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Mrs. Luksenberg, Margie and Ruth.
Trip To Miami Memorial
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magine the emotion six
weeks ago when
Detroiters Margie (Fersz-
tand) and David Burdowski
visited the two-year-old
Holocaust memorial in
Miami. The two survivors
were making the visit dur-
ing a January vacation to
view their family names in-
scribed on a memorial wall.
While his wife asked at an
information desk for the
location of the names, Mr.
Burdowski was approached
by an elderly woman who
saw the numbers tattooed on
his arm. "Are you a sur-
vivor?" she asked. "Do you
speak Yiddish? Where are
you from?"
Mr. Burdowski, from
Poland, responded in Yiddish
and then asked the woman
where she was from.
"Koeiznice," she said.
"Why, my wife is from
Koeiznice!" Mr. Burdowski
said, and he called for Mrs.
Burdowski to come over.
The elderly woman, Pola
Luksenberg, saw Mrs. Bur-
dowski, hugged her and
began to weep, as did her
daughter Ruth, standing
nearby. It was a reunion of
friends who had lived
through the Holocaust
together but not seen each
other in 47 years.
Margie Fersztand was 3 1/2
when Germany invaded
Poland in September 1939.
Her best friend was Ruth
Luksenberg; their mothers
were also best friends.
With the coming of the
Nazis, Jewish families were
rounded up and confined to
the Koeiznice ghetto.
"I remember my mother
hiding me under the bed
during the roll calls," Mrs.
Burdowski said. "I was
frightened, and couldn't
breathe because of the
blankets. We had to wait un-
til the inspection ended
before we could come out."
The Nazis held three inspec-
tions each day.
Mrs. Burdowski said a
Jewish capo (prisoner super-
visor) also watched out for
the children.
Mrs. Fersztand, Mrs.
Luksenberg, Margie and
Ruth stayed together
throughout the war, in
Koeiznice and two concen-
tration camps. Mr. Fersz-
tand was killed by the Nazis.
The Fersztand and
Luksenberg women were
separated in January 1945
at the Czestechow camp.
Just hours before the Soviet
Red Army liberated the
camp, Mrs. Fersztand and
Margie were placed in a
railroad cattle car and sent
to Bergen-Belsen.
They had to survive four
more months in Nazi cap-
tivity.
Through the years, Margie
and her mother had heard
reports from survivors that
the Luksenbergs were living
in New York. "But we
couldn't find them," Mrs.
Burdowski said. Her mother
died eight years ago and
Koeiznice was a closed
chapter in Mrs. Burdowski's
life — until six weeks ago.
The two families stood and
cried, along with onlookers,
and reminisced for two hours
at the Miami memorial.
They exchanged addresses
and telephone numbers and
plan to visit each other.
"When we came home that
night, I just couldn't sleep,"
Mrs. Burdowski said. "I was
just too excited." ❑