Sara Dzialoszynski was a daughter of Benjamin Dzialoszynski, born on 2 January 1885 in Posen (Germany) and of Betty Jaffe, born on 7 January 1890 in Gorst (Germany). Sara was born in Leipzig on 17 June 1919 but lived in Gailingen, located in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Sara had an older sister, Milli Dzialoszynski, who was also born in Leipzig on 16 March 1916.
Both sisters came to the Netherlands: first Milli. On 28 November 1938, she found shelter with Ella Helena Dzialoszynski, who had become widowed since 31 December 1930. Ella lived at Zomerdijkstraat 25, 1st floor, and as a widow she supported herself as a boarding house keeper. Milli worked as an accountant, shorthand typist, sorter, skin buyer and typist.
Her sister Sara came to Amsterdam on 16 June 1939 and started working as a nanny and maid for the family of Samuel Eisenmann in the Van Eeghenstraat 53 house. She was an intern there and Sara was also registered at that address in the Amsterdam Population Register. Samuel Eisenmann had lost his first wife in 1934 and in December 1936 he was married for the second time. Two children were born from that second marriage: Gershon and Ruth. When Sara Dzialoszynsky arrived, Gershon was 20 months old but Ruth was only a 5-month-old baby.
On 30 July 1940, Sara too was registered at the address Zomerdijkstraat 254, 1st floor, after which she moved to Frans van Mierisstraat 12 1st on 15 August 1940; Watteaustraat 19 house on 28 November 1941 and Lekstraat 120 2nd on 27 February 1942. Milli also moved twice more: on 14 August 1939 she left from the Zomerdijkstraat 25 I to the Uithoornstraat 1 1st floor, but returned on 29 May 1940 de Zomerdijkstraat 25 1st .
Milli Dzialoszynski arrived in Westerbork on 24 May 1943, where she ended up in barrack 61. It is noted on her Jewish Council registration card that she applied in November 1943 to be registered as a "Palestine veteran", whereupon, after checks by the emigration department and the Red Cross, she obtained a so-called Albersheim declaration.
On 15 February 1944, Milli was transported to Bergen Belsen, but because she also had a Paraquay passport and had Paraquayan nationality, she was transported from Bergen Belsen to the Biberach internment camp on 21 January 1945 as “Austausch Jude”. Approximately 300 Jewish prisoners were part of an exchange operation in which Jewish prisoners were exchanged for Nazis who had been interned abroad. Ultimately, Milli Dzialoszynski survived all the hardships and returned to the Netherlands on 17 December 1945; she emigrated permanently to Haifa in Palestine on 17 December 1947.
Sara Dzialoszynski fared very differently; she worked as a maid for Samuel Eisenmann's family in Van Eeghenstraat. However, on 7 April 1941, the family moved to the Banstraat 52 house in Amsterdam-South, where Samuel's parents lived. It is unclear whether Sara was still employed by the family at the time or no longer. According to the residence cards of the Amsterdam City Archives, her address on 28 November 1941 was Watteaustraat 19 house, and on 24 May 1942, Lekstraat 120, 2nd floor. She then left for Germany on 4 August 1942......
However, in the “Gedenkbuch” (Memorial Book) of the German Bundesarchiv, which lists the German victims of Nazi rule 1933-1945, Sara Dzialoszynski is also mentioned: she was transported to Auschwitz from Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen with the 8th convoy on 8 September 1942. Apparently Sara made attempts to avoid deportation in the Netherlands by fleeing to Belgium, but was yet arrested there and transferred to Kazerne Dossin in Mechelen.
The 8th convoy with 1000 people, including Sara Dzialosynsky, arrived in Auschwitz on 10 September 1942 and of the deportees, mainly women and children, were murdered that same day on the day of arrival. At least 634 people underwent the “special actions” of the SS, very precisely on 10 September as the SS doctor, who took part, noted in his diary.
The exact place and date of Sara Dzialoszynski's death is unknown. The Gedenkbuch from the Bundesarchiv states: “Place of Death: unbekannt - Für tot erklärt”. Despite the possibility, that her date of death could have been 10 September 1942 in Auschwitz, the place and date of death are also listed as unknown on the Jewish Monument.
Sources include the City Archive of Amsterdam, archive cards of Sara Dzialoszynski, Milli Dzialoszynski, Samuel Eisenmann, Henny Cohen and Ella Helena Dzialoszynski; family registration card of Samuel Eisenmann; the file cabinet of the Jewish Council, registration cards of Sara Dzialoszinsky en Milli Dzialoszinksy; Wikipedia website Jodentransporten vanuit Nederland.nl/transport Westerbork -> Bergen Belsen of 15 February 1944; website ITS Arolson/Milli Dzialoszynski/A.E.F. Displaced Persons record and other documents; Gedenkbuch of the German Bundesarchiv/mentioning of Sara Dzialoszynski; Amsterdam residence cards/Van Eeghenstraat 53 house, Banstraat 52 house, Zomerdijkstraat 25 1e floor, Watteaustraat 19 house and Lekstraat 120 2nd floor; the Memorial of the Deportation of the Belgian Jews/page 24 the 8th convoy Mechelen ->Auschwitz.