[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: Oct 2, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.94664.161]
Individual: Haibach, Henry
Birth date: Jan 4, 1921
Death date: Dec 8, 1991
Social Security #: redacted
State of issue: New York
Michael Kontz of Canada and the stepbrother of Henry told me in 2001 that the only thing he knew about Henry and his first wife was that he bought a farm in the hope that his two sons from that marriage would come to the USA and that they could be more or less self employed. "Romania at that time was one big prison. Later on it became easier but very costly. Many Germans had to literally buy their relatives' exit visas from the state. It helped if one was able to find a sympathetic official who would accept some 'urgency fee' (bribe), to speed things up, but very rarely, because of the controls."
This is what his nephew, Martin Haibach (son of Martin), said: "Henry never saw his sons after coming to the US. I could never understand what transpired to separate him and his family. Something my parents never talked about - at least with their kids. I did meet Elizabeth, Martin and Georg, when I visited Semlak back in the early 70s. Elizabeth was one of the kindest individuals who opened her home to us. I never knew she off [sic] to a slave labor camp. Uncle Henry did purchase a farm, and when he couldn't get his family out of Romania, he eventually remarried. Elizabeth gave her blessing. They had continued to communicate. His second wife Betty still lives on the property. Their two boys have built homes on the farm land their father purchased."
