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Re: explusion of Jews during WW1 #lithuania

eugene k <costanza2202@...>
 

i am wondering if anybody can help me with researching
my ancestors, who lived in kaunas. i think they lived
in a small village. i dont have much information about
them. my grandmother's name was Beyla Leya
Mortkhelevich. during WW1, in 1915, she and her five
children were forced to leave the village, due to the
war. she left her husband behind for reasons unknown
to me. this family did not leave far >from the railway
line, and one night soldiers came and put them on the
train to the Ukraine. i was wondering if anybody knows
where i would be able to find a list of families who
were forced to leave the city due to the war, or any
other information relating to the explusion of jews
from Litva.
thanx,

eugene kaplan.
Lithuania SIG #Lithuania re: explusion of Jews during WW1 #lithuania

eugene k <costanza2202@...>
 

i am wondering if anybody can help me with researching
my ancestors, who lived in kaunas. i think they lived
in a small village. i dont have much information about
them. my grandmother's name was Beyla Leya
Mortkhelevich. during WW1, in 1915, she and her five
children were forced to leave the village, due to the
war. she left her husband behind for reasons unknown
to me. this family did not leave far >from the railway
line, and one night soldiers came and put them on the
train to the Ukraine. i was wondering if anybody knows
where i would be able to find a list of families who
were forced to leave the city due to the war, or any
other information relating to the explusion of jews
from Litva.
thanx,

eugene kaplan.
Re: Breakthrough: Annotations on Ellis Island web site #general

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

No sooner did I inquire about the possibility of the Morse search engine
including links to possible annotations (which can be attached to passengers)
than it was done!

Steve has added links to the annotations for both the white and blue forms.

An additional 3 cheers for Steve Morse.

Marty Meyers

p.s. have other researchers found many passengers to have annotations or is
this rare?
JRI Poland #Poland re: Breakthrough: Annotations on Ellis Island web site #poland

Marty Meyers <meyers01@...>
 

No sooner did I inquire about the possibility of the Morse search engine
including links to possible annotations (which can be attached to passengers)
than it was done!

Steve has added links to the annotations for both the white and blue forms.

An additional 3 cheers for Steve Morse.

Marty Meyers

p.s. have other researchers found many passengers to have annotations or is
this rare?
Remember Bialystok! #poland

Ada Holtzman
 

I am pleased to inform you that I have recently added additional material
to Bialystok Memorial Web Page at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialystok.htm

The new material:

* BIALYgen - summary of the group meeting in the 24 IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy at Jerusalem last July, organized by Mark.
Halpern with the document he distributed in the Bialystok SIG meeting to
the participants.
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialygen.htm

* A summary in English of a survey written by Tomasz Wisniewski about the
6 cemeteries of Bialystok, with a rare photograph of the Bialystok cemetery
taken in 1917 at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/cemeteries.htm

* Dates to remember! The dates of the extermination of the Jewish community
of Bialystok and environs by the Germans during WWII at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/dates.htm
source: the Bialystoker Memorial, NYC 1982

* Bialystok Children's Transport List >from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, DN/a
October 5th, 1943.
The list was originally published on the web in Tilford Bartman's web site,
with more material at:
http://www.zabludow.com/Bialystokchildren1.html
The material was submitted to this web site by Bialystok Landsmanschaft
("The Vaad"). I was given permission by Mrs. Hana Greenfield, author of the
book "Fragments of memory" to post the material in the Bialystok memorial
web site.: http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/hana.htm

Mrs. Hana Greenfield has explored for many years the fate of the 1,196
Bialystok children, transported to Ghetto Terezin upon liquidation of the
Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943 and >from there, by a German deceit, they
were deported and murdered in Auschwitz immediately upon arrival, on
October 5th, 1943, together with about 50 nurses and doctors who accompanied
them >from Ghetto Terezin.
The lists are at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list1.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list2.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list3.htm

* An article written by Chana Kizelstein, the archivist of the Hall of
Bialystok in Yehud, about her and her husband's first visit in Bialystok
and Poland in 1988, at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/visit.htm

Shalom,

Ada Holtzman
www.zchor.org
JRI Poland #Poland Remember Bialystok! #poland

Ada Holtzman
 

I am pleased to inform you that I have recently added additional material
to Bialystok Memorial Web Page at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialystok.htm

The new material:

* BIALYgen - summary of the group meeting in the 24 IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy at Jerusalem last July, organized by Mark.
Halpern with the document he distributed in the Bialystok SIG meeting to
the participants.
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialygen.htm

* A summary in English of a survey written by Tomasz Wisniewski about the
6 cemeteries of Bialystok, with a rare photograph of the Bialystok cemetery
taken in 1917 at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/cemeteries.htm

* Dates to remember! The dates of the extermination of the Jewish community
of Bialystok and environs by the Germans during WWII at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/dates.htm
source: the Bialystoker Memorial, NYC 1982

* Bialystok Children's Transport List >from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, DN/a
October 5th, 1943.
The list was originally published on the web in Tilford Bartman's web site,
with more material at:
http://www.zabludow.com/Bialystokchildren1.html
The material was submitted to this web site by Bialystok Landsmanschaft
("The Vaad"). I was given permission by Mrs. Hana Greenfield, author of the
book "Fragments of memory" to post the material in the Bialystok memorial
web site.: http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/hana.htm

Mrs. Hana Greenfield has explored for many years the fate of the 1,196
Bialystok children, transported to Ghetto Terezin upon liquidation of the
Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943 and >from there, by a German deceit, they
were deported and murdered in Auschwitz immediately upon arrival, on
October 5th, 1943, together with about 50 nurses and doctors who accompanied
them >from Ghetto Terezin.
The lists are at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list1.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list2.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list3.htm

* An article written by Chana Kizelstein, the archivist of the Hall of
Bialystok in Yehud, about her and her husband's first visit in Bialystok
and Poland in 1988, at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/visit.htm

Shalom,

Ada Holtzman
www.zchor.org
New Page for Brody (Ukraine) ShtetLinks Site #general

Marjorie Rosenfeld <marjorierosenfeld@...>
 

For researchers interested in Brody, there's a new page at the Brody
ShtetLinks site. The URL for the Brody main page is:

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Brody/brody.htm

The new page is at:

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Brody/hassenstein.htm

What you'll find there is the story of a righteous German woman in Brody,
Liselotte Hassenstein, who hid Jews in her attic during the Holocaust.
Since Liselotte's brave efforts have never been appropriately recognized, we
are hoping that someone who sees her story and photo will remember her and
can vouch for her so that she can be honored, albeit posthumously as she
recently died.

If you are a Brody survivor and the name "Hassenstein" sounds familiar to
you, please be sure to look at the page.

Marjorie Stamm Rosenfeld
Carlsbad, CA
genealogy etiquette #general

Sara Lynns
 

In doing family research - posting to Jewish gen
I have received some great feedback >from those of you
more experienced
on occasion, however, I receive emails >from those who
provide a cynical or less than helpful reply.

I can always "choose" not to reply. No question is,
in my opinion, silly or stupid. We are all at
different levels of doing family research. It's
important to be tolerant and to assist those who need
a little help.

Jackie Lerner-Aderman
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen New Page for Brody (Ukraine) ShtetLinks Site #general

Marjorie Rosenfeld <marjorierosenfeld@...>
 

For researchers interested in Brody, there's a new page at the Brody
ShtetLinks site. The URL for the Brody main page is:

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Brody/brody.htm

The new page is at:

http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Brody/hassenstein.htm

What you'll find there is the story of a righteous German woman in Brody,
Liselotte Hassenstein, who hid Jews in her attic during the Holocaust.
Since Liselotte's brave efforts have never been appropriately recognized, we
are hoping that someone who sees her story and photo will remember her and
can vouch for her so that she can be honored, albeit posthumously as she
recently died.

If you are a Brody survivor and the name "Hassenstein" sounds familiar to
you, please be sure to look at the page.

Marjorie Stamm Rosenfeld
Carlsbad, CA
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen genealogy etiquette #general

Sara Lynns
 

In doing family research - posting to Jewish gen
I have received some great feedback >from those of you
more experienced
on occasion, however, I receive emails >from those who
provide a cynical or less than helpful reply.

I can always "choose" not to reply. No question is,
in my opinion, silly or stupid. We are all at
different levels of doing family research. It's
important to be tolerant and to assist those who need
a little help.

Jackie Lerner-Aderman
Bialystok Memorial Web Page Updated #poland

Ada Holtzman
 

I am pleased to inform you that I have recently added additional material
to Bialystok Memorial Web Page at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialystok.htm

The new material:

* BIALYgen - summary of the group meeting in the 24 IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy at Jerusalem last July, organized by Mark.
Halpern with the document he distributed in the Bialystok SIG meeting to
the participants.
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialygen.htm

* A summary in English of a survey written by Tomasz Wisniewski about the
6 cemeteries of Bialystok, with a rare photograph of the Bialystok cemetery
taken in 1917 at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/cemeteries.htm

* Dates to remember! The dates of the extermination of the Jewish community
of Bialystok and environs by the Germans during WWII at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/dates.htm
source: the Bialystoker Memorial, NYC 1982

* Bialystok Children's Transport List >from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, DN/a
October 5th, 1943.
The list was originally published on the web in Tilford Bartman's web site,
with more material at:
http://www.zabludow.com/Bialystokchildren1.html
The material was submitted to this web site by Bialystok Landsmanschaft
("The Vaad"). I was given permission by Mrs. Hana Greenfield, author of the
book "Fragments of memory" to post the material in the Bialystok memorial
web site.: http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/hana.htm

Mrs. Hana Greenfield has explored for many years the fate of the 1,196
Bialystok children, transported to Ghetto Terezin upon liquidation of the
Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943 and >from there, by a German deceit, they
were deported and murdered in Auschwitz immediately upon arrival, on
October 5th, 1943, together with about 50 nurses and doctors who accompanied
them >from Ghetto Terezin.
The lists are at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list1.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list2.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list3.htm

* An article written by Chana Kizelstein, the archivist of the Hall of
Bialystok in Yehud, about her and her husband's first visit in Bialystok
and Poland in 1988, at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/visit.htm

Shalom,

Ada Holtzman
www.zchor.org
BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland Bialystok Memorial Web Page Updated #poland

Ada Holtzman
 

I am pleased to inform you that I have recently added additional material
to Bialystok Memorial Web Page at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialystok.htm

The new material:

* BIALYgen - summary of the group meeting in the 24 IAJGS International
Conference on Jewish Genealogy at Jerusalem last July, organized by Mark.
Halpern with the document he distributed in the Bialystok SIG meeting to
the participants.
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/bialygen.htm

* A summary in English of a survey written by Tomasz Wisniewski about the
6 cemeteries of Bialystok, with a rare photograph of the Bialystok cemetery
taken in 1917 at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/cemeteries.htm

* Dates to remember! The dates of the extermination of the Jewish community
of Bialystok and environs by the Germans during WWII at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/dates.htm
source: the Bialystoker Memorial, NYC 1982

* Bialystok Children's Transport List >from Theresienstadt to Auschwitz, DN/a
October 5th, 1943.
The list was originally published on the web in Tilford Bartman's web site,
with more material at:
http://www.zabludow.com/Bialystokchildren1.html
The material was submitted to this web site by Bialystok Landsmanschaft
("The Vaad"). I was given permission by Mrs. Hana Greenfield, author of the
book "Fragments of memory" to post the material in the Bialystok memorial
web site.: http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/hana.htm

Mrs. Hana Greenfield has explored for many years the fate of the 1,196
Bialystok children, transported to Ghetto Terezin upon liquidation of the
Bialystok Ghetto in August 1943 and >from there, by a German deceit, they
were deported and murdered in Auschwitz immediately upon arrival, on
October 5th, 1943, together with about 50 nurses and doctors who accompanied
them >from Ghetto Terezin.
The lists are at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list1.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list2.htm
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/list3.htm

* An article written by Chana Kizelstein, the archivist of the Hall of
Bialystok in Yehud, about her and her husband's first visit in Bialystok
and Poland in 1988, at:
http://www.zchor.org/bialystok/visit.htm

Shalom,

Ada Holtzman
www.zchor.org
FRIEDLER family research - (and Gottlieb, Epstein, Fischer, Weissman, Zang et al........) #general

Juliafreelance@...
 

Hi,
I am doing research on my family FRIEDLER - I am looking to find anything about:
Henryetta (Henrietta) Friedler (nee Zimet) born in Podhajce, Ukraine, I believe
she was married to Josef Friedler, and they may have moved to in Vienna, Austria
or remained in Ukraine.

I am also researching:
FRIEDLER, Sucher - town Rozniatow
Occupation - Eierhandler Und Eier / Export Egg Dealers And Importers

FRIEDLER, Baruch - town Rozniatow
Occupation - Kurz Und Schnittwaarenhandler / Notions & Materials (fabrics)

FRIEDLER, Moses - town Kolomea
Occupation - Leder-fabriken / Leather Maker

FRIEDLER, M town -Bolszowce
Occupation Getreide- Und Productenhandler Grain & Produce Dealer

Many thanks. Julia Zimet

Also Researching:
Zimet,Zimmet,  Chaja ZIMET/ZIMMET,  Family GOTTLIEB,
Josef FRIEDLER & Henrietta(nee ZIMET) FRIEDLER & relatives)
Samuel & Leona EPSTEIN, MESSERA, Moses (Moshe) & Bela? Rifka FISCHER,
Dr. Leon SALPETER, WEISSMAN, Aby ZANG, Hilda BRDEG (could be Drdeg) -
Podhajce / Tarnopol region & Europe
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen FRIEDLER family research - (and Gottlieb, Epstein, Fischer, Weissman, Zang et al........) #general

Juliafreelance@...
 

Hi,
I am doing research on my family FRIEDLER - I am looking to find anything about:
Henryetta (Henrietta) Friedler (nee Zimet) born in Podhajce, Ukraine, I believe
she was married to Josef Friedler, and they may have moved to in Vienna, Austria
or remained in Ukraine.

I am also researching:
FRIEDLER, Sucher - town Rozniatow
Occupation - Eierhandler Und Eier / Export Egg Dealers And Importers

FRIEDLER, Baruch - town Rozniatow
Occupation - Kurz Und Schnittwaarenhandler / Notions & Materials (fabrics)

FRIEDLER, Moses - town Kolomea
Occupation - Leder-fabriken / Leather Maker

FRIEDLER, M town -Bolszowce
Occupation Getreide- Und Productenhandler Grain & Produce Dealer

Many thanks. Julia Zimet

Also Researching:
Zimet,Zimmet,  Chaja ZIMET/ZIMMET,  Family GOTTLIEB,
Josef FRIEDLER & Henrietta(nee ZIMET) FRIEDLER & relatives)
Samuel & Leona EPSTEIN, MESSERA, Moses (Moshe) & Bela? Rifka FISCHER,
Dr. Leon SALPETER, WEISSMAN, Aby ZANG, Hilda BRDEG (could be Drdeg) -
Podhajce / Tarnopol region & Europe
Translation of letter #germany

Cory Streisinger <corys@...>
 

I recently received a short letter >from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, in response to
an inquiry. I'd appreciate a translation. Since it is only a couple of
sentences, I'm taking the liberty of including the text here rather than posting
on ViewMate. The "a:" represents an "a" with umlaut.

"Die Recherchen in den Findmitteln des Reichsartzregisters der kassena:rztlichen
Vereinigung sind abgeschlossen. Zu den von Ihnen genannten Personen konnten keine
Unterlagen ermittelt werden." Thanks for any help you can give me.

Private replies only to Cory Streisinger Portland, Oregon corys@...
German SIG #Germany Translation of letter #germany

Cory Streisinger <corys@...>
 

I recently received a short letter >from the Bundesarchiv in Berlin, in response to
an inquiry. I'd appreciate a translation. Since it is only a couple of
sentences, I'm taking the liberty of including the text here rather than posting
on ViewMate. The "a:" represents an "a" with umlaut.

"Die Recherchen in den Findmitteln des Reichsartzregisters der kassena:rztlichen
Vereinigung sind abgeschlossen. Zu den von Ihnen genannten Personen konnten keine
Unterlagen ermittelt werden." Thanks for any help you can give me.

Private replies only to Cory Streisinger Portland, Oregon corys@...
INTRO - seeking roots in Hamburg #germany

orit <ns_oritush@...>
 

MODERATOR NOTE: Always write the last name (family name) of everyone you are
researching and their relatives in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
Example: George WASHINGTON
Because this new member did not observe this rule it will be very difficult to
help with his or her problem. MOD 1

Hello GerSig
I just joined the group and I need your help.
My grand grandfather was born in Hamburg in 1824 his name is Elbe Salomon
(shlomo). His father's name was Naftali.
He immigrated in 1856 to Palestine with his wife and 3 children.

I don't have any information about the family he left in Germany.
If you can help me find a clue about the ELBE family in Hamburg 1750-1950,
I will be grateful

Orit (Elbe) Harif e-mail ns_oritush@... Israel
German SIG #Germany INTRO - seeking roots in Hamburg #germany

orit <ns_oritush@...>
 

MODERATOR NOTE: Always write the last name (family name) of everyone you are
researching and their relatives in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
Example: George WASHINGTON
Because this new member did not observe this rule it will be very difficult to
help with his or her problem. MOD 1

Hello GerSig
I just joined the group and I need your help.
My grand grandfather was born in Hamburg in 1824 his name is Elbe Salomon
(shlomo). His father's name was Naftali.
He immigrated in 1856 to Palestine with his wife and 3 children.

I don't have any information about the family he left in Germany.
If you can help me find a clue about the ELBE family in Hamburg 1750-1950,
I will be grateful

Orit (Elbe) Harif e-mail ns_oritush@... Israel
Re: SELIGMAN(N): from ICHENHAUSEN to ROUXVILLE, then USA #germany

JOHNSON <iti05248@...>
 

Dear Adam
As I live in Durban, when next I visit the archive in Pietermaritzburg
(about an hour's drive >from Durban), I can do a look up for you but I can't
promise when.

The Boer War was >from 1899 - 1902 so it seems unlikely that there would
have been fighting or tension in Rouxville between the Boers and the British
in 1880's. And as far as I know, Rouxville wasn't significant during the war
or prior to it. In any event, most of the fighting took place in northern
Natal, now KwaZulu/Natal and the northern Cape after the Boers invaded Natal
in 1899 (I recommend Thomas Pakenham's book, 'The Boer War' published by
Jonathan Ball for more information about this period).

It is more likely that the order for arrest was at the request of a partner
after a business deal went sour - or for an unpaid debt. Requests for arrest
were fairly common during the 1800's.

Bloemfontein is still the capital although the province is now known as the
Free State rather than the Orange Free State.

My grandparents were living in Pietermaritzburg (Natal) during the Boer War.
As they had a German surname (RICHTER) they were interred in concentration
camps by the British for the duration of the war (Germans were thought to be
sympathetic to the Boer cause) although it is unlikely that a similar fate
awaited Jacob SELIGMAN in the OFS. I hope this is helpful.

Cheryl Johnson Durban South Africa <iti05248@...>
German SIG #Germany Re: SELIGMAN(N): from ICHENHAUSEN to ROUXVILLE, then USA #germany

JOHNSON <iti05248@...>
 

Dear Adam
As I live in Durban, when next I visit the archive in Pietermaritzburg
(about an hour's drive >from Durban), I can do a look up for you but I can't
promise when.

The Boer War was >from 1899 - 1902 so it seems unlikely that there would
have been fighting or tension in Rouxville between the Boers and the British
in 1880's. And as far as I know, Rouxville wasn't significant during the war
or prior to it. In any event, most of the fighting took place in northern
Natal, now KwaZulu/Natal and the northern Cape after the Boers invaded Natal
in 1899 (I recommend Thomas Pakenham's book, 'The Boer War' published by
Jonathan Ball for more information about this period).

It is more likely that the order for arrest was at the request of a partner
after a business deal went sour - or for an unpaid debt. Requests for arrest
were fairly common during the 1800's.

Bloemfontein is still the capital although the province is now known as the
Free State rather than the Orange Free State.

My grandparents were living in Pietermaritzburg (Natal) during the Boer War.
As they had a German surname (RICHTER) they were interred in concentration
camps by the British for the duration of the war (Germans were thought to be
sympathetic to the Boer cause) although it is unlikely that a similar fate
awaited Jacob SELIGMAN in the OFS. I hope this is helpful.

Cheryl Johnson Durban South Africa <iti05248@...>
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