Notes for LEA ELISABETH "LIESE" KLINGER LUSTIG:

Daughter of Mosiek Srul "Max" and Anna (Joskowitz) Klinger.
Born: June 5, 1905 in Herscheim near Strasbourg, France.
Some documents have date of birth as June 7, 1905 (Date of registration of birth). July 7, 1905.

Died: Most probably July 27, 1942 in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, most likely on transport from Drancy to Auschwitz.
Official Date of Death from the French Government: August 1, 1942.
Official Date of Death from the German Government: May 8, 1945
Married: Benjamin Hersch Lustig 1922 in Dortmund, Germany.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_deportations_of_French_Jews_to_death_camps)

Yad Vashem - France Pg. 1


Translation Pg 1
People recognized as "Jews among the Nations" receive from Yad Vashem an honorary diploma as well as a medal on which is engraved this sentence from the Talmud: "Whoever saves one life saves the entire universe". It is the highest civil distinction in the state of Israel. As of January 1, 2021, the title had been awarded to 27,821 people around the world, including 4,150 in France. However, the book of the Righteous will never be closed because many will remain anonymous for lack of testimonies. Recognized or not, they embody the best of humanity. In fact, everyone considered that they had done nothing other than their human duty. They will serve as beacons and inspirations for new generations.

Yad Vashem - France Pg. 2


Translation Pg. 2
Elisabeth and Benjamin Lustig lived in Pont-a-Mousson (Meurthe-et-Moselle) with their four daughters, Regina, Lily, Ginette and Monique. During the great roundup of July 19, 1942, the parents who did not have French nationality were arrested and then deported to Auschwitz. Their children, all of French nationality, were released and continued to live at home. In March 1944, Regina, the eldest daughter, was summoned to the police station. She met the officer who had arrested her parents two years earlier, and he warned her that the Germans were preparing to deport all French Jews. Panicked, the young girl called a neighbor, who advised her to contact Lucien Louyot, a baker in the town. Mr. Louyot immediately invited the four sisters to dinner. Then he decided to take Lily and Ginette, hidden in sacks of flour, to some friends, farmers in a neighboring town. That night, he met Regina and her youngest sister, Monique, despite the risk: the massacre was to take place the next day. And, in fact, Regina could see through the window the Germans piling the Jews into trucks. She saw a soldier enter the bakery. Fortunately, he did not go upstairs, where the two sisters were hiding. Lucien Louyot had declared himself ready to use, if necessary, the revolver he kept in his drawer. When the immediate danger had passed, the baker called on his friend Pierre Gross (q.v.) who sent the two girls to his sister-in-law Marie Grosse (q.v.) where they remained until the Liberation.
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