# Baila Yachet Yocheved Friedman (b.1908) <!-- AUTO:BEGIN — generated from GEDCOM; do not edit, overwritten on rebuild --> > 🔵 **Bernstein — Ozzy's side** · Relationship to Ozzy: **great-grandmother** ![[I500083.jpg|220]] **Born** 04/15/1908 — [[Głusk]] **Died** 07/08/2000 — [[Bronx]] **Parents** [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] · [[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]] **Spouse** [[Azriel Yosef Barbanel (b.1907)]] **Children** [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]] · [[Faiga Toba Barbanel (b.1939)]] **Siblings** [[Sylka Gitla Friedman (b.1900)]] · [[Shamai Friedman (b.1902)]] · [[Manas Friedman (b.1903)]] · [[Chaja Friedman (b.1905)]] **📸 Media — from MyHeritage** ![[I500083_1.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_2.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_3.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_4.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_5.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_6.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_7.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_8.jpg|180]] ![[I500083_9.jpg|180]] **Documents — from MyHeritage:** [[I500083_doc0.pdf|📄 303_V_425_B_01660 (1)]] *GEDCOM I500083 · Bernstein tree · synced 2026-07-01* <!-- AUTO:END --> ## Narrative Baila Yachet Yocheved — "Bella," as the family called her — was born in **[[Głusk]]**, a small town just south of Lublin, on 15 April 1908 (some later records give July 1909), a daughter of [[Srul Abram Friedman (b.1881)]] and [[Tauba Winer (b.1877)]].[^survivor][^manifest] She married [[Azriel Yosef Barbanel (b.1907)]], a butcher, and by the eve of the Second World War the couple were living in **Lubartów**, north of Lublin.[^survivor] They had two children, [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]] and [[Faiga Toba Barbanel (b.1939)]]. She survived the war — one of the few in her world who did. In **1946** she registered as a survivor with the **Central Committee of Polish Jews** at its Lublin committee, on one of the blue "*Karta informacyjna o osobach ocalałych*" (information cards on survivors): card no. 8915, listing "**Bela Barbanel**," born about 1908 in Głusk, daughter of Srul and Toba, her last known address Lubartów.[^survivor] The card's registry number, 1660, is the same "01660" that later filed her postwar documentation. Like most survivors she did not stay in Poland. The family passed into the displaced-persons system in the American zone of Germany and, at last, secured passage to the United States. On **13 November 1950** they sailed from **Bremerhaven** aboard the U.S. Army transport **General Sturgis**, bound for New York.[^manifest] The transport's passenger list catches the whole household together: **Azril Barbanel**, butcher, aged 43; **Bela Barbanel**, housewife, aged 41; their son (recorded "**Sewek**," 15) and daughter (recorded "**Fela**," 11 — Faiga Toba); and Azriel's widowed mother, **Genendla Barbanel**, 62, listed as a babysitter — all set down as Polish Jews, sponsored by the **HIAS** (the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, agent A. Gold), and all bound for the same address: **3145 Rochambeau Avenue, in the Bronx**.[^manifest] That Bronx street would be their American home. She lived out the rest of her life in New York and died in the **Bronx on 8 July 2000**, at ninety-two. [^survivor]: **Survivor information card**, *Centralny Komitet Żydów Polskich — Wydział Ewidencji i Statystyki* ("Karta informacyjna o osobach ocalałych"), card **no. 8915** (registry 1660), Committee in **Lublin**, 1946 — read directly from the scan (vault document I500083_doc0.pdf). Surname **Barbanel**; given name **Bela**; age/born **~1908 in Głusk**; parents **Srul** (father) and **Toba** (mother's given name); last known address **Lubartów**. Signed by the committee clerk, Lublin. [^manifest]: **Emigration transport passenger list**, "Page 73, USA 14" (IRO/US-zone emigration, sailing from **Bremerhaven** aboard the **General Sturgis**, departing **13 November 1950**), read directly from the scan (vault image I500083_3.jpg). Entries 1261–1265, all "Barbanel," nationality POL, religion Jew, destination **3145 Rochambeau Ave, Bronx, NY**, via **HIAS** (agent A. Gold): **Genendla** (widow, F, 62, babysitter — Azriel's mother); **Azril** (married, M, 43, butcher); **Bela** (married, F, 41, housewife); **Sewek** (single, M, 15); **Fela** (single, F, 11, "pupil"). Bela's age 41 in Nov 1950 → birth c. 1909. "Fela" = [[Faiga Toba Barbanel (b.1939)]] (age 11); "Sewek" is the family's son, very likely [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]]. ## Research - **1946 survivor registration (Central Committee of Polish Jews, Lublin — card no. 8915 / reg. 1660).** Read directly (I500083_doc0.pdf). "Bela Barbanel," b. ~1908 Głusk, parents Srul & Toba, last known address Lubartów. Confirms she survived the war and was in the Lublin area in 1946. - **1950 emigration manifest (General Sturgis, Bremerhaven → New York, dep. 13 Nov 1950).** Read directly (I500083_3.jpg). Barbanel family group of five: Genendla (62, Azriel's widowed mother), Azril (43, butcher), **Bela (41, housewife)**, Sewek (15, son), Fela (11 = Faiga Toba). Polish Jews, HIAS-sponsored, destination 3145 Rochambeau Ave, Bronx, NY. Bela's age 41 → b. c. 1909. - **Arolsen Archives tracing/documentation** case no. **472.126** for "BARBANEL, BELA," born **20.07.1909** — a postwar tracing/documentation file (contents not yet read; birthdate variant 1909 noted). [record page](https://collections.arolsen-archives.org/en/archive/6-3-3-2_06030302-0-472-126). - **Birthdate variants:** 15 Apr 1908 (tree) / 20 Jul 1909 (Arolsen) / ~1909 (1950 manifest age 41). - **Recorded name forms:** Baila Yachet Yocheved / Bayla Yocheved (Hebrew-Yiddish) · **Bela** (survivor card & manifest) · **Bella** (aka). ## Evidence - **1950 emigration manifest (General Sturgis)** — the Barbanel family sailing from Bremerhaven to New York, 13 Nov 1950; "Bela Barbanel," housewife, 41, with husband Azril (butcher), children Sewek & Fela, and mother-in-law Genendla; HIAS-sponsored to 3145 Rochambeau Ave, Bronx. Documents the family's emigration and Bela's approximate birth year. ![[BarbanelFamily_1950_IRO_emigration_manifest_GeneralSturgis.jpg]] *Emigration transport list, "Page 73, USA 14" — Barbanel family (entries 1261–1265), Bremerhaven → New York aboard the General Sturgis, dep. 13 November 1950; all bound for 3145 Rochambeau Ave, Bronx, NY via HIAS.* - **1946 survivor registration card** (Central Committee of Polish Jews, Lublin) — "Bela Barbanel," b. ~1908 Głusk, parents Srul & Toba, last address Lubartów. Vault document: [[I500083_doc0.pdf|Karta informacyjna no. 8915]]. Her own postwar survivor registration. ## Open questions - **Birthdate (1908 vs 1909).** Tree gives 15 Apr 1908; Arolsen and the 1950 manifest point to 1909. A birth record from Głusk (c. 1908–1909) would settle it. - **Arolsen file 472.126** not yet read — its contents (DP-camp location, tracing details, any wartime record) should be examined directly when the collections viewer is reachable. - **Wartime survival.** How and where Bela and the family survived 1939–45 (the survivor card's "sposób przetrwania" field is blank) is not documented here; the Arolsen file and any DP-camp records may hold it. - **"Sewek" = Yisrael Tzvi?** The 1950 manifest's son "Sewek" (15) is almost certainly [[Yisrael Tzvi Barbanel (b.1934)]] (a Polish diminutive), but the name mapping should be confirmed against his own records.