussels, Belgium on August 18, 1942 and deported on escort IV with number 8 to Auschwitz, Germany.

I

Name: Maria Goldmann

Sex: F

Date of birth: October 20, 1919

Place of birth: Colonia, Germany

Notes: She was arrested in Brussels, Belgium on April 19, 1943 and sent to Camp Malines, Belgium from where she was deported in escort XX with number 600 to Auschwitz, Germany.

J

Name: Chaim Isaak Liquornik

Sex: M

Notes: Married to Baba Perl and father of Pessia Liquornik

K

Name: Baba Perl

Sex: F

Notes: Married to Chaim Isaal Liquornik and mother of Pessia Liquornik. Married for the second time with Isaak Reisch.

L

Name: Simon Eckhaus

Sex: M

Date of birth: Aprox. 1867

Place of birth: Vaslui Bukovina, Old Austria

Date of death: Aprox. 1949

Place of death: New York, NY, US

Notes: Known as Schimon. Arrived to New York on February 7, 1939 on the ship “Aquitania” from the port Cherbourg, France.

M

Name: Pessia Liquornik

Sex: F

Date of birth: Aprox. 1873

Place of birth: Viena, Austria

Date of death: Aprox. 1935

Place of death: Viena, Austria

Note: Married to Simon Eckhaus

N

Name: Karl Eckhaus

Sex: M

Date of birth: March 30, 1892

Place of birth: Vaslui, Romania

Notes: Married to Sabine Vogel. Was arrested at Camp Drancy, France (Vichy Regimen) and transported on August 14, 1942 on escort XIX to Auschwitz, Poland.

O

Name: Paula Eckhaus

Sex: F

Date of birth: July 10, 1893

Place of birth: Vaslui, Romania

Date of death: December 1977

Place of death: New York, NY, US

Notes: Married to Max Hirsch

P

Name: Osias Eckhaus

Sex: M

Date of birth: March 23, 1897

Place of birth: Vaslui, Romania

Notes: Was arrested in France on January 31, 1941 and sent to Camp de Gur (Vichy Regimen) from where he was deported to Auschwitz, Poland.

Q

Name: Isidor Eckhaus

Sex: M

Date of birth: March 18, 1909

Place of birth: Vaslui, Romania

Date of death: August 7, 1995

Place of death: New York, NY, US

Notes: Migrated to the United States with his wife Emma and his daughter Janet. On February 14, 1950 arrived to New York on the ship Queen Mary from the port of Southhampton, England.

R

Name: Josefine Eckhaus

Sex: F

Place of birth: Cernauti or Czernowitz, Romania

Notes: Married to Sigmund Reisch

S

Name: Benjamin Eckhaus

Sex: M

Date of birth: May 15, 1901

Place of birth: Cernauti or Czernowitz, Romania

Notes: Know as Benno. Was arrested in Brussels, Belgium on October 1942 and sent on escort XIII (number 159) to Auschwitz, Poland.

T

Name: Madeleine Goldmann

Sex: F

Date of birth: January 6, 1939

Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium

Notes: Daughter of Benjamin Eckhaus and Caecilia Goldmann.

U

Name: Astrid Goldmann

Sex: F

Date of birth: March 5, 1940

Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium

Notes: Daughter of Benjamin Eckhaus and Caecilia Goldmann.

V

Name: Charles J. Kane

Sex: M

Date of birth: May 26, 1942

Place of birth: Brussels, Belgium

Notes: Known as Charles Joseph Goldmann or Charles Joseph Kahn. When his adoptive parents arrived to the United States, changed their last name from Kahn to Kane.

From left to right: Blanca Nieves Kane (wife of the author), Charles Kane and his sisters Astrid and Madeleine Goldmann, in Esh-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.

W

Name: Blanca Nieves Rodríguez

Sex: F

Date of birth: June 16, 1944

Place of birth: Arecibo, Puerto Rico

Notes: Married to Charles J. Kane