Born on October 24, 1912, in Janow Lubelski.
He was a mechanic and metal worker by profession and lived in Janow Lubelski during the occupation. In September 1942, Chaim his wife, and 6-month old child went to Zalikow, from where they were deported to Belzec. His wife and child were murdered on arrival, but Chaim was selected to work.
Chaim was part of the Jewish work-brigade who dismantled the camp and was put on a train to the Sobibor death camp in May 1943. He escaped from the death-train along with Sylko Herc and managed to join a partisan group in the forests near Janow Lubelski. He fought bravely killing 29 Germans and was awarded the Grunwald Cross.
He gave evidence to the Jewish Historical Commission in Lublin on March 19, 1946, and that same evening he was murdered by Polish antisemites in Lublin, Poland. Source:The Life Story of Chaim Hirszman: Remembrance of the Holocaust and Reflections on Postwar Polish-Jewish Relations

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