Metzenseifen Labor Camp List

The town of Metzenseifen occupied an unenviable position during and after World War II.  Although the town was in Checkoslovakia, the inhabitants were considered German's and Hitler came and took many of them to serve in the German Army.  In February, 1945, the Russians came into to the village and took a number of the inhabitants to work in the labor camps of Russia.

The villagers that were taken were loaded into box cars and locked inside.  The doors were not opened again until their arrival in Russia two weeks later.  Those individuals with an asterisk after their names died during the long trip.  In the list below you will also find the Zu-name.  Because of the number of different families with the same surname, inhabitants of Metzenseifen were also known by these Zu-names, a kind of nickname.
Elizabeth Smith was kind enough to share some personal information with me when she recognized her mother's cousin, Anton Schmiedt, in the list below.  According to a letter from Karol Flachbart (Anton's son-in-law) to Elizabeth Smith:

"After World War II, as Metzenseifen was considered a German settlement, many people from this town were taken to labor camps in the former Soviet Union.  My father-in-law was 18 at this time and never involved in actions of the war, but he was also dragged away.  He worked there for two years in a coal mine and after this time he was able to escape.  On the way home (1947) he was caught, but he was lucky that the commander of the troop was in Czechoslovakia during the war, and so after being able to answer also a few questions about this country he allowed him to continue his way home.  Many others from Medzev returned home after five years. Some never returned...."

Today, Anton Schmiedt is alive and well, and still has enough energy to go hunting and bring home a deer now and then.

Die im Februar 1945 nach Rußland Verschleppten aus Ober-Metzenseifen
Translation: Citizens of Ober-Metzenseifen taken to Russia in February 1945


SurnameGiven NameZu-name SurnameGiven NameZu-name
AntlMichaelFlascha LangRobertKaspal
EibenJohannLukreza MederAlbinRûta
EibenJohann *Nitschal MederJosefRûta
EibenJohann *Schneidaliese MederJosef *Mützen
EibenJakob *Pretza MederFranz *Rüera
EibenPeter *Tropschal MederLotteSkala
EibenJosef *Roisch RuschbarskyLadislaus 
FabianGesaJoschka SchmotzerKaspar *Duck
ForgachFranzStuppa SchmotzerJohannSchbaza
FriedlGustavGräiga SchmotzerMichaelSchbaza
FriedlGreteGräiga SchmotzerJosefRoisch
FrindtMichaelMarkus SchönJosef *Schummi
GedeonKasparSchimkola StarkKolomann (Vater)Benzel
GedeonJohann *Schusta StarkKaspar (Sohn)Benzel
GedeonMatthias *Täibl StarkViktorRösl
GrentzerJosefFlascha SchürgerAnnaSchüega
KozarMichael (Vater)  SchürgerJohann 
KozarMichael (Sohn)  TomaschVinzentJordan
KrupitzerJohann (Vater) *  WeißJohann (Vater) * 
KrupitzerJohann (Sohn) *  WeißJohann (Sohn) * 
KrupitzerViktor (Sohn) *  ZawatzkyAdolph * 


Die im Februar 1945 nach Rußland Verschleppten aus Unter-Metzenseifen
Translation: Citizens of Unter-Metzenseifen taken to Russia in February 1945


SurnameGiven NameZu-name SurnameGiven NameZu-name
AntlMichaelAltakaspa, Meschka GöblMartinTreska
AntlJohannAltakaspa GöblJosef (Vater)Hansal
AntlLeopold *Rùthaap GöblJosef (Sohn)Hansal
AntlMariaRùthaap GöblAnna (Tochter)Hansal
AntlRudolfRùthaap GrollmusMichael 
AntlAndreasGalle GrentzerMatthias 
AntlAdalbertBumse GulyaschJohann 
AntlJosef  HakulaJohann 
BallaschMatthiasMazko HerichJohann 
BallaschHeleneSchramke HerichVinzentFalken
BernathMichael  HulitschJohannSchbandra
BernathStefan  ImlingAloisJirgusch
BodenlosMartin *Shenk ImlingJosefSchitz
BodenlosJosefShenk LudwigAloisSaml
BodenlosHeleneShenk MihokJohann 
BodenlosLaurenz *Preöa MazorlikEmil 
BodenlosMargareteTschoo MazorlikLudwig 
BodenlosMarieTschoo MüllerJosefZagl
BodenlosAlexander *Sanyi MüllerMichaelTöpa
BröstlJuliusDeml NohawitschkaJohannBeissa
BröstlAdolfTùtùla PindrochIrene * 
BröstlLaurenzTùnllöanz PöhmJakobMangl
BröstlRudolfTùnllöanz PöhmJohann 
BröstlJohannTùnllöanz PöhmPaulTschöpri
BröstlAloisRùta PrestlJohann *Deml
BröstlAntonRompaua QuallichAdolfPortasch
BröstlErnstElmùn RewitzkyJosefSchmölnetza
BröstlJulieElmùn RewitzkyHeleneSchmölnetza
BröstlVinzent *Schlemhaap RoobAndreas *Tùtùla
BöhmViktorKesla RuschbatzkyEmil 
DeutschAdalbert *Kesla RuschbatzkyAdalbert * 
EibenMatthiasMischal SedlakRobert 
EibenJohannMischal SedlakMatthias 
EibenHeleneMischal SorgerJosefTschurila
EibenAlois *Grölal SohlerMatthiasKüsch
EibenJosef *Grölal SohlerJosefKüsch
EibenJohann *Grölal SohlerAdolfKüsch
EibenGeorgGrölal SchirotzkyGeorgItscho
EibenAnnaGrölal SchmiedtAntonJanoschkaspa
EibenJohannFikor SchmiedtFranzJanoschkaspa
EibenJohannSedlak SchmiedtMatthiasJanoschkaspa
EibenAdolfBinder-Edi SchmotzerJosef 
FlachbartMichael *  SchneiderJohann * 
FlachbartAdolf  SchusterRobertSedlak
FilkornAnna  SchusterGeorgRaup
FreimannJosef  SchürgerAloisZekat
FreimannMaria  SchürgerPaulZekat
GedeonAdolfBarga SchürgerJohannZekat
GedeonFranzBarga SchürgerMichaelChristina
GedeonLaurenz *Barga SchürgerJohann *Malcha
GedeonLotte (Tochter) *Barga SchürgerMichael *Malcha
GedeonLeopoldBarga SchürgerJosef (Vater) *Luetscha
GedeonJosef *Barga SchürgerJohann (Sohn) *Luetscha
GedeonJohann *Barga SchürgerMichael (Sohn) *Luetscha
GedeonViktorBarga SchürgerHelene (Tochter)Luetscha
GedeonJosefRùta SchürgerJohannSchusta
GedeonAntonJuro StrömplFranz *Jekal
GedeonMichaelBustling TischlerAloisStanbetza
GedeonRudolfParventomes TischlerAlois *Füemänna
GedeonAnnaGrubege TomaschJosef *Angelina
GedeonReinholdFöbee TomaschTheresiaSchupan
GedeonLotteFöbee TomaschAdolfRebinza
GöblAdalbert  TomaschAdalbertRebinza
GöblFranzSütsch TomaschJosef *Rebinza
GöblGeorgBukoveza TomaschMattheus * 

Sources:

 Original Source of List:
Josef Kauer, Johannes Schürger, Klement Wagner, Unter- und Obermetzenseifen Stoß Unterzips- Ostslowakei, Edited by Hilfsbund Karpatendeutscher Katholiken e.V., Stuttgart 1986, page 9-11

List obtained from:
Mary Anne Quallich Barnett, Quallich Family Reunion Pamphlet - June 4, 1989, (Burnsville, MN, 1989)

Information on Anton Schmiedt:
Karol Flachbart, Letter to Elizabeth Smith

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