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Vienna, Feb. 21.2004

Dear JewishGenners,

da capo for Fanny:

In Vienna and in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the name Fanny was
very common and an abbrev. for Franziska. In assimilated Jewish
families, a "secular" adaption of names like Feige was a normal
procedure.

Another example: on a Karplus gravestone in Osoblaha /CSR there is
a Hebrew name "Hendl", which appears as "Johanna" inthe 19. cent. on
our Family Tree.

Question:
I wonder if there is scientific literature about similar changes of names
and also surnames of assimilated Jewish families.

Thanks,
Hermann David Karplus