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Roni S. Liebowitz
In response to many of you who have asked about the new play
by Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg, I am happy to report that there will be another readng of _Eavesdropping on Dreams_. This drama tells the story of three generations of women affected by the Holocaust. It conveys the family dynamics, conflicts, and cross-generational transmission of holocaust trauma, interweaving dreams and historical material >from the Lodz ghetto. The reading will take place on Tuesday, February 20th, 7:00PM at The Bronfman Center for Jewish Studies New York University, 7 East Tenth Street, Manhattan, New York City. See the flyer at: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/Bronfman%20flier.ht m Please RSVP to Rivkagreenberg@... or telephone <<snip>>. I have no other connection with the play. Regards, Roni Seibel Liebowitz Scarsdale, New York Lodz ShtetLinks http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/index.htm Lodz Area Research Group (LARG) http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/LARG.htm Belchatow ShtetLink http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/belchatow/ [MODERATOR NOTE: Telephone number has been omitted for privacy reasons.]
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Roni S. Liebowitz
In response to many of you who have asked about the new play
by Rivka Bekerman-Greenberg, I am happy to report that there will be another readng of _Eavesdropping on Dreams_. This drama tells the story of three generations of women affected by the Holocaust. It conveys the family dynamics, conflicts, and cross-generational transmission of holocaust trauma, interweaving dreams and historical material >from the Lodz ghetto. The reading will take place on Tuesday, February 20th, 7:00PM at The Bronfman Center for Jewish Studies New York University, 7 East Tenth Street, Manhattan, New York City. See the flyer at: http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/Bronfman%20flier.ht m Please RSVP to Rivkagreenberg@... or telephone <<snip>>. I have no other connection with the play. Regards, Roni Seibel Liebowitz Scarsdale, New York Lodz ShtetLinks http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/index.htm Lodz Area Research Group (LARG) http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Lodz/LARG.htm Belchatow ShtetLink http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/belchatow/ [MODERATOR NOTE: Telephone number has been omitted for privacy reasons.]
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Re: Dutch Holocaust records
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Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoort@...>
Aida wrote on 05 feb 2007 in soc.genealogy.jewish:
Hello everyone,Also see: <http://www.joodsmonument.nl/index.php?lang=en> Evertjan Hannivoort. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Dutch Holocaust records
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Evertjan. <exjxw.hannivoort@...>
Aida wrote on 05 feb 2007 in soc.genealogy.jewish:
Hello everyone,Also see: <http://www.joodsmonument.nl/index.php?lang=en> Evertjan Hannivoort. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
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Searching: Folk's names at Samuel BIRNBAUM's weddiing
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LOUFINE@...
Dear JGENers,
I have just found 2 undated pictures of guests at Samuel BIRNBAUM's wedding. The list of names in picture #1 is as follows: 1) Igo WACHTEL; his wife whose maiden name was POLLISHUKE; 2) Sadie (nee KELNER, daughter of Rose KELNER) BRANBRUT; 3)Phoebe (nee BARTH) DUBILIRER(s?) 4) David SPERGAL 5) Simon DUBILIRER The list of names in picture #2 is as follows: 1) One of the sons of Amalia Golda (nee POLLISHUKE) SCHNEIDER: Abe, Nate, David or Morris (twins), Sidney 2) Joe KELNER 3) Simon WEISEL (brother of Devora BIRNBAUM) 4) George HACKEL 5) Milton WEISEL 6) Sidney ZUCKER. Anybody who knows of these folks, or how to locate their relatives, please contact me privately. Louis A. Fine Bellingham WA USA Email loufine@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Searching: Folk's names at Samuel BIRNBAUM's weddiing
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LOUFINE@...
Dear JGENers,
I have just found 2 undated pictures of guests at Samuel BIRNBAUM's wedding. The list of names in picture #1 is as follows: 1) Igo WACHTEL; his wife whose maiden name was POLLISHUKE; 2) Sadie (nee KELNER, daughter of Rose KELNER) BRANBRUT; 3)Phoebe (nee BARTH) DUBILIRER(s?) 4) David SPERGAL 5) Simon DUBILIRER The list of names in picture #2 is as follows: 1) One of the sons of Amalia Golda (nee POLLISHUKE) SCHNEIDER: Abe, Nate, David or Morris (twins), Sidney 2) Joe KELNER 3) Simon WEISEL (brother of Devora BIRNBAUM) 4) George HACKEL 5) Milton WEISEL 6) Sidney ZUCKER. Anybody who knows of these folks, or how to locate their relatives, please contact me privately. Louis A. Fine Bellingham WA USA Email loufine@...
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Goldsztajn from Felech
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aciesla
Hello Genners,
I have got an original picture of a young man.It had been found in Felech (Poland) after the war. The dedication in Polish says: Warszawa 26.II.1939 r. To Estera- J.Goldsztajn Could that be someone` s missing link? Best regards A.Ciesla Prague
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Goldsztajn from Felech
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aciesla
Hello Genners,
I have got an original picture of a young man.It had been found in Felech (Poland) after the war. The dedication in Polish says: Warszawa 26.II.1939 r. To Estera- J.Goldsztajn Could that be someone` s missing link? Best regards A.Ciesla Prague
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Yasnogorodka, Ukraine
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Joan Rosen <jgrosen@...>
Is there a newer name for Yasnogorodka, Ukraine? That name was used (at
least) in the 19th century. It is not recognized on the FTDNA page where I am trying to add my ancestral information. Its coordinates are 50 deg. 21' by 30 deg. 01' (or in decimals, 50.35 by 30.0167) Thanks for your help. Joan Joan Rosen jgrosen@... Elkins Park, suburban Philadelphia, PA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Yasnogorodka, Ukraine
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Joan Rosen <jgrosen@...>
Is there a newer name for Yasnogorodka, Ukraine? That name was used (at
least) in the 19th century. It is not recognized on the FTDNA page where I am trying to add my ancestral information. Its coordinates are 50 deg. 21' by 30 deg. 01' (or in decimals, 50.35 by 30.0167) Thanks for your help. Joan Joan Rosen jgrosen@... Elkins Park, suburban Philadelphia, PA
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VIiewmate: Translation from Lithuanian of list of murdered from Lithuania during 1941-1944
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Ilan Ganot <iganot@...>
Yad-Vashem's online Shoah Related Lists database includes lists of murdered
from Lithuania during 1941-1944, prepared by the Extraordinary StateCommission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory. Link to the database: http://www.yadvashem.org/lwp/workplace/listoflist/?WT.mc_id=lolen Being one of the co-Webmasters of the Mazheik (Mazeikiai) Memorial Website I am interested in translating the list related to this Shtetl. The list seems to be written in Lithuanian. The list of Mazeikiai can be accessed >from the database by searching for Mazeikiai at the "Places" field, and then selecting "List of murdered from Mazeikiai in 1941-1944" at the list of results. I have uploaded the following files to Viewmate: VM9399: Introduction to the list and Header of the table http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9399 VM9400: Summary of the list, signatures and end-note (in Russian). http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9400 The general link to Viewmate is at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/index.asp Help with translating the text will be appreciated. Please reply privately. Regards, Ilan Ganot, Co-Webmaster, Mazheik Memorial Website http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mazeikiai/introduction.html Email: iganot@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen VIiewmate: Translation from Lithuanian of list of murdered from Lithuania during 1941-1944
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Ilan Ganot <iganot@...>
Yad-Vashem's online Shoah Related Lists database includes lists of murdered
from Lithuania during 1941-1944, prepared by the Extraordinary StateCommission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory. Link to the database: http://www.yadvashem.org/lwp/workplace/listoflist/?WT.mc_id=lolen Being one of the co-Webmasters of the Mazheik (Mazeikiai) Memorial Website I am interested in translating the list related to this Shtetl. The list seems to be written in Lithuanian. The list of Mazeikiai can be accessed >from the database by searching for Mazeikiai at the "Places" field, and then selecting "List of murdered from Mazeikiai in 1941-1944" at the list of results. I have uploaded the following files to Viewmate: VM9399: Introduction to the list and Header of the table http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9399 VM9400: Summary of the list, signatures and end-note (in Russian). http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=9400 The general link to Viewmate is at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/index.asp Help with translating the text will be appreciated. Please reply privately. Regards, Ilan Ganot, Co-Webmaster, Mazheik Memorial Website http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Mazeikiai/introduction.html Email: iganot@...
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Researching: SOSNOVSKIY, KURITZ, NOGNITZEV
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mark
Dear genners.
I am searching SOSNOVSKIY >from Gorodishe, KURITZ >from Shpola, NOGNITZEV >from Kiev. Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Researching: SOSNOVSKIY, KURITZ, NOGNITZEV
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mark
Dear genners.
I am searching SOSNOVSKIY >from Gorodishe, KURITZ >from Shpola, NOGNITZEV >from Kiev. Wajsenberg Mark Israel mark306@...
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STAM from Suwalki (EPSTEIN & SMORGONSKI connections)
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ewolfson@...
Researching family of Chana Dwora STAM b. 1849 Suwalki, dau. of Efroim STAM &
Necha DWORSKI. There are several documents available through the JRI-P site, but I am trying to establish whether Chana Dwora married in Suwalki, and to whom. I believe she is my great-great grandmother Anna Dora "STONE" (1849-1949) who m. Abram Icko SMORGONSKI (WOLFSON) of Sejny. Chana Dwora STAM's brother, Jacob, is found going to a sister C. EPSTEIN at the address for my g-g-grandparents in Pittsburgh. Either there is sister C. who is not Chana Dwora (perhaps a Chawa?), or there was some confusion in the ship manifest. The STAM family of Suwalki, Kalywaria, and Augustow did change their name to STONE in the USA. They appear to have primarily settled in Newark, NJ, but have also heard of cousins in Baltimore (including a dentist Stone), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and my family has a tradition of Boston. There may also be a connection to Rabbi Israel STAM of Kelme, who was born in Grodno area, and apparently died in Israel. Thanks in advance for your attention to this. Evan W. Wolfson Pittsburgh, PA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen STAM from Suwalki (EPSTEIN & SMORGONSKI connections)
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ewolfson@...
Researching family of Chana Dwora STAM b. 1849 Suwalki, dau. of Efroim STAM &
Necha DWORSKI. There are several documents available through the JRI-P site, but I am trying to establish whether Chana Dwora married in Suwalki, and to whom. I believe she is my great-great grandmother Anna Dora "STONE" (1849-1949) who m. Abram Icko SMORGONSKI (WOLFSON) of Sejny. Chana Dwora STAM's brother, Jacob, is found going to a sister C. EPSTEIN at the address for my g-g-grandparents in Pittsburgh. Either there is sister C. who is not Chana Dwora (perhaps a Chawa?), or there was some confusion in the ship manifest. The STAM family of Suwalki, Kalywaria, and Augustow did change their name to STONE in the USA. They appear to have primarily settled in Newark, NJ, but have also heard of cousins in Baltimore (including a dentist Stone), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and my family has a tradition of Boston. There may also be a connection to Rabbi Israel STAM of Kelme, who was born in Grodno area, and apparently died in Israel. Thanks in advance for your attention to this. Evan W. Wolfson Pittsburgh, PA
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Seeking Assistance in finding Proof of Qualification for Reparations for Holocaust Survivor
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Cindy Gallard <cmgcmg@...>
For the past several years I have been attempting to assist an
elderly holocaust survivor submit his claim for reparations >from the German Article-2 Fund, unfortunately without success. As a child he witnessed the brutal killing of his mother and father and with the death of his grandmother, was left, a child of ten, alone in the world to fend for himself. My most recent communication >from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc stated their rejection of his claims on the basis of lack of proof. In order to qualify he must prove that he was born in Lutsk-Kozlovsk, Belarus, that he is Jewish, that he was detained in the camp Borok. Any assistance or advise anyone can provide would be must appreciated. Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking Assistance in finding Proof of Qualification for Reparations for Holocaust Survivor
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Cindy Gallard <cmgcmg@...>
For the past several years I have been attempting to assist an
elderly holocaust survivor submit his claim for reparations >from the German Article-2 Fund, unfortunately without success. As a child he witnessed the brutal killing of his mother and father and with the death of his grandmother, was left, a child of ten, alone in the world to fend for himself. My most recent communication >from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc stated their rejection of his claims on the basis of lack of proof. In order to qualify he must prove that he was born in Lutsk-Kozlovsk, Belarus, that he is Jewish, that he was detained in the camp Borok. Any assistance or advise anyone can provide would be must appreciated. Cindy Gallard Denver, CO
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Eliahu Arkis DAICHES from Krakow
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Ried Nathalie <nathalieried@...>
Hello to all,
I have discovered recently that I'm a descendant of Shmuel ben Arye Leyb DAICHES, one of the dayanim of Vilnius (died in 1825). I have found the names of his father and grandfather (Eliahu Arkis (Aaron) DAICHES >from Krakow) in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia but I have no other information. If any of you happens to have some data on Eliahu Arkis DAICHES (born between 1710 and 1730 I suppose in Krakow) or any useful genealogical data about the Krakow DAICHES line in the 18th century, I would be very grateful. Many thanks in advance for your help, Nathalie RIED (Marseilles, France)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Eliahu Arkis DAICHES from Krakow
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Ried Nathalie <nathalieried@...>
Hello to all,
I have discovered recently that I'm a descendant of Shmuel ben Arye Leyb DAICHES, one of the dayanim of Vilnius (died in 1825). I have found the names of his father and grandfather (Eliahu Arkis (Aaron) DAICHES >from Krakow) in the 1906 Jewish Encyclopedia but I have no other information. If any of you happens to have some data on Eliahu Arkis DAICHES (born between 1710 and 1730 I suppose in Krakow) or any useful genealogical data about the Krakow DAICHES line in the 18th century, I would be very grateful. Many thanks in advance for your help, Nathalie RIED (Marseilles, France)
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