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the route from Siberia to Israel
#general
zemi <mmz@...>
HI group
Might not sound like gen. though I am searching for anyone who knew my dad or his family. Mordechai MENDLOWICZ left KOVEL in 1942, red army, coal mine in Kozhas Siberia, Kemerovo province. 1946''Hanoar Hazioni'' in Bitom, Instructors course in Byelava in poland, 1947''Bein Gvulot Bein Harim'' >from Poland to Genoa Italy , Haapala on ship ''Hatikva'' to Haifa , Then on British destroyer to Cyprus. If you know your parents or relatives did this jurney or part of it then we are related in deed, it would be nice to know as I am an orphan in that respect at the moment. Zelick Mendelovich England
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Joyce Rothenberg
#general
Linda Cantor <lincan@...>
Mail to Joyce Rothenberg, member of the Rokiskis SIG, is bouncing.
Joyce, if you're reading this, be respond to me. Private responses please. Linda Cantor New York lincan@rcn.com
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen the route from Siberia to Israel
#general
zemi <mmz@...>
HI group
Might not sound like gen. though I am searching for anyone who knew my dad or his family. Mordechai MENDLOWICZ left KOVEL in 1942, red army, coal mine in Kozhas Siberia, Kemerovo province. 1946''Hanoar Hazioni'' in Bitom, Instructors course in Byelava in poland, 1947''Bein Gvulot Bein Harim'' >from Poland to Genoa Italy , Haapala on ship ''Hatikva'' to Haifa , Then on British destroyer to Cyprus. If you know your parents or relatives did this jurney or part of it then we are related in deed, it would be nice to know as I am an orphan in that respect at the moment. Zelick Mendelovich England
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Joyce Rothenberg
#general
Linda Cantor <lincan@...>
Mail to Joyce Rothenberg, member of the Rokiskis SIG, is bouncing.
Joyce, if you're reading this, be respond to me. Private responses please. Linda Cantor New York lincan@rcn.com
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Re: Who lived in the shetls?
#general
Alexander Sharon
Tereasa Lenius" wrote
Perhaps this is a silly question, but, did only Jews live in the ShetlsShtetls (literally "small towns") were established during the colonization period (16th and 17th centuries) of the Poland Lithuanian Commonwealth. Shtetl had a unique character - it was not an agricultural village and was not qualified as a town proper either due mostly to the small population. A unique features that have characterized shtetls were their economical activities - concentration of the merchants/trade people and the marketplace (known as Rynek) were residents of the surrounding villages could sell/exchange their agricultural products and the livestock, and procure 'town' items manufactured locally or imported by shtetls dwellers. Another unique feature of a shtetl was its "neutral ground" character, located between the Polish (Roman Catholic) and the Ukrainian or Belarusian (Russian Orthodox or Greek Catholic) population. Shtetls were known in Polish, Russian or Ukrainian as miasteczko, miestiechko, mistechko and even during the interwar period of Poland (refer to 1929 Poland Business Directory on line), miasteczko has been given an official status as an administration unit. Other interwar Polish administration units were: district towns, towns and parishes. BTW, the most famous of all the Jewish shtetls, shtetl Belz, was actually a town, not a "miasteczko". Not all miasteczka were Jewish - there are several small places established by the German and other colonists. Jewish shtetls were populated by other nationalities and they were generally governed by the other than Jewish people - in some instances (especially in Galicia) there were also Jewish mayors. "Shtetl" name can be a bit confusing nowadays. We are all rationally referring to a "shtetls" as the general name of the localities were our ancestors were originated from, even when they have been in the past residents >from such large cities as Krakow, Lwow, Wilno or Warszawa. ShtetlSeeker database is East and Central Europe extract >from the US BGN (United States Board of the Geographical Names) large worldwide database. Not all localities listed in the ShtetlSeeker had Jewish population in the past, actually localities with known Jewish population constitute very small portion of all places listed. Alexander Sharon Calgary, Ab
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Who lived in the shetls?
#general
Alexander Sharon
Tereasa Lenius" wrote
Perhaps this is a silly question, but, did only Jews live in the ShetlsShtetls (literally "small towns") were established during the colonization period (16th and 17th centuries) of the Poland Lithuanian Commonwealth. Shtetl had a unique character - it was not an agricultural village and was not qualified as a town proper either due mostly to the small population. A unique features that have characterized shtetls were their economical activities - concentration of the merchants/trade people and the marketplace (known as Rynek) were residents of the surrounding villages could sell/exchange their agricultural products and the livestock, and procure 'town' items manufactured locally or imported by shtetls dwellers. Another unique feature of a shtetl was its "neutral ground" character, located between the Polish (Roman Catholic) and the Ukrainian or Belarusian (Russian Orthodox or Greek Catholic) population. Shtetls were known in Polish, Russian or Ukrainian as miasteczko, miestiechko, mistechko and even during the interwar period of Poland (refer to 1929 Poland Business Directory on line), miasteczko has been given an official status as an administration unit. Other interwar Polish administration units were: district towns, towns and parishes. BTW, the most famous of all the Jewish shtetls, shtetl Belz, was actually a town, not a "miasteczko". Not all miasteczka were Jewish - there are several small places established by the German and other colonists. Jewish shtetls were populated by other nationalities and they were generally governed by the other than Jewish people - in some instances (especially in Galicia) there were also Jewish mayors. "Shtetl" name can be a bit confusing nowadays. We are all rationally referring to a "shtetls" as the general name of the localities were our ancestors were originated from, even when they have been in the past residents >from such large cities as Krakow, Lwow, Wilno or Warszawa. ShtetlSeeker database is East and Central Europe extract >from the US BGN (United States Board of the Geographical Names) large worldwide database. Not all localities listed in the ShtetlSeeker had Jewish population in the past, actually localities with known Jewish population constitute very small portion of all places listed. Alexander Sharon Calgary, Ab
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Please share good sources and ideas
#yiddish
Jonina Duker <jonina.duker@...>
Some of the postings request a private reply. In addition to the private
reply to the requester, please be sure to post on the list if you have something unusual or complex to suggest. That's the whole point of the list! L'Shalom. Jonina Duker, founder and coordinator YT and V BEIDICK (~Minsk), DUKER (~Minsk), GOLDBERG & GORODINSKY (Minsk), KATZ (Riga?), LEVINE (~Minsk?), RACHMAN (Salakas/Simferopol), RYMER, SCHMUELIWITZ (~ Minsk?), SIEGEL (Uzpaliai?), STRAUSS (Vilna?) & ARLICK (Oshmyany), BARNA (Satu Mare), FRIEDLER (Soljataznan), GOLDSTEIN, LICHTMAN (Csenger/Satu Mare), LITZKY (Golshany), RAPAPORT (Kemenesmihalyfa), SCHLESINGER
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Yiddish Theatre and Vadeville #YiddishTheatre Please share good sources and ideas
#yiddish
Jonina Duker <jonina.duker@...>
Some of the postings request a private reply. In addition to the private
reply to the requester, please be sure to post on the list if you have something unusual or complex to suggest. That's the whole point of the list! L'Shalom. Jonina Duker, founder and coordinator YT and V BEIDICK (~Minsk), DUKER (~Minsk), GOLDBERG & GORODINSKY (Minsk), KATZ (Riga?), LEVINE (~Minsk?), RACHMAN (Salakas/Simferopol), RYMER, SCHMUELIWITZ (~ Minsk?), SIEGEL (Uzpaliai?), STRAUSS (Vilna?) & ARLICK (Oshmyany), BARNA (Satu Mare), FRIEDLER (Soljataznan), GOLDSTEIN, LICHTMAN (Csenger/Satu Mare), LITZKY (Golshany), RAPAPORT (Kemenesmihalyfa), SCHLESINGER
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meretz
An exhibition of Lodz ghetto photos taken by Henryk Ross, the official Lodz
Ghetto photographer, was recently shown at the Prague Langhans gallery. Henryk Ross took 6,000 photos during his stay in the ghetto. Prior to the ghetto's liquidation, he succeeded to bury the negatives. Henryk Ross survived and unearthed the negatives >from the ghetto area after the war. The exhibition opened in Prague to commemorate the 5,000 Czech Jews sent from Prague to the Lodz Ghetto in Poland during the Second World War. Only227 Czech Jews survived the experience and returned to Bohemia. Many Jews were deported to Lodz >from Vienna as well. Please see http://www.radio.cz/en/article/62330 The Prague exhibition has already been closed on February 19, 2005, but it was planned to travel to Amsterdam, Milan and Lodz. Timothy Prus, the curator for the Archive of Modern Conflict in London, which now holds the Ross photo collection, has edited a book on Ross' work, called Lodz Ghetto Album. The photos shown in the exhibition were a selection >from this Album. Uriel Meretz, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel
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meretz
An exhibition of Lodz ghetto photos taken by Henryk Ross, the official Lodz
Ghetto photographer, was recently shown at the Prague Langhans gallery. Henryk Ross took 6,000 photos during his stay in the ghetto. Prior to the ghetto's liquidation, he succeeded to bury the negatives. Henryk Ross survived and unearthed the negatives >from the ghetto area after the war. The exhibition opened in Prague to commemorate the 5,000 Czech Jews sent from Prague to the Lodz Ghetto in Poland during the Second World War. Only227 Czech Jews survived the experience and returned to Bohemia. Many Jews were deported to Lodz >from Vienna as well. Please see http://www.radio.cz/en/article/62330 The Prague exhibition has already been closed on February 19, 2005, but it was planned to travel to Amsterdam, Milan and Lodz. Timothy Prus, the curator for the Archive of Modern Conflict in London, which now holds the Ross photo collection, has edited a book on Ross' work, called Lodz Ghetto Album. The photos shown in the exhibition were a selection >from this Album. Uriel Meretz, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel
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ZILBER family from Anyksciai, Lithania
#lithuania
Rayvenna <rayvenna@...>
Hi,
I'm looking for the descendents of Israel and Liba-Freida ZILBER. According to the 1897 Russian census, Israel was born about 1850 in Kamajai and Liba-Frieda was born about 1867 in Anyksciai. All children were born in Anyksciai. Their children were: Rakhmiel-Leizer ZILBER, born abt 1881 Khonel-Girsh ZILBER, born abt 1888 Abram-Gershen ZILBER, born abt 1895 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mindie Kaplan Gaithersburg, Maryland MODERATOR'S NOTE: Make sure you enter the name and town in the JewishGen Family Finder at www.jewishgen.org/jgff. If anyone has family information for Mindie, please respond privately.
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania ZILBER family from Anyksciai, Lithania
#lithuania
Rayvenna <rayvenna@...>
Hi,
I'm looking for the descendents of Israel and Liba-Freida ZILBER. According to the 1897 Russian census, Israel was born about 1850 in Kamajai and Liba-Frieda was born about 1867 in Anyksciai. All children were born in Anyksciai. Their children were: Rakhmiel-Leizer ZILBER, born abt 1881 Khonel-Girsh ZILBER, born abt 1888 Abram-Gershen ZILBER, born abt 1895 Any help would be greatly appreciated. Mindie Kaplan Gaithersburg, Maryland MODERATOR'S NOTE: Make sure you enter the name and town in the JewishGen Family Finder at www.jewishgen.org/jgff. If anyone has family information for Mindie, please respond privately.
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Re: given name Shmerko
#belarus
Larry Gaum <lgaum@...>
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From: "Joy Weaver" <joyweave@verizon.net> To: "Belarus SIG" <belarus@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:15 AM Subject: [belarus] given name Shmerko Shmerko may be a variant of Shmerel, which in English can be Stephen or Samuel. Larry Gaum
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Re: given name Shmerko
#belarus
Larry Gaum <lgaum@...>
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From: "Joy Weaver" <joyweave@verizon.net> To: "Belarus SIG" <belarus@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:15 AM Subject: [belarus] given name Shmerko Shmerko may be a variant of Shmerel, which in English can be Stephen or Samuel. Larry Gaum
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Re: jcr-uk digest: April 14, 2005
#unitedkingdom
Sharon <shouav@...>
Hi I would be very grateful, if you could possibly give me advice on how
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you discovered things that you wanted on this data base I do not seem to be having much luck. Thanks A lot Sharon Researching: Spitalsky (aka Allen) , Kmenik, Bacher, Ascher, Flater, Segal (Belarus, Poland, United Kingdom)
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From: JCR-UK SIG digest [mailto:jcr-uk@lyris.jewishgen.org] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:00 AM To: jcr-uk digest recipients Subject: jcr-uk digest: April 14, 2005 JCR-UK Digest for Thursday, April 14, 2005. 1. RE: UK Times Newspaper - free trial search for one week 2. UK Times Free 3. COHEN/JACOBS Marriage 1860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: UK Times Newspaper - free trial search for one week From: "Lois Kaufman" <lois@seagull-solutions.co.uk> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:53:20 +0100 X-Message-Number: 1 Thank you Sylvia for drawing my/our attention to this website. Not only did I access the Times newspaper archives, but I also managed to get access to all the records on Ancestry.com via a site called Ancestry Plus which is also listed and available! There are other useful databases available too. I tried to access the digital image of a biography of a distant relative who has an entry in Who's Who in America, but unfortunately this attempt was not successful. If anyone finds that it is possible to access such images, then please let us know. I have made some good progress in other areas, however, thanks to this new tool. It's a shame the offer has to end so soon!!! Regards, Lois Kaufman Dear All, Just in case you haven't fathomed out just HOW to take advantage of the one week free UK Times newspaper search, here is how to get in and search: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/itsbtrial password = graphics scroll down to Times Digital Archive link and clik on it to search Its great - I've found several references to family members. My only criticism would be that the print is very small, and doesn't enlarge well (once saved to file). Enjoy! Sylvia Kaye
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom RE: jcr-uk digest: April 14, 2005
#unitedkingdom
Sharon <shouav@...>
Hi I would be very grateful, if you could possibly give me advice on how
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you discovered things that you wanted on this data base I do not seem to be having much luck. Thanks A lot Sharon Researching: Spitalsky (aka Allen) , Kmenik, Bacher, Ascher, Flater, Segal (Belarus, Poland, United Kingdom)
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From: JCR-UK SIG digest [mailto:jcr-uk@lyris.jewishgen.org] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 8:00 AM To: jcr-uk digest recipients Subject: jcr-uk digest: April 14, 2005 JCR-UK Digest for Thursday, April 14, 2005. 1. RE: UK Times Newspaper - free trial search for one week 2. UK Times Free 3. COHEN/JACOBS Marriage 1860 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: RE: UK Times Newspaper - free trial search for one week From: "Lois Kaufman" <lois@seagull-solutions.co.uk> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:53:20 +0100 X-Message-Number: 1 Thank you Sylvia for drawing my/our attention to this website. Not only did I access the Times newspaper archives, but I also managed to get access to all the records on Ancestry.com via a site called Ancestry Plus which is also listed and available! There are other useful databases available too. I tried to access the digital image of a biography of a distant relative who has an entry in Who's Who in America, but unfortunately this attempt was not successful. If anyone finds that it is possible to access such images, then please let us know. I have made some good progress in other areas, however, thanks to this new tool. It's a shame the offer has to end so soon!!! Regards, Lois Kaufman Dear All, Just in case you haven't fathomed out just HOW to take advantage of the one week free UK Times newspaper search, here is how to get in and search: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/itsbtrial password = graphics scroll down to Times Digital Archive link and clik on it to search Its great - I've found several references to family members. My only criticism would be that the print is very small, and doesn't enlarge well (once saved to file). Enjoy! Sylvia Kaye
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New to this list
#unitedkingdom
Arnold Samlan
Hello.I am new to this list, and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Arnold Samlan. My grandmother, Rae (Rachel) Shenker and her sister, Jennie Shenker immigrated >from England to Montreal in the early 1900's. Rae married Abe Samlan, while Jennie married Hyman Altman. There is some conjecture that Jennie and Rae might have been in an orphanage, and came to Canada to be raised by family, but it's not completely clear. There is also evidence that their parents were Hyman and Fannie. The only Hyman Shenker I've found >from that period in England thus far is one listed on a census in Lancashire. Any help in tracking down infrormation about their British roots and their move to Canada would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Researching: SAMLAN (CHICAGO, HAMILTON ONT., MONTREAL), SHENKER (MONTREAL, ENGLAND), KOOPERMAN/COOPERMAN/KUPERMAN (YARUN/YARIN), BRODER (HIRCHIRKI ??)
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JCR-UK SIG #UnitedKingdom New to this list
#unitedkingdom
Arnold Samlan
Hello.I am new to this list, and wanted to introduce myself. My name is
Arnold Samlan. My grandmother, Rae (Rachel) Shenker and her sister, Jennie Shenker immigrated >from England to Montreal in the early 1900's. Rae married Abe Samlan, while Jennie married Hyman Altman. There is some conjecture that Jennie and Rae might have been in an orphanage, and came to Canada to be raised by family, but it's not completely clear. There is also evidence that their parents were Hyman and Fannie. The only Hyman Shenker I've found >from that period in England thus far is one listed on a census in Lancashire. Any help in tracking down infrormation about their British roots and their move to Canada would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Researching: SAMLAN (CHICAGO, HAMILTON ONT., MONTREAL), SHENKER (MONTREAL, ENGLAND), KOOPERMAN/COOPERMAN/KUPERMAN (YARUN/YARIN), BRODER (HIRCHIRKI ??)
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Klaus EICHENWALD or REICHER-KAMPUS
#latinamerica
Drovs@t-online.de <Drovs@...>
For my friend I'm looking for her younger brother KLAUS EICHENWALD. In
JGFF and FTJP he's mentioned twice, but those who posted his name there don't know anything more about him. Klaus was born May 20th 1933 in Billerbeck/Westfalia - Germany as the son of Siegfried Eichenwald, called Fritz, and Hilde, née Hertz. His sister Marion was born in May 1929 in Billerbeck, too. The family escaped for La Paz - Bolivia in February 1940. Marion saw him last in the early fifties in La Paz. She and her husband Juan would be very very happy to get any information about Klaus. He has probably taken the name "REICHER-KAMPUS" or so. Who ever met Klaus Reicher-Kampus, née Eichenwald and can tell anything about his fate? Dagmar Drovs Billerbeck/Germany
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Latin America #LatinAmerica Klaus EICHENWALD or REICHER-KAMPUS
#latinamerica
Drovs@t-online.de <Drovs@...>
For my friend I'm looking for her younger brother KLAUS EICHENWALD. In
JGFF and FTJP he's mentioned twice, but those who posted his name there don't know anything more about him. Klaus was born May 20th 1933 in Billerbeck/Westfalia - Germany as the son of Siegfried Eichenwald, called Fritz, and Hilde, née Hertz. His sister Marion was born in May 1929 in Billerbeck, too. The family escaped for La Paz - Bolivia in February 1940. Marion saw him last in the early fifties in La Paz. She and her husband Juan would be very very happy to get any information about Klaus. He has probably taken the name "REICHER-KAMPUS" or so. Who ever met Klaus Reicher-Kampus, née Eichenwald and can tell anything about his fate? Dagmar Drovs Billerbeck/Germany
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