Israel Rosner

Biography

(NC) His family who remained in Saarbrücken suffered economic difficulties and severe persecution. In 1937, the Gestapo imprisoned Paul’s father, Israel, for offenses related to helping Jews escape across the French border. Israel Rosner was kept in prison (continuously or intermittently) from February 1937 to June 1938. On January 28, 1938, while he was still under arrest, he received a deportation order from the Saarland. Immediately upon his release from prison, he was deported at the end of June. Israel Rosner returned to his birthplace in Zmigród, Poland. On October 27, 1938, Sabine and Ruth’s stay in Germany was prohibited as a result of the order against the Jews of Polish origin, who were in Germany at that time. This was part of the so called Polenaktion (Polish action); however, they left only in June 1939, and joined Israel in Zmigród. Sabine and Ruth were murdered in 1942 after they were deported to Belzec. The father, Israel, was deported to Plaszow along with several relatives of the extended family. From there he was deported to the Skarzysko-Kamienna camp, where he perished in 1944.