Działoszyce · House 5, page 107 · Krakowska 57

Symcha Jurysta & Szajndla Fisz

The documentary record now follows this household from their births and 1914 marriage through eight identified children, the destruction of the family’s prewar life, and the survival of Berek, Chaim, Majer and Henandel.

Evidence rule: conflicting dates are shown rather than silently reconciled. The original civil acts, later certificates, population register, postwar records and family testimony do not always agree.

The parents

Symcha Jurysta

Born: 2 April 1895, Działoszyce

Parents: Judka Jurysta and Blima née Świcarczyk

Died: 3 September 1939, during the first German bombing of Działoszyce

married
1 July 1914

Szajndla Fisz

Born: 2 December 1892, Korczyn / Nowy Korczyn

Parents: Abel Fisz and Sura Cyka; Sura’s maiden surname remains difficult to read

Fate: wartime loss; exact deportation and death record not yet found

Symcha’s 1895 civil act uses female grammatical wording although the population register, marriage certificate, children’s acts and later family record identify him as male. The archive preserves this as an unresolved clerical discrepancy.

Their identified children

Survivor

Berek / Bernard Jurysta

3 May 1917–1999

Original Act 217/1919 and a later certificate name Symcha and Szajndla. He survived the camps, was wounded in the June 1945 attack in Działoszyce, and emigrated to the United States in 1950.

Survivor · died 1945

Chaim Dawid Jurysta

12 August 1918/1919–17 June 1945

Act 218/1919 says he was born “the previous year,” supporting 1918; the later certificate and register have been read as 1919. He survived the Holocaust but died from the postwar attack in Działoszyce.

Survivor

Majer / Meyer Jurysta

15 September 1922/1923–2000

The supporting certificate records 1922, while original Act 209/1923 says “the current year.” Family and postwar records use 1922. He emigrated to the United States and was Alan Jurysta’s father.

Survivor

Henandel / Heniek / Henry Jurysta

2 July 1924 or 10 May 1925–1999

The population certificate gives 2 July 1924; family and postwar records use 10 May 1925. His testimony documents imprisonment at Płaszów. He emigrated to the United States.

Wartime Loss

Dwora Jurysta

Born 27 April 1927

Birth Act 105 and the supporting certificate identify her as a daughter of Symcha and Szajndla in Działoszyce.

Wartime Loss

Abram Aba / Abram Abel Jurysta

Born 23 September 1929

Birth Act 69 and the household register name Symcha and Szajndla as his parents.

Wartime Loss

Perla Fajgla Jurysta

Born 4 January 1934

Birth Act 4 records her at the family address, 57 Krakowska Street.

Wartime Loss

Samuel Jurysta

Born 1 March 1936

Birth Act 28 records him at 57 Krakowska Street. This child is distinct from the adult Samuel in the Josek-and-Rutka household and from the unresolved Shmuel record.

Household chronology

From Nowy Korczyn to a Działoszyce household

Szajndla was born in Korczyn in 1892. She and Symcha married on 1 July 1914, when the marriage certificate stated ages 21 and 19.

Eight children documented

Civil acts and register certificates place the family in Działoszyce. By 1934–1936 the documents give the exact address as 57 Krakowska Street.

Symcha killed in the bombing

Local recollections and the Działoszyce Yizkor material identify Symcha as the Jewish communal watchman killed while people were preparing defenses during the town’s first German bombing.

Deportation, forced labor and survival

Family evidence identifies Berek, Chaim, Majer and Henandel as survivors. Płaszów is documented in testimony; the exact routes of each brother through later labor camps remain incomplete. Szajndla and the younger children have no individual surviving deportation records presently linked.

Postwar attack and emigration

Chaim died after the attack on returning survivors in Działoszyce; Berek survived a shoulder wound. Berek, Henryk and Majer later sailed from Bremerhaven and arrived in New York on 13 January 1950.

Documents and English translations

Civil act

Symcha’s birth · Act 78/1895

Judka Jurysta reported a child named Symcha, born 2 April 1895 to his wife Blima née Świcarczyk. The act’s female wording is retained as an unresolved discrepancy.

Original · Translation PDF

Certificate

Szajndla Fisz’s birth · 1892

Szajndla Fisz was born in Korczyn on 2 December 1892 to Abel Fisz and Sura Cyka. The certificate was issued in Nowy Korczyn on 1 September 1919.

Original

Certificate

Symcha and Szajndla’s marriage · 1914

Symcha Jurysta, 19, son of Judka and Blima née Świcarczyk, married Szajndla Fisz, 21, daughter of Abel and Sura Cyka, on 1 July 1914.

Original

Register

Symcha–Szajndla household

The population register joins the parents and children in House 5, page 107, while preserving later additions and date variants.

Household page · Audited index

Business register

Symcha’s agricultural-produce business · 1935

The municipal register records Symcha Jurysta at 57 Krakowska Street on 8 January 1935. His business was the purchase of crops and other agricultural produce (skup ziemiopłodów), registration number 1070.

Original · Business-register index

Act & certificate

Chaim Dawid · Act 218/1919

The civil act registered Chaim Dawid on 9 September 1919 and says he was born 12 August of the previous year. The later certificate appears to use 1919, creating an explicit 1918/1919 conflict.

Original civil act · Certificate

Act & certificate

Majer / Meyer · 1922/1923

The certificate records 15 September 1922. Original Act 209/1923 describes the birth as occurring in the current year; family and postwar evidence use 1922.

Original civil act · Certificate · DP card · Naturalization

Certificate

Dwora · Act 105/1927

Dwora Jurysta was born in Działoszyce on 27 April 1927 to Symcha Jurysta and Szajndla née Fisz.

Original

Certificate

Abram Aba · Act 69/1929

Abram Aba Jurysta was born in Działoszyce on 23 September 1929 to Symcha Jurysta and Szajndla née Fisz.

Original

Certificate

Perla Fajgla · Act 4/1934

Perla Fajgla Jurysta was born 4 January 1934 to Symcha and Szajndla née Fisz, residing at 57 Krakowska Street.

Original

Certificate

Samuel · Act 28/1936

Samuel Jurysta was born 1 March 1936 to Symcha and Szajndla née Fisz at 57 Krakowska Street. He is recorded in this archive as a wartime loss.

Original

Postwar

Survivor migration

The 1950 passenger manifest places Berek, Henryk and Majer together on the General Heintzelman from Bremerhaven to New York.

Passenger manifest