Mayerson family papers

Jose Mayerson was born Jozef (Yosele) Majersohn to David and Chaja Sura (Hanna) Majersohn in Kielce, Poland on July 14, 1907. He had eight siblings, and his father was a rabbi. Felicia Majerson (1916-2007) was born Fela (Faigele) Bursztyn to Gershon and Leah Weiss Bursztyn in Warsaw, Poland on January 16, 1916. She had at least two sisters: Anna and Gittel. Jose’s and Felicia’s first son, Richard (later Ricardo), was born October 29, 1936 in Warsaw. Felicia and Richard survived the Warsaw ghetto and then remained in hiding in Warsaw. Jose survived the Kielce ghetto and then joined a partisan group. The family made their way to the Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp after the war and then waited in France for their opportunity to move overseas. They immigrated to Bolivia via Brazil in December 1946 aboard the SS Desirade. Their daughter Lucia (1947-2011) and second son David (b. 1949) were born in Bolivia. Around 1962 the family moved to Chile. Lucia Mayerson later relocated to Massachusetts. The Mayerson family papers consist of identification and immigration papers documenting the family of Polish Holocaust survivors Jose and Felicia Mayerson and their migration from Zeilsheim Displaced Persons Camp, to France, Bolivia, and Chile.