Bernie Echt

Mehlsack, Germany (East Prussia)

1937-2024

Personal & Family

Name in US
Bernard “Bernie” Echt

Name at Birth
Bernhard I. Echt

Date of Birth

11/04/1937

Country of Birth
Germany (East Prussia)

City of Birth

Mehlsack
(Alt: Pieniężno/Polish)

Parents

Erna Czanitsky (Scharnitzki)
(1904 – 1949 Sosua, Dominican Republic)

Salomon “Sally” Echt
(12/17/1899 Groß Kühren, Germany – 1981)

Sibling(s)

Ruth Echt (Spouse: Werner Meyerstein)
(Born 05/4/1929)

Eva Echt (Spouse: ? Fleischmann)
(Born 1931)

Sara Echt (Spouse: ? Kohn)
(Born 11/04/1938)

Spouse(s)

Pia Louse Seleuthner
(09/27/1928 Germany – 07/13/1979 Jacksonville, FL)

Doan M. Dorough Farmer
Married 01/21/1985 in Duval, FL

Children

Bernhard D. “Bernie Echt (Spouse Elfriede ?)

Daniel S. Echt (Spouse: Angelica ?)

Katharina V. Echt (Spouse: C. Don McCall)

Date and City of Death
08/13/2024 Oneonta, AL

City of Burial / Cemetery
Attalla, AL / Shiloh Cemetery

Holocaust

Ghetto(s) / Year(s)

Shanghai Ghetto
(1939 – 1945)

Immigration & Postwar

US Sponsor for Immigration

Family immigrated to Sosua, Dominican Republic following liberation from the Shanghai Ghetto

Date and City of Death
08/13/2024 Oneonta, AL

City of Burial / Cemetery
Attalla, AL / Shiloh Cemetery

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