Mordka Najman. Collection

Contact Kazerne Dossin Documentation Centre: archives@kazernedossin.eu This collection contains a pre-war Polish passport of Mordja Najman and his Belgian war-time ID, issued by the municipality of Charleroi. Mordka Najman was born in Lodz, Poland, on 14 April 1893. He became a fitter and emigrated to Marcinelle, Belgium. During the war he lived in Charleroi, Belgium, where he shared a small apartment with Szyfra Gothelf (b. 11/12/1899 in Grachow, Poland) and their son Albert (b. 16 April 1937 in Charleroi, Belgium). Mordka Najman was arrested in July 1944 and did not survive deportation from the Dossin barracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau via Transport XXVI on 31 July 1944. His wife and child survived the war. On 25 September 1947, Szyfra Gothelf claimed her husband’s personal documents, which had been confiscated upon his arrival at the Dossin barracks, at the offices of the Ministry of Reconstruction.