Ferenc "Herschel" Feldman

Ferenc is Bobby's double first cousin. His mother Hanni Weisz (daughter of Samuel & Roza) was Lipot's sister; his father Ignácz Feldman (son of Elias & Miriam) was Regina's brother. Both sides of Ferenc's family are Bobby's family. He was 18 months younger than Imre and 20 months older than Irene — raised alongside Bobby in Apagy. Survived Auschwitz → Mauthausen → Gunskirchen, liberated by US Army 5 May 1945. Settled in Chicago. Interviewed by the USC Shoah Foundation on 17 July 1995, Chicago — Visual History Archive Interview #0003954 (JewishGen cross-reference); interview in English, 2 hours 54 minutes, delivered in three tapes. The Feig family holds the original MP4 files — they are the primary source for much of what we know about the Apagy household before the war. Married Ilona, had a son Gary (Garrick) Feldman, who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. Ferenc's death date not yet known to us. Ferenc's own Shoah Foundation record lists his relatives: Father — Feldman Ignácz (~1896, d. 1944 Mauthausen/Gunskirchen · previously assumed Auschwitz ramp); Mother — Feldman Hani (b. ~1900 Apagy, d. 1929 Apagy, natural death); Paternal grandmother — Feldman Molly (= Miriam Grósz, d. 1944 Auschwitz — confirms Irene's ramp testimony); Maternal grandmother — Weiss Sura Rachel (= Roza Grósz, Bobby's grandmother); Maternal grandfather — Weiss Samual (= Samuel Weisz, Bobby's grandfather); Brothers/Sisters — Géza (Chyim Sholem) (1919–1936), Elizabeth Chya (1924–1944), Leah (1926–1944), Sara Rochel (1930–1944), Zolton (1935–1944); Stepmother figures — Weiss Feldman Regina (likely his aunt Regina who helped raise the children after Hanni's death), Klein Feldman Helena (d. 1944); Wife — Feldman Ilona (b. 13 Nov 1925).