Moritz Fridman was born in Toplita, Romania, 1913 to Joseph and Perel Ester. Prior to WWII he lived in Ilanda, Romania. During the war he was in Ilanda, Romania. Moritz survived the Shoah.
Jews deported to or imprisoned in camps, ghettos or forced labor frameworks, who were in hiding, in clandestinity or resistance formations, or suffered relentless persecution under antisemitic legislation in territories controlled by the Nazis or their allies, and were alive by the end of 1945 are considered Shoah survivors.