On October 6th 1915 many persons died in Lubaczow, among them Laja Gärtel nee Kresen. She was born around 1855, the daughter of Moses Josef and Freida Kresen. She had been married to Simche Gärtel. So far I have not located her grave.
The text in Hebrew would include
לאה בת משה יוסף
What happened to her husband Simche after her death?
I did not find his name in the death register for Lubaczow that included December 1938, and I found no Page of Testimony for him, though a grandniece had submitted Pages for three of this couple's children:
Awrum who lived in Rawa Ruska
Golda who lived in Jaroslaw
Nesia married GLANZER who lived in Krakow.
So when and where did Simche die?
Lately the Jewish Historical Institute in Warszawa has put online more than 60000 digitalized documents. Among these are Kennkarten (Identity Cards) issued by the Germans in Krakow in 1940.
On August 5th 1940 a Kennkarte was issued for Simche Gärtel, born in September 1855 in Lubaczow, a widower. Each Kennkarte has the identities of two witnesses. One of the witnesses here is Nesia Eidel GLANZER living at the same address as Simche Gärtel.
http://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/868936/0/
From this we understand that the 85 year old widower was living with his daughter and her family in Krakow and that he was alive on August 5th 1940.
Did he die of natural causes?
Did lack of food and medicines shorten his life?
Was he murdered?
Looking at his face, I wonder what his thoughts were, when this photo was taken.
http://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/868936/1/
His daughter Nesia, then 37 years old, what was she thinking?
http://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/873200/1/
Nesia was married to Chaim Glanzer, a Melamed, a teacher of Hebrew and Judaism, 47 years old in 1940.
http://cbj.jhi.pl/documents/873191/1/
I am not able to find out if they had any children, but they are both listed as Holocaust victims.
