Lichtenfeld, Jelena [Helena]

  General Notes:

(b. 1882, Lodz (JRI) - or April 17, 1880, Warsaw; d. 1943, Warsaw) or : (b. April 17, 1883, Warsaw; d. February 4, 1944, Warsaw)

Her relative Jolanta Szaban submitted a page of testimony about her t o Yad Vashem. She was living in Gainesville, Florida when she submitt ed it and she wrote in English. Helena nee Lichtenfeld was maried t o Henryk Gelbard. She was living at Ulica Piusa 5 in Warsaw when he w as killed. For the circumstances of her death Jolanta wrote: "Shot b y gendarmes in her apartment, after her daughter, Halina, jumped for m the window." For relationship she wrote: "She was my mother's aunt ."

Jolanta Szaban also submitted a page of testimony for Ludwik Gelbard ( b. 1882). He was a dentist, living Chelm before the war and in Rown e during the war. He died somewhere in Russia in a prisoner of war ca mp. For relationship t othe deceased Jolanta wrote: "He was my grand fatehr." Presumably he was a brother of Henryk Gelbard, and thus Hele na nee Lichtenfeld Gelbard was Jolanta's aunt by marriage.

Another relative, Wladyslaw Iwaszczukiewicz, also submitted a page o f testimony for Helena Gelbard. He submitted it on July 15, 1997. H e was living in Radom, Poland and wrote in Polish. According to him H elena was born on April 17, 1883 and died on February 4, 1944. For th e circumstances of her death he wrote: "Zastrzelona przez niemieckic h zandarmow w swym mieszkaniu" [Shot to death by German gendarmes i n her apartment]. He gave her address as "Ulica Piekna." For his rel ationship to Helena he wrote: "Bylem bratankiem jej meza" [I was th e nephew of her husband].

Jelena married Henryk Gelbard.