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The Four Days of Kristallnacht in Hessen started November 7, 1938
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spdenker@...
This week, the Lehrhaus website (https://www.thelehrhaus.com/) features
my article -- Four Days of Kristallnacht in Hessen -- about one family's experiences on Kristallnacht in the small rural village of Nentershausen. It describes the events and the story of the rescue and reconstruction of the Nentershausen synagogue building in Hessenpark. It also reports the dedication-day-moral-challenge that the leadership of Hessenpark made to the Germans of today, and and also to ourselves. Stephen Denker Brookline, MA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen The Four Days of Kristallnacht in Hessen started November 7, 1938
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spdenker@...
This week, the Lehrhaus website (https://www.thelehrhaus.com/) features
my article -- Four Days of Kristallnacht in Hessen -- about one family's experiences on Kristallnacht in the small rural village of Nentershausen. It describes the events and the story of the rescue and reconstruction of the Nentershausen synagogue building in Hessenpark. It also reports the dedication-day-moral-challenge that the leadership of Hessenpark made to the Germans of today, and and also to ourselves. Stephen Denker Brookline, MA
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JRI-Poland adds more Warszawa Data to the Database
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hadassahlipsius
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland recently added another 2685 more Warszawa
records to the JRI-Poland database. The new additions include the following: Fond 200 - Sygnatura 89, 1894 Marriages District 5 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 159, 1892-1899 Deaths District 11 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 157, 1899 Births, District 10 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 216, 1896, 1897, 1899, Births, Marriages and Deaths, District 1 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 153, 1893 Births, Extended the extracts, District 10 All of these entries are linked the images. We continue to work on adding additional data, links and extracting more information on the data already on line. The indexing project for the City of Warszawa is extensive and JRI-Poland has made the commitment to support the completion of the effort. Please consider making a donation to the Warszawa PSA project to help further the indexing. Good luck in your search! Hadassah Lipsius Warszawa Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator Warszawa Archive Coordinator JRI-Poland
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JRI Poland #Poland JRI-Poland adds more Warszawa Data to the Database
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hadassahlipsius
Jewish Records Indexing-Poland recently added another 2685 more Warszawa
records to the JRI-Poland database. The new additions include the following: Fond 200 - Sygnatura 89, 1894 Marriages District 5 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 159, 1892-1899 Deaths District 11 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 157, 1899 Births, District 10 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 216, 1896, 1897, 1899, Births, Marriages and Deaths, District 1 Fond 200 - Sygnatura 153, 1893 Births, Extended the extracts, District 10 All of these entries are linked the images. We continue to work on adding additional data, links and extracting more information on the data already on line. The indexing project for the City of Warszawa is extensive and JRI-Poland has made the commitment to support the completion of the effort. Please consider making a donation to the Warszawa PSA project to help further the indexing. Good luck in your search! Hadassah Lipsius Warszawa Shtetl CO-OP Coordinator Warszawa Archive Coordinator JRI-Poland
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Updates to the JRI-Poland database
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hadassahlipsius
Recently the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland updated our database with
additional data and image links to the LDS Data on the database. Updates, additions and/or image links were added for the towns of Czarnkow, Glogowek, Kolo, Koniecpol, Plonsk, Prudnik, Wrzesnia, Zagorow, Zgierz Special thanks to the tireless work of our volunteers who made this possible. Thank you to: Stanley Diamond, Howard Fink, Nicole Heymans, Roger Lustig, Madeleine Okladek, Juergen Pfaff and Michael Tobias Special thanks to our friend Haim Ghiuzeli, Director of the Beit Hatfutsot database Department, for his continued support. Hadassah Lipsius On Behalf of the Board of JRI-Poland http://www.jri-poland.org
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JRI Poland #Poland Updates to the JRI-Poland database
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hadassahlipsius
Recently the Jewish Records Indexing - Poland updated our database with
additional data and image links to the LDS Data on the database. Updates, additions and/or image links were added for the towns of Czarnkow, Glogowek, Kolo, Koniecpol, Plonsk, Prudnik, Wrzesnia, Zagorow, Zgierz Special thanks to the tireless work of our volunteers who made this possible. Thank you to: Stanley Diamond, Howard Fink, Nicole Heymans, Roger Lustig, Madeleine Okladek, Juergen Pfaff and Michael Tobias Special thanks to our friend Haim Ghiuzeli, Director of the Beit Hatfutsot database Department, for his continued support. Hadassah Lipsius On Behalf of the Board of JRI-Poland http://www.jri-poland.org
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Brest-Litovsk, Palestine and Marseilles
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Harry Auerbach
My grandfather was born, according to family lore, in Brest-Litovsk c.
1885. When he was very young, his mother took him to Palestine, where she died, and he lived for some years in an orphanage, which I am guessing was the Diskin Orphanage in Jerusalem. In 1903, he emigrated. He evidently had some eye problem, for which he was quarantined in Marseilles, before eventually landing in New York in 1904. I have been able to find no documentary evidence of any of this. I would appreciate any insight anyone might have regarding:emigration from Brest-Litovsk to Palestine in the 1880's and 1890's; the Diskin Orphanage, or quarantined emigrants in Marseilles at the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for any leads or hints. Harry Auerbach AUERBACH/MIRSKY (Brest Litovsk) KOROBOV/NAHINSKY (Romny-Poltava) GREENFELD/LEWKOWICZ (Lodz, Piortrokow Tribunalski) RICE/MARGET (Vilnius)
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Belarus SIG #Belarus Brest-Litovsk, Palestine and Marseilles
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Harry Auerbach
My grandfather was born, according to family lore, in Brest-Litovsk c.
1885. When he was very young, his mother took him to Palestine, where she died, and he lived for some years in an orphanage, which I am guessing was the Diskin Orphanage in Jerusalem. In 1903, he emigrated. He evidently had some eye problem, for which he was quarantined in Marseilles, before eventually landing in New York in 1904. I have been able to find no documentary evidence of any of this. I would appreciate any insight anyone might have regarding:emigration from Brest-Litovsk to Palestine in the 1880's and 1890's; the Diskin Orphanage, or quarantined emigrants in Marseilles at the turn of the 20th century. Thanks for any leads or hints. Harry Auerbach AUERBACH/MIRSKY (Brest Litovsk) KOROBOV/NAHINSKY (Romny-Poltava) GREENFELD/LEWKOWICZ (Lodz, Piortrokow Tribunalski) RICE/MARGET (Vilnius)
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new Pennsylvania synagogues photo book
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Hello JewishGen List Members:
For anyone with Pennsylvania connections...I'm happy to post about my newest book, "The Synagogues of Eastern Pennsylvania: A Visual journey". The book was recently published by Arcadia Publishing. 128 pages with 195 images with half in full color. Images are of synagogues past and present and are current and vintage images. Each chapter includes text on the history of the Jewish communities in the region and the synagogues, past and present. Special attention has been paid to those Jewish communities in the northeast coal region of the state that no longer have a synagogue of Jewish community. The book covers Philadelphia and suburbs all the way north to Scranton with everything in between. Signed copies are available for purchase. The book is also available on Amazon (non-signed). Interested persons can contact me at jhp1963@yahoo.com - All of my previous titles are available on Amazon too. Thanks very much for your interest. Julian H. Preisler Falling Waters, West Virginia
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen new Pennsylvania synagogues photo book
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Hello JewishGen List Members:
For anyone with Pennsylvania connections...I'm happy to post about my newest book, "The Synagogues of Eastern Pennsylvania: A Visual journey". The book was recently published by Arcadia Publishing. 128 pages with 195 images with half in full color. Images are of synagogues past and present and are current and vintage images. Each chapter includes text on the history of the Jewish communities in the region and the synagogues, past and present. Special attention has been paid to those Jewish communities in the northeast coal region of the state that no longer have a synagogue of Jewish community. The book covers Philadelphia and suburbs all the way north to Scranton with everything in between. Signed copies are available for purchase. The book is also available on Amazon (non-signed). Interested persons can contact me at jhp1963@yahoo.com - All of my previous titles are available on Amazon too. Thanks very much for your interest. Julian H. Preisler Falling Waters, West Virginia
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NACHMANN Family, and Hermann JOSEPH from Kew Gardens, NY
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Pete Vanlaw <pthevan25@...>
Hi folks,
I'm trying to locate Steven NACHMANN, who lived with his parents, Martin and Erna NACHMANN in Kew Gardens, NY >from the time they fled >from Germany ca 1938. Steven was born Gunter NACHMANN in Berlin ca 1930. His mother, Erna nee REHFISCH, was my mother's first cousin. Her father, Sally REHFISCH, was the partner of Hermann JOSEPH in the H. Joseph & Co., department store in Neukoelln, Berlin. I've been researching the history of the department store and the involvement of my relatives. Now I hope to find Steven nee Gunter, if he's still with us, in order to learn more about Hermann JOSEPH who apparently lived close to the Nachmann's after the war. But his life remains a mystery >from the time he disappeared >from Berlin around the time his department store was "Aryanized" by the Nazis, ca 1937, until he appeared to be living in Kew Gardens, ca 1954. He too was a relative because his sister, Julie, was married to my great uncle, Sally REHFISCH. Thanks for your interest. Pete Vanlaw Studio City, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen NACHMANN Family, and Hermann JOSEPH from Kew Gardens, NY
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Pete Vanlaw <pthevan25@...>
Hi folks,
I'm trying to locate Steven NACHMANN, who lived with his parents, Martin and Erna NACHMANN in Kew Gardens, NY >from the time they fled >from Germany ca 1938. Steven was born Gunter NACHMANN in Berlin ca 1930. His mother, Erna nee REHFISCH, was my mother's first cousin. Her father, Sally REHFISCH, was the partner of Hermann JOSEPH in the H. Joseph & Co., department store in Neukoelln, Berlin. I've been researching the history of the department store and the involvement of my relatives. Now I hope to find Steven nee Gunter, if he's still with us, in order to learn more about Hermann JOSEPH who apparently lived close to the Nachmann's after the war. But his life remains a mystery >from the time he disappeared >from Berlin around the time his department store was "Aryanized" by the Nazis, ca 1937, until he appeared to be living in Kew Gardens, ca 1954. He too was a relative because his sister, Julie, was married to my great uncle, Sally REHFISCH. Thanks for your interest. Pete Vanlaw Studio City, CA
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Hebrew translation help
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R Jaffer
I need help translating the street names and small map key for the
town of Akkerman in the former Bessarabia. The map can be viewed at: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3d683c0-2268-0133-32ec-58d385a7b928#/?uuid=b47f4520-2268-0133-2966-58d385a7b928 [or https://tinyurl.com/ycfauw2m --Mod.] If you can help, please contact me directly and I will send you the map along with a blank version you could print and then use to hand write the English translation. You would then scan or take a picture of the translated map and send it to me. I am heading a project to translate and make available all the town maps for Bessarabia. Thank you, Roberta Jaffer Massachusetts, USA MODERATOR NOTE: This is a JewishGen Bessarabia SIG project, and the map translations will be posted on the SIG website.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Hebrew translation help
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R Jaffer
I need help translating the street names and small map key for the
town of Akkerman in the former Bessarabia. The map can be viewed at: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b3d683c0-2268-0133-32ec-58d385a7b928#/?uuid=b47f4520-2268-0133-2966-58d385a7b928 [or https://tinyurl.com/ycfauw2m --Mod.] If you can help, please contact me directly and I will send you the map along with a blank version you could print and then use to hand write the English translation. You would then scan or take a picture of the translated map and send it to me. I am heading a project to translate and make available all the town maps for Bessarabia. Thank you, Roberta Jaffer Massachusetts, USA MODERATOR NOTE: This is a JewishGen Bessarabia SIG project, and the map translations will be posted on the SIG website.
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(US-MI) University of Michigan Launches Platform For Detroit Jewish News
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Jan Meisels Allen
The University of Michigan just unveiled a new source that documents the
history of Southeast Michigan's Jewish community over the last century. The platform for the Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive, a free, searchable database containing more than 100 years of digital copies of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Detroit Jewish News. The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive will contain every issue of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-51) and the Detroit Jewish News (1942-present). Researchers will be able to browse by date or use a full-text search. Access is through both the U-M online database and through the DJN website as before. To search the database go to: https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews To read the article see: https://tinyurl.com/ybm2xd47 Original url: https://arts.umich.edu/news-features/new-digital-archive-at-u-m-highlights-history-of-detroits-jewish-community/ Thank you to Marion Werle for informing us about this informational source. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US-MI) University of Michigan Launches Platform For Detroit Jewish News
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Jan Meisels Allen
The University of Michigan just unveiled a new source that documents the
history of Southeast Michigan's Jewish community over the last century. The platform for the Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive, a free, searchable database containing more than 100 years of digital copies of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle and the Detroit Jewish News. The Detroit Jewish News Digital Archive will contain every issue of the Detroit Jewish Chronicle (1916-51) and the Detroit Jewish News (1942-present). Researchers will be able to browse by date or use a full-text search. Access is through both the U-M online database and through the DJN website as before. To search the database go to: https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews To read the article see: https://tinyurl.com/ybm2xd47 Original url: https://arts.umich.edu/news-features/new-digital-archive-at-u-m-highlights-history-of-detroits-jewish-community/ Thank you to Marion Werle for informing us about this informational source. Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Re: Denial of Petition for Naturalization: "Was not well disposed to our institutions"
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David Oseas <doseas{nospam}@...>
On 11/9/2018 10:46 AM, Meron Lavie lavie@netvision.net.il wrote:
Has anyone else ever run into a denied Petition for Naturalization, andI've run across several denials, but none so far for the reason that you've mentioned. The most common reason for denial for the folks that I've researched is "Lack of Prosecution" (ie, failure to appear in court for their hearing). There may be a paper trail that can provide you with more information. There is a good article called "Quick Guide to finding INS Case and Correspondence Files Related to Specific Individuals" at https://bit.ly/2OBNTGE (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/genealogy-notebook/quick-guide-finding-ins-case-and-correspondence-files-related-specific-individuals ) that describes some additional research that you can do. A well known commercial website has a database called "U.S. Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959" -- check the catalog of the website to locate it. Despite the title, it does contain names of some individuals. Another possibility is NARA's "Name Index (ca. 1893 - ca. 1932)": https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4709010 Lastly, you may request a search of the USCIS Master Index through their Genealogy Program ($65): https://bit.ly/2FeGXzV (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/searching-index ) Regards, David Oseas Researching: HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York; SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles; STECKER: New York > Florida WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Denial of Petition for Naturalization: "Was not well disposed to our institutions"
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David Oseas <doseas{nospam}@...>
On 11/9/2018 10:46 AM, Meron Lavie lavie@netvision.net.il wrote:
Has anyone else ever run into a denied Petition for Naturalization, andI've run across several denials, but none so far for the reason that you've mentioned. The most common reason for denial for the folks that I've researched is "Lack of Prosecution" (ie, failure to appear in court for their hearing). There may be a paper trail that can provide you with more information. There is a good article called "Quick Guide to finding INS Case and Correspondence Files Related to Specific Individuals" at https://bit.ly/2OBNTGE (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/genealogy-notebook/quick-guide-finding-ins-case-and-correspondence-files-related-specific-individuals ) that describes some additional research that you can do. A well known commercial website has a database called "U.S. Subject Index to Correspondence and Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1903-1959" -- check the catalog of the website to locate it. Despite the title, it does contain names of some individuals. Another possibility is NARA's "Name Index (ca. 1893 - ca. 1932)": https://catalog.archives.gov/id/4709010 Lastly, you may request a search of the USCIS Master Index through their Genealogy Program ($65): https://bit.ly/2FeGXzV (https://www.uscis.gov/history-and-genealogy/genealogy/searching-index ) Regards, David Oseas Researching: HYMAN/HEYMAN/HEIMOWITS/CHAJMOVITS: Zemplen-Dobra, Hungary > New York KLEIN: Satoraljaujhely (Ujhely), Hungary > New York > Los Angeles OSEAS/OSIAS/OSIASI/OZIAS: Iasi, Romania > Chicago > Milwaukee > Los Angeles SCHECHTER/SCHACHTER: Odessa, Ukraine > New York; SHERMAN: Iasi, Romania > New York > Los Angeles; STECKER: New York > Florida WICHMAN: Syczkowo (Bobruisk), Belarus > Milwaukee > Los Angeles
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Re: Denial of Petition for Naturalization
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Joel Weintraub
Meron Lavie asked if anyone had ever seen a denial of Petition of
Naturalization. Here's one that was denied after the the applicant asked it to be "dismissed without prejudice". Charles Ponzi is the applicant. He didn't invent the Ponzi scam, but his name is associated with this deception. He was an Italian that was in and out of the law because of his activities. He applied for naturalization in the District Court of Massachusetts, and the online record indicates he withdrew his application "Being advised that my petition for naturalization ... and filed in this court on the twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-five does not conform to the Naturalization Statutes in that it is not properly verified by the attesting witnesses ...". The petition has two witnesses who are supposed to attest that the applicant is a "person of good moral character". One is a lawyer, the other a salesman. One of them added in writing to this standard paragraph "excepting for his arrest in 1920 at Boston, for using the U.S. mails in a scheme to defaud and, in Mass. State Courts for Larceny and Conspiracy." Ponzi was eventually deported. Joel Weintraub Dana Point, CA
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Denial of Petition for Naturalization
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Joel Weintraub
Meron Lavie asked if anyone had ever seen a denial of Petition of
Naturalization. Here's one that was denied after the the applicant asked it to be "dismissed without prejudice". Charles Ponzi is the applicant. He didn't invent the Ponzi scam, but his name is associated with this deception. He was an Italian that was in and out of the law because of his activities. He applied for naturalization in the District Court of Massachusetts, and the online record indicates he withdrew his application "Being advised that my petition for naturalization ... and filed in this court on the twenty-eighth day of March, nineteen hundred and twenty-five does not conform to the Naturalization Statutes in that it is not properly verified by the attesting witnesses ...". The petition has two witnesses who are supposed to attest that the applicant is a "person of good moral character". One is a lawyer, the other a salesman. One of them added in writing to this standard paragraph "excepting for his arrest in 1920 at Boston, for using the U.S. mails in a scheme to defaud and, in Mass. State Courts for Larceny and Conspiracy." Ponzi was eventually deported. Joel Weintraub Dana Point, CA
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