Individual Details
Helena "Hella" Better
(14 Jun 1908 - 6 Sep 1997)
In 1941, Helena Tirkel was deported from Berlin and sent to the Sobibor work camp in Poland.
Luckier than the others who were there, she hid in a garbage cart, which hauled her away to freedom.
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Luckier than the others who were there, she hid in a garbage cart, which hauled her away to freedom.
http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/7496/edi tion_id/141/format/html/displaystory.html
Events
| Birth | 14 Jun 1908 | Galicia, Austria-Hungary |  | ||
| Residence | Bef 1941 | Berlin, Germany | |||
| Residence | 1941 | Sobivor camp in Poland | |||
| Death | 6 Sep 1997 | Victoria, Australia | | ||
| Burial | 8 Sep 1997 | Section JMG-2, Row U, Plot 29 , 1 - Springvale Botanical Cemetery / Necropolis Cemetery, Springvale, Australia | | ||
| Alt name | Helena Tirkel | ||||
| Residence | Poland |
Families
| Spouse | Alfred Türkel (1911 - 1968) |
| Child | Anatol Zygmunt "Andrew" Tirkel |
| Father | Moshe Better (1870 - ) |
| Mother | (wife of Moshe Better) (unknown maiden) (1870 - ) |
| Sibling | Shlomo Better (1903 - 2006) |
| Sibling | Ewa Better |
| Sibling | Rozia Shoshana Better (1910 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
2. Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
3. Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).