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Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland
#general
Lande
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen has put on its public
website an alphabetical index to its holdings of Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RJD) registration cards. This includes images of each card. Go to https://digitalcollections.its-arolsen.org/01020401. The RJD was established in 1939 as a compulsory Gestapo supervised surveillance tool to register all Jews resident in Germany. Up to now access to the these cards held at ITS was only available at the USHMM, Yad Vashem and the Bundesarchiv, so this is a major step forward. In addition to name, each card includes such valuable information as date and place of birth, maiden name, address and, often, names of other family members. In most cases the fate of each individual is given, e.g. deported, emigrated, or died within Germany. This database can only be searched by family name, so that if you wish to search by maiden name or place of birth you may want to go to the Steve Morse website, under Holocaust Roof Organization, where a partial but growing list of names appears and where broader searches are possible. Peter Lande Washington, D.C.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland
#general
Lande
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen has put on its public
website an alphabetical index to its holdings of Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland (RJD) registration cards. This includes images of each card. Go to https://digitalcollections.its-arolsen.org/01020401. The RJD was established in 1939 as a compulsory Gestapo supervised surveillance tool to register all Jews resident in Germany. Up to now access to the these cards held at ITS was only available at the USHMM, Yad Vashem and the Bundesarchiv, so this is a major step forward. In addition to name, each card includes such valuable information as date and place of birth, maiden name, address and, often, names of other family members. In most cases the fate of each individual is given, e.g. deported, emigrated, or died within Germany. This database can only be searched by family name, so that if you wish to search by maiden name or place of birth you may want to go to the Steve Morse website, under Holocaust Roof Organization, where a partial but growing list of names appears and where broader searches are possible. Peter Lande Washington, D.C.
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A NEW ViewMate translation request --- German -- MORE Wertheimer family in Bauerbach
#germany
Ellen Barnett Cleary
Thank you for the help with the recent images I've posted on ViewMate.
[ < ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ] These are 4 NEW ViewMate images I'd appreciate your help with. I would like to know any dates, names and places mentioned in them. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53660 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53661 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53663 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53664 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Ellen Barnett Cleary, San Francisco, CAellencleary@comcast.net
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German SIG #Germany A NEW ViewMate translation request --- German -- MORE Wertheimer family in Bauerbach
#germany
Ellen Barnett Cleary
Thank you for the help with the recent images I've posted on ViewMate.
[ < ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen and GerSIG http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/ http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp ] These are 4 NEW ViewMate images I'd appreciate your help with. I would like to know any dates, names and places mentioned in them. They are on ViewMate at the following addresses ... http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53660 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53661 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53663 http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM53664 Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application. Thank you very much. Ellen Barnett Cleary, San Francisco, CAellencleary@comcast.net
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The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#austria-czech
editor@...
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor- Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#austria-czech
editor@...
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor- Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/
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Celia Male
#austria-czech
amira.kt5@...
Hello Everyone - I was saddened to read that we have lost a fine member of our SIG.
I had written the following note to Simon Male (not knowing he is Celia's son): Hello Simon Male, I was sorry to read that Celia had died. She was one of my favorite contributors to the Austria/Czech SIG. Although I had never met her, she was personal and generous in her contributions and amazingly knowledgeable. I do appreciate to this day her cheerful helpfulness and will remember her fondly. May her memory serve as a blessing. Amira Kohn Trattner Simon wrote back that he is so happy to know that his mother was so helpful to me and to other members of the SIG. Amira Kohn Trattner, L.C.S.W.
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Celia Male
#austria-czech
amira.kt5@...
Hello Everyone - I was saddened to read that we have lost a fine member of our SIG.
I had written the following note to Simon Male (not knowing he is Celia's son): Hello Simon Male, I was sorry to read that Celia had died. She was one of my favorite contributors to the Austria/Czech SIG. Although I had never met her, she was personal and generous in her contributions and amazingly knowledgeable. I do appreciate to this day her cheerful helpfulness and will remember her fondly. May her memory serve as a blessing. Amira Kohn Trattner Simon wrote back that he is so happy to know that his mother was so helpful to me and to other members of the SIG. Amira Kohn Trattner, L.C.S.W.
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Celia Male
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I want to add my condolences to Celia's family. She was an amazing
researcher and helped me massively in the early days of my family history research. I first came across her postings in this SIG and later was able to meet her in London on a visit there many years ago. I had allowed an hour to talk to her and another UK researcher and we met at a beautiful gallery in a stunning stone building with a large courtyard in London which housed the Royal Chemistry Society and a few others. I've forgotten its name but I was so thrilled as I'd studied chemistry at Sydney university and in my studies came across many famous chemists who'd been members of that important organisation. Celia and I really got on well and I ended up abandoning my plans to visit the gallery after meeting her. We must have talked for more than three hours and it was a wonderful opportunity to hear >from her about her research and her enormous knowledge of the field. I think it was not long after that she had her stroke and so stopped posting and we lost contact. Is there some way our SIG could honour her? I think she really deserves to be remembered. Daniela Torsh Sydney, Australia
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Celia Male
#austria-czech
danielat1@...
I want to add my condolences to Celia's family. She was an amazing
researcher and helped me massively in the early days of my family history research. I first came across her postings in this SIG and later was able to meet her in London on a visit there many years ago. I had allowed an hour to talk to her and another UK researcher and we met at a beautiful gallery in a stunning stone building with a large courtyard in London which housed the Royal Chemistry Society and a few others. I've forgotten its name but I was so thrilled as I'd studied chemistry at Sydney university and in my studies came across many famous chemists who'd been members of that important organisation. Celia and I really got on well and I ended up abandoning my plans to visit the gallery after meeting her. We must have talked for more than three hours and it was a wonderful opportunity to hear >from her about her research and her enormous knowledge of the field. I think it was not long after that she had her stroke and so stopped posting and we lost contact. Is there some way our SIG could honour her? I think she really deserves to be remembered. Daniela Torsh Sydney, Australia
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The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#ukraine
Editor, The Galitzianer <editor@...>
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor - Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/ MODERATOR'S NOTE: Gesher Galicia is an independent organization and charges dues for membership.
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#ukraine
Editor, The Galitzianer <editor@...>
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor - Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/ MODERATOR'S NOTE: Gesher Galicia is an independent organization and charges dues for membership.
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the year 1858; Bolshaya Seydemenukha Jewish Agricultural Colony, Kherson region
#ukraine
Vladimir
Bolshaya Seydemenukha (Big Seydemenukha)
Jewish agricultural colony of Kherson region. Families that lived in Bolshaya Seydemenukha in the year 1858 Lefelman, Polushka, Rubin, Shmidshtein, Bicher (possibly: Bizer), Panor (possibly: Pakor), Padguria (possibly: Padgury), Rukman, Musin, Samoyl, Pertsik, Tabakov, Uskach, Bergard, Pliner, Shwartsman, Plat, Lamin, Plotkin, Medvedkin, Padbelsky, Kalmikov, Karas, Banshchik, Peyrikh, Garoin, Asvian (possibly: Osveyn), Altguz, Kotov, Druykin, Blogerman, Danda, Babich, Varkul (possibly: Varnul), Plitz, Lifshits, Tokarevich, Zaydel, Isayev, Slizavsky, Markov, Skob, Banov (possibly: Bonev), Trup, Treybish, Nakhov, Lamin, Komirach, Gurovich, Kovnatsky, Sel, Malt, Khaykov, Sandak, Zubkov, Kof, Skliar, Sverdlovsky, Ganshaft (or Hanshaft), Leyk, Glazak, Zetser, Svech, Yudovich, Shurik, Robert, Blashtein, Kamenshchik, Goradakin, Rezin, Shulman, Lesin, Sabsay, Gitin, Kletkin, Goldrin, Tsalkovich, Ketlin, Khalatov, Pisochin, Fradkin, Cherny, Masalsky, Golasovsky (possibly: Ropasovsky), Gerdel, Lapis, Liberman, Galkin, Podvalny, Sapira, Beylinky, Traytel, Goreker, Machin, Gankin (possibly: Hankin), Fagin, Berson, Shteynbank, Kar-?-?-?-nerov (it is difficult to decipher), Saulkin, Kagan (possibly: Kahan), Rubinov, Kushnerov, Yevelev, Shmidov, Gribun, Pesin, Buleva, Glatshteyn, Vilner, Rassin, Brakin, Saulkin, Cherniak, Karvas, Vinakur, Bas, Siganevich, Sirotkin, Podbar, Dobrovinsky, Kulikov, Batkhin, Ryzhik, Movshovich, Sulkin, Maskin, Simonovich, Nekhemov, Fradkin, Knyazhitskiy, Skliar, Dubenko, Libin, Kitaychik, Arav, Ayzikin, Vinburg, Farber, Tabashnikov, Baskin, Zadov, Ziglin, Karlin (possibly different spelling), Ravets, Margalin, Zamust, Marshak, Kaydan, Geft (possibly: Heft), Samaliov, Rodman, Kaplan, Dukar, Rip, Khadok, Drayer, Shatkhen, Kaplan, Flios (possibly: Flius), Zinchin, Goberman, Tsiperovich, Pinsukhovich, Rubinchik, Lyandres, Marshak, Stolin, Goldin, Aglits, Korik, Rukhinbakh, Itkin, Bednyak, Feldman, Begun, Sukhman, Kirzhner, Kupisk, Suster, Shchedro, Sander, Vabil, Serebro ---------- Vladimir in Ukraine
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine the year 1858; Bolshaya Seydemenukha Jewish Agricultural Colony, Kherson region
#ukraine
Vladimir
Bolshaya Seydemenukha (Big Seydemenukha)
Jewish agricultural colony of Kherson region. Families that lived in Bolshaya Seydemenukha in the year 1858 Lefelman, Polushka, Rubin, Shmidshtein, Bicher (possibly: Bizer), Panor (possibly: Pakor), Padguria (possibly: Padgury), Rukman, Musin, Samoyl, Pertsik, Tabakov, Uskach, Bergard, Pliner, Shwartsman, Plat, Lamin, Plotkin, Medvedkin, Padbelsky, Kalmikov, Karas, Banshchik, Peyrikh, Garoin, Asvian (possibly: Osveyn), Altguz, Kotov, Druykin, Blogerman, Danda, Babich, Varkul (possibly: Varnul), Plitz, Lifshits, Tokarevich, Zaydel, Isayev, Slizavsky, Markov, Skob, Banov (possibly: Bonev), Trup, Treybish, Nakhov, Lamin, Komirach, Gurovich, Kovnatsky, Sel, Malt, Khaykov, Sandak, Zubkov, Kof, Skliar, Sverdlovsky, Ganshaft (or Hanshaft), Leyk, Glazak, Zetser, Svech, Yudovich, Shurik, Robert, Blashtein, Kamenshchik, Goradakin, Rezin, Shulman, Lesin, Sabsay, Gitin, Kletkin, Goldrin, Tsalkovich, Ketlin, Khalatov, Pisochin, Fradkin, Cherny, Masalsky, Golasovsky (possibly: Ropasovsky), Gerdel, Lapis, Liberman, Galkin, Podvalny, Sapira, Beylinky, Traytel, Goreker, Machin, Gankin (possibly: Hankin), Fagin, Berson, Shteynbank, Kar-?-?-?-nerov (it is difficult to decipher), Saulkin, Kagan (possibly: Kahan), Rubinov, Kushnerov, Yevelev, Shmidov, Gribun, Pesin, Buleva, Glatshteyn, Vilner, Rassin, Brakin, Saulkin, Cherniak, Karvas, Vinakur, Bas, Siganevich, Sirotkin, Podbar, Dobrovinsky, Kulikov, Batkhin, Ryzhik, Movshovich, Sulkin, Maskin, Simonovich, Nekhemov, Fradkin, Knyazhitskiy, Skliar, Dubenko, Libin, Kitaychik, Arav, Ayzikin, Vinburg, Farber, Tabashnikov, Baskin, Zadov, Ziglin, Karlin (possibly different spelling), Ravets, Margalin, Zamust, Marshak, Kaydan, Geft (possibly: Heft), Samaliov, Rodman, Kaplan, Dukar, Rip, Khadok, Drayer, Shatkhen, Kaplan, Flios (possibly: Flius), Zinchin, Goberman, Tsiperovich, Pinsukhovich, Rubinchik, Lyandres, Marshak, Stolin, Goldin, Aglits, Korik, Rukhinbakh, Itkin, Bednyak, Feldman, Begun, Sukhman, Kirzhner, Kupisk, Suster, Shchedro, Sander, Vabil, Serebro ---------- Vladimir in Ukraine
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The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#galicia
Editor, The Galitzianer <editor@...>
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor - Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia The March issue of the "Galitzianer"
#galicia
Editor, The Galitzianer <editor@...>
Gesher Galicia is pleased to announce the release of the March 2017
issue of the Galitzianer. The major articles in this issue are: Editorial - Andrew Zalewski Research Corner - Tony Kahane Progressive Synagogue in Lwow - Julian J. Bussgang Brody: Images Telling the Story - Boerries Kuzmany Map Corner - Jay Osborn Researching Your Galitzianer Family - Mark Halpern Searching for Memories in Jezierna - Talila Friedman How I Located a Jezierna Survivor - Ann Gleich Harris Introducing the Advisory Board Members (Laura Zaki and Mark Halpern) Much of the information on the Gesher Galicia website is accessible to all. A subscription to the Galitzianer, though, is a benefit of membership in Gesher Galicia. For more information on how to renew or join Gesher Galicia, please go to: http://www.geshergalicia.org/membership/ We hope you will enjoy the latest issue of the journal. Andrew Zalewski editor@geshergalicia.org http://www.geshergalicia.org/
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(Germany) Nazi-Looted Art In Private Collections--New Law Helps Fund Efforts To Return to Original Owners
#germany
Jan Meisels Allen
Trying to return Nazi-stolen art to the families of the original owners has
been traditionally funded for German museums and libraries and not private individuals and collectors. The German government announced it will begin subsidizing the private collectors' attempts to return the art to the families of the original owners. The government is funding this at 3.4 Euros, about $3.6 million USD. The fund will help the current generation of owners find out how the art objects came into their family. Under German law the descendants of the original Jewish owners must rely on the good will of the private collectors. Museums, however are bound by international principles which require them to reach "just and fair solutions." There are also statute of limitations that some current holders of stolen art rely upon to prevent return of the stolen Nazi-era artworks. The German Lost Art Foundation reviews applications >from art owners seeking assistance and grants awards as high as $320,000. What precipitated the German government to act now was the 2013 discovery of the art horde in Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment -that was amassed by a Nazi era dealer- Gurlitt's father. Today's generation is finding some family artwork was looted by the previous generation and want to return it to the families of the original owners. To read more about this see: http://tinyurl.com/j3er5te Original url: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/arts/design/german-art-collectors-face-a- painful-past-do-i-own-nazi-loot.html The German Lost Art Foundation website which has an online database with images of art with unclear provenance is: http://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/LostArt/Index.html The website may also be accessed in German. Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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German SIG #Germany (Germany) Nazi-Looted Art In Private Collections--New Law Helps Fund Efforts To Return to Original Owners
#germany
Jan Meisels Allen
Trying to return Nazi-stolen art to the families of the original owners has
been traditionally funded for German museums and libraries and not private individuals and collectors. The German government announced it will begin subsidizing the private collectors' attempts to return the art to the families of the original owners. The government is funding this at 3.4 Euros, about $3.6 million USD. The fund will help the current generation of owners find out how the art objects came into their family. Under German law the descendants of the original Jewish owners must rely on the good will of the private collectors. Museums, however are bound by international principles which require them to reach "just and fair solutions." There are also statute of limitations that some current holders of stolen art rely upon to prevent return of the stolen Nazi-era artworks. The German Lost Art Foundation reviews applications >from art owners seeking assistance and grants awards as high as $320,000. What precipitated the German government to act now was the 2013 discovery of the art horde in Cornelius Gurlitt's Munich apartment -that was amassed by a Nazi era dealer- Gurlitt's father. Today's generation is finding some family artwork was looted by the previous generation and want to return it to the families of the original owners. To read more about this see: http://tinyurl.com/j3er5te Original url: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/arts/design/german-art-collectors-face-a- painful-past-do-i-own-nazi-loot.html The German Lost Art Foundation website which has an online database with images of art with unclear provenance is: http://www.lostart.de/Webs/EN/LostArt/Index.html The website may also be accessed in German. Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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SITE CITE - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland -1939 German Jewish registration cards on line
#germany
Lande
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen has put on its public
website an alphabetical index to its holdings of Reichsvereingung der Juden in Deutschland (RJD) registration cards. This even includes images of each card. Go to: https://digitalcollections.its-arolsen.org/01020401 The RJD was established in 1939 and all Jews resident in Germany were required to register - though many avoided doing so. Up to now access to these cards had only been available at the USHMM, Yad Vashem and at the Bundesarchiv, so this is a very useful step forward. In addition to name, each card often contains valuable information such as date and place of birth, maiden name, address and even the names of other family names. In most cases the fate of each individual is given, e,g. deported, emigrated, died within Germany. The database can only be searched by family name, so if you wish to search by place of birth or maiden name you may wish to go to Steve Morse's website under Holocaust Roof Organization where a partial but growing list of RJD names appears and where such searches are possible. Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. pdlande@starpower.net
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German SIG #Germany SITE CITE - Reichsvereinigung der Juden in Deutschland -1939 German Jewish registration cards on line
#germany
Lande
The International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen has put on its public
website an alphabetical index to its holdings of Reichsvereingung der Juden in Deutschland (RJD) registration cards. This even includes images of each card. Go to: https://digitalcollections.its-arolsen.org/01020401 The RJD was established in 1939 and all Jews resident in Germany were required to register - though many avoided doing so. Up to now access to these cards had only been available at the USHMM, Yad Vashem and at the Bundesarchiv, so this is a very useful step forward. In addition to name, each card often contains valuable information such as date and place of birth, maiden name, address and even the names of other family names. In most cases the fate of each individual is given, e,g. deported, emigrated, died within Germany. The database can only be searched by family name, so if you wish to search by place of birth or maiden name you may wish to go to Steve Morse's website under Holocaust Roof Organization where a partial but growing list of RJD names appears and where such searches are possible. Peter Lande, Washington, D.C. pdlande@starpower.net
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