Family Tree

The following family structure has been established from available documentation and family oral history.

Family Structure

Freiman family tree diagram — Herman Zvi Freiman, his parents Feibel and Shifra Rosen, first wife Brunya and son Israel (Srolic, both murdered in Holocaust), and second wife Ester with their five children: Shraga (Feivel), Eliyahu, Moshe, Bracha (Brunya), and Yosef

First Marriage

FieldInformation
WifeBrunya
ChildIsrael (known as Srolic)
FateBoth killed during the Holocaust — Aktionen and deportations, Boryslaw 1941–1944

Second Marriage

FieldInformation
WifeEster FREIMAN (née unknown), b. April 15, 1920
Married1945, Częstochowa, Poland (per Ketubah — see Documents); temporary registered address in Bielawa, Poland (~1945–1946)
ChildrenShraga (Feivel), Eliyahu, Moshe, Bracha (Brunya), Yosef

Known Name Variants

The family name appears in multiple transliterations across documents written in Polish, German, and Yiddish:

VariantLanguage / Context
FREIMANGerman and ITS documents
FRAJMANPolish registry
FREIMANNSome ITS cards (double-n)

Herman's father's name (פייבל) similarly appears as Feibel, Faivel, Faifel, and Fajwel — all the same Yiddish name rendered phonetically in different languages.

Gaps & Open Questions

See Research Notes for suggested archives that may hold additional genealogical information.