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csdodd   
5 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Hello there,

My boss has asked me to help trace his Polish Fathers' family and I am obviously struggling.

His father was born 21/03/1926 in Poland, place unknown as boss cannot recall..only that it begins with a W...his name was Czeslaw Najgebauer.
In 1940, aged 14 Czeslaw was transported through Siberia, and never saw his family again.
He walked through the middle east corridor, eventually meeting up with the Polish Army where he fought at Monte Cassino.
He was injured and somehow ended up in the UK, where he recovered and trained and fought the remainder of the war in the British Army.

He was exiled from Poland and never returned.

I have found no record for Czeslaw as yet other than his UK Records of Marriage, Citizenship and Death and am unsured where to begin.

I know Czeslaw was Catholic and his father owned a Shoe Factory and they were rather wealthy but what happened to his family is unknown.

I am also sure that Najgebauer is not an indigenous Polish name, as Bauer is German I believe...

I have a million questions but as this is my first post will leave it at that for now!

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Kind Regards

Colleen
csdodd   
6 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Hello Seanus,

Thank you for the reply.

I am not very proficient with Polish geography...is Upper Silesia in the North of Poland?

Kind Regards

Colleen
csdodd   
6 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Thank you for the reply,

I will certainly contact the red cross...I have searched for the General Anders info on here but it found no results. Would it be possible to post a link to that please.

Many Thanks

Colleen
csdodd   
6 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

I finally found the Ander threads; thanks for that...certainly alot to digest!!

Polonius thanks for the Info on the name...do you know where Najgebauer or Neubauer may have been more largely used.

Thanks again

Colleen
csdodd   
7 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Good Morning,

I am completely overwhelmed by this...thank you so much for contacting me.

Email is colleendodd642@btinternet.com

Again, Thanks...my boss is going to be amazed!

Kind Regards

Colleen
csdodd   
10 Jul 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Thank you all for your help with the origins of this surname.
Please accept my apologies for not replying sooner, I have been ill with a nasty ear and throat infection and a little hayfever thrown in for good measure!

I have received some info on some names that Czeslaw told his wife were his relatives, unsure if this is siblings, or sibings and parents.

Mrs Najgebauer recalled these names and I have tried to find the nearest match to them, as her memory isn't fantastic and my boss was unsure on the correct spelling of them.

I will list what Mrs Najgebauer said they were, and what I have taken them to probably be.

Anna
Joshua (I am unsure if this is Polish)
Danusha (I have found Polish name Danuta)
Stanidt (I have found polish name Stanistaw)
Crisa (boss said it sounded like Creesha, I have found Polish name Krysia)
Forgot to add, initially Czeslaw was caught by the Nazi's, and they took over his fathers Shoe Factory.
He recalled a friend or relative going one day to buy shoes from there and the Nazi's shot her.
Czeslaw managed to ecape but was then captured by the Russians.

I am not sure which region Germany invaded first but it was very soon after the outbreak of the war, maybe this can help on the locality...long shot I know.

Any further ideas would be most welcome!

Kind Regards

Colleen
csdodd   
15 Sep 2010
Genealogy / Najgebauer help please [24]

Thank you all so very much for your replies,

I now have some exact information and hope someone can help....

Czeslaw and his family were from Lodz.

They owned to houses, a shoe factory and employed at least one servant.

His Father was Jozef Najgebauer, Mother Anna and siblings were Joshua, Danutia, Stanislaw and Krysia.

I am really struggling to find much information on what happened to the Polish Catholics in Lodz...there is a wealth of information on the Jewish...so does anyone know or can point me to a site which focuses on the Catholics in this area?

Kind Regards

Colleen