Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Subject: More on Jewish soldiers serving in Franz Yosef's army #galicia
I subscribe to several discussion groups and earlier this month
responded to a query in Gesher Galicia, posted on October 6, 2018, namely, "Subject: Jewish soldiers serving in Franz Yosef's army." I responded back referring to a dual language (German/English) book I own, published in 1989, by Dr. Erwin A. SCHMIDL, with the English title, "Jews in the Habsburg Armed Forces, 1788-1918." Since that posting, I was inundated by interested individuals asking how they could get a copy (either impossible or very expensive); some wanting to find out if their family member's name was mentioned; and some sending me histories of their soldier-relative. To help them, I copied out the list of names in the book and created a PDF of it. The problem then became, how do I make this available to people? Since the initial query was >from Gesher Galicia, and thinking Poland, I decided to post it at the bottom of this page of my only Polish KehilaLinks site (https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/nowy_targ/Nowy_Targ-Other.html). I also managed to contact the writer himself, and Dr. Erwin A. SCHMIDL was very gracious in also providing me with the similar index list for his newer book entitled, "Habsburgs Juedische Soldaten, 1848-1918." This book, published in 2014, is entirely in German, but Dr. SCHMIDL is working on an extended English version that is due out sometime 2019-2010. In the meantime, he sent me the similar list of names and places in the existing German language book. This list (in PDF format) has also been added at the end of the same webpage, https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/nowy_targ/Nowy_Targ-Other.html Dr. SCHMIDL (erwin.schmidl@gmail.com) added that he would welcome receipt of soldier-histories >from those who have them. Regards, Madeleine Isenberg madeleine.isenberg@gmail.com Beverly Hills, CA Researching: GOLDMAN, STEINER, LANGER, GLUECKSMAN, STOTTER, SINGER in various parts of Galicia, Poland, such as: Nowy Targ, Wachsmund, Lopuszna, Ochotnica, possibly Krakow, who migrated into Kezmarok or nearby Straszky/Nagy-Eor/Nehre, both now in Slovakia. GOLDSTEIN in Abaujszina (Sena), Szkaros, Szikso, and Kosice, Slovakia; Tolcsva, Hungary; Possibly Timosoara, Romania
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