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DESFARDIN Society at Mt. Zion
#galicia
Fran Segall <FranSegall@...>
In searching the new Mt. Zion Cemetery database, I find 101 names listed
with the society as "DESFARDIN". One of them is a Hannah STRICK, who MAY be my ggrandmother. I've NEVER before heard the name/word DESFARDIN, and Googling it turns up nothing useful, nor does a search of the JewishGen web site. Has anyone heard of this society? Can anyone help give me any info on DESFARDIN? Thanks. Fran Manassas, VA FranSegall@comcast.net *********************************** Doing research on: Galicia, Poland: STRICK (Wielopole) Galicia, Ukraine: LICHTMANN (Stanislavov/Ivano-Frankovs'k and Bolszowce/Bol'shovtsy) Belarus: BROUDA/BREWDA/BREVDA/BREWDI (Amstibove/Mstibovo) Ukraine: KLETZEL/KLETSEL (Volhynia region)
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia DESFARDIN Society at Mt. Zion
#galicia
Fran Segall <FranSegall@...>
In searching the new Mt. Zion Cemetery database, I find 101 names listed
with the society as "DESFARDIN". One of them is a Hannah STRICK, who MAY be my ggrandmother. I've NEVER before heard the name/word DESFARDIN, and Googling it turns up nothing useful, nor does a search of the JewishGen web site. Has anyone heard of this society? Can anyone help give me any info on DESFARDIN? Thanks. Fran Manassas, VA FranSegall@comcast.net *********************************** Doing research on: Galicia, Poland: STRICK (Wielopole) Galicia, Ukraine: LICHTMANN (Stanislavov/Ivano-Frankovs'k and Bolszowce/Bol'shovtsy) Belarus: BROUDA/BREWDA/BREVDA/BREWDI (Amstibove/Mstibovo) Ukraine: KLETZEL/KLETSEL (Volhynia region)
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Kalman Naves at H-SIG Luncheon
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Dear Friends,
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Elaine Kalman Naves will be our guest speaker at the Hungarian SIG Luncheon in NYC during the IAJGS conference. I discovered Elaine's book Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family several years ago and continue to believe that it is one of the best accounts available of Hungarian Jewish family life and the history of Hungarian Jews. It is not only a wonderful family story but also a well-researched account of the socio-economic and historical conditions and events that shaped the Hungarian Jewish experience. Elaine will talk about her life-changing journey into her family's past to write Journey to Vaja and will speak about the experience of tracing her family's history back to the 18th Century as both a feat of genealogical research and a study of character across the generations. We all talk about how important it is to record more than names, dates, and places. Elaine's superb work exemplifies this approach to family research. Elaine was born in Hungary and grew up in Budapest, London, and Montreal. She was for many years a literary columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and is the author of five books and more than 400 articles published in a variety of periodicals. Elaine has been the recipient of numerous literary prizes including the prestigious Canadian Literary Award in 1998. Her memoir Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family was the winner of the 1998 Elie Wiesel Prize for Holocaust Literature and has been made into a documentary film called Paradise Lost. We're hoping to show excerpts >from the film to illustrate her presentation. Plans are underway to also include the film among the showings at the conference film festival. Elaine's most recent book, Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History, won the 2003 Mavis Gallant Prize and a 2005 Canadian Jewish Book Award. It has just been published in the United States by University of Nebraska Press. If you haven't yet registered for the H-SIG luncheon there's still time to do so. This promises to be one of our most memorable programs ever. Don't miss it! Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Kalman Naves at H-SIG Luncheon
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Dear Friends,
I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Elaine Kalman Naves will be our guest speaker at the Hungarian SIG Luncheon in NYC during the IAJGS conference. I discovered Elaine's book Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family several years ago and continue to believe that it is one of the best accounts available of Hungarian Jewish family life and the history of Hungarian Jews. It is not only a wonderful family story but also a well-researched account of the socio-economic and historical conditions and events that shaped the Hungarian Jewish experience. Elaine will talk about her life-changing journey into her family's past to write Journey to Vaja and will speak about the experience of tracing her family's history back to the 18th Century as both a feat of genealogical research and a study of character across the generations. We all talk about how important it is to record more than names, dates, and places. Elaine's superb work exemplifies this approach to family research. Elaine was born in Hungary and grew up in Budapest, London, and Montreal. She was for many years a literary columnist for the Montreal Gazette, and is the author of five books and more than 400 articles published in a variety of periodicals. Elaine has been the recipient of numerous literary prizes including the prestigious Canadian Literary Award in 1998. Her memoir Journey to Vaja: Reconstructing the World of a Hungarian-Jewish Family was the winner of the 1998 Elie Wiesel Prize for Holocaust Literature and has been made into a documentary film called Paradise Lost. We're hoping to show excerpts >from the film to illustrate her presentation. Plans are underway to also include the film among the showings at the conference film festival. Elaine's most recent book, Shoshanna's Story: A Mother, A Daughter, and the Shadows of History, won the 2003 Mavis Gallant Prize and a 2005 Canadian Jewish Book Award. It has just been published in the United States by University of Nebraska Press. If you haven't yet registered for the H-SIG luncheon there's still time to do so. This promises to be one of our most memorable programs ever. Don't miss it! Vivian Kahn, H-SIG Coordinator.
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Hungarian Research Computer Workshop
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Dear Ted and All,
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It's my understanding that you can register for the Hungarian research computer workshop on Sunday when you pick up your conference registration. Appears that's there's no pre-registration for these sessions. All I can suggest at this point is to get to registration as early as possible. I've been told that registration will be limited by the fact that they have 25 computers available for each workshop. Depending on the size of the room, they might be able to accommodate folks who just audit the session but don't have access to one of the 25 computers. We will also need one or two folks with good computer skills to serve as monitors. They won't have to pay and won't have access to a computer but have to walk around and help those who need assistance with the available PCs. I'm a Mac user myself but expect that the computers will all be operating on MS platform. Please contact me off-list if you think you have the skills to serve as a monitor and are interested in doing so. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA H-SIG Coordinator Researching families including: ADLER/Sighet, Giulesti, Rom. (Maramarossziget, Gyulafalva, Hun.) BAL/BERKOVITS/BERKOWITZ/ROTH/Orasu Nou, Rom. (Ujvaros, Hung.); Seini, Rom. (Szinervaralja, Hun), Vamfalu, Hung. (Vama, Rom.),NYC, Detroit, Israel GROSZ/Orasu Nou, Rom., Szatmar megye, Hung. GRUNVALD/Bratislava, Michalovce, Humenne, Slov. KAHN/KAHAN/KOHN/Sighet, Rom.(Maramarossziget, Hun), London KOHN/Ung megye, Hung. KORNIS/Miskolc, Hung. LEFKOVICS/Ung or Zemplen megye, Hung. MARKUS/Sepsiszentgyorgy, Hung. (Sfante Gheorghu, Rom) MOSKOVITS/MOSKOWITZ/MOSS, Ostrov (Kisozstro), Sobrance, Bunkocz, Kosice (Kassa),Lastomir, Ungvar, Michalovce, Presov, NYC, Cleveland NEUMANN/Sobrance, Michalovce, Kosice (Kassa), Sabinov (Kis-Szeben), Vranov (Varanno), Kriszti (Kereszt), Slov. POLACSEK/Sobrance ROZENBERG/Sobrance ROTH/Orasu Nou, Rom. (Ujvaros, Hun.) SIMKO/Kosice VERO (formerly WEISZBERGER) Debrecen, Nyirbator ZEGAL/Maramaros, Hun.
Vivian. I very much want to attend the session on Hungarian research
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Hungarian Research Computer Workshop
#hungary
Vivian Kahn
Dear Ted and All,
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It's my understanding that you can register for the Hungarian research computer workshop on Sunday when you pick up your conference registration. Appears that's there's no pre-registration for these sessions. All I can suggest at this point is to get to registration as early as possible. I've been told that registration will be limited by the fact that they have 25 computers available for each workshop. Depending on the size of the room, they might be able to accommodate folks who just audit the session but don't have access to one of the 25 computers. We will also need one or two folks with good computer skills to serve as monitors. They won't have to pay and won't have access to a computer but have to walk around and help those who need assistance with the available PCs. I'm a Mac user myself but expect that the computers will all be operating on MS platform. Please contact me off-list if you think you have the skills to serve as a monitor and are interested in doing so. Vivian Kahn, Oakland, CA H-SIG Coordinator Researching families including: ADLER/Sighet, Giulesti, Rom. (Maramarossziget, Gyulafalva, Hun.) BAL/BERKOVITS/BERKOWITZ/ROTH/Orasu Nou, Rom. (Ujvaros, Hung.); Seini, Rom. (Szinervaralja, Hun), Vamfalu, Hung. (Vama, Rom.),NYC, Detroit, Israel GROSZ/Orasu Nou, Rom., Szatmar megye, Hung. GRUNVALD/Bratislava, Michalovce, Humenne, Slov. KAHN/KAHAN/KOHN/Sighet, Rom.(Maramarossziget, Hun), London KOHN/Ung megye, Hung. KORNIS/Miskolc, Hung. LEFKOVICS/Ung or Zemplen megye, Hung. MARKUS/Sepsiszentgyorgy, Hung. (Sfante Gheorghu, Rom) MOSKOVITS/MOSKOWITZ/MOSS, Ostrov (Kisozstro), Sobrance, Bunkocz, Kosice (Kassa),Lastomir, Ungvar, Michalovce, Presov, NYC, Cleveland NEUMANN/Sobrance, Michalovce, Kosice (Kassa), Sabinov (Kis-Szeben), Vranov (Varanno), Kriszti (Kereszt), Slov. POLACSEK/Sobrance ROZENBERG/Sobrance ROTH/Orasu Nou, Rom. (Ujvaros, Hun.) SIMKO/Kosice VERO (formerly WEISZBERGER) Debrecen, Nyirbator ZEGAL/Maramaros, Hun.
Vivian. I very much want to attend the session on Hungarian research
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Re: Gaon of Zelechow
#general
barmag@...
On 2006.06.29, Claire Sztern <claire.sztern@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anybody know who was called the "Gaon of Zelechow" in Poland?You might be referring to Rabbi Shimon ENGEL, known as R' Shimon Zelichower, since he came >from the city of Zelechow. He was a big gaon and tzaddik and the first Rosh Yeshiva in Rabbi Meir Shapiro's Yeshiva, Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin. If this is the person you are looking for, you can probably find additional information about him by researching "Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin". Shabbat Shalom M Griffel
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Re: Gaon of Zelechow
#rabbinic
barmag@...
On 2006.06.29, Claire Sztern <claire.sztern@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anybody know who was called the "Gaon of Zelechow" in Poland?You might be referring to Rabbi Shimon ENGEL, known as R' Shimon Zelichower, since he came >from the city of Zelechow. He was a big gaon and tzaddik and the first Rosh Yeshiva in Rabbi Meir Shapiro's Yeshiva, Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin. If this is the person you are looking for, you can probably find additional information about him by researching "Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin". Shabbat Shalom M Griffel
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Liepham Camp
#hungary
Michelle Ruggiero
I am searching for any information pertaining to survivors that were
in Liepham Camp, who most likely went to Naharya, Isreal. My mother was also in the camp,1946-1947, She later left for Naharya, Isreal with a group of survivors also >from the camp. We are searching for Emil Breyer, originally >from Miskolc. Any information would be appreciated greatly. Michelle Ruggiero, Staten Island, NY
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Liepham Camp
#hungary
Michelle Ruggiero
I am searching for any information pertaining to survivors that were
in Liepham Camp, who most likely went to Naharya, Isreal. My mother was also in the camp,1946-1947, She later left for Naharya, Isreal with a group of survivors also >from the camp. We are searching for Emil Breyer, originally >from Miskolc. Any information would be appreciated greatly. Michelle Ruggiero, Staten Island, NY
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Re: Registration for Hungarian Research Session
#hungary
grossman <grossman@...>
Vivian. I very much want to attend the session on Hungarian research
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sources. Please advise if this note assures that I will be able to attend, or what I have to do to assure a place at the session. . I have already registered for the conference and look forward to seeing you there. I just got back >from Hungary, My trip included four days in two little villages near Kisvarda where my grandparents and great-grandparents grew up. I had a wonderful time, and learned a great deal, but I feel that I am just at the tip of the iceberg. and I am dying to learn more. Thanks for all your hard work. Ted Grossman
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From: "Vivian Kahn" <vkahn@kmort.com> To: "H-SIG" <h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: [h-sig] Registration for Hungarian Research Session I'm very pleased about the interest in the workshop I'm presenting at the
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Re: WIEDER fm Borsa, Maramures
#hungary
Michelle Ruggiero
Hi Vivian,
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My mother also is Berkovits >from her mothers side, they were >from Nankova, Lypsha, Chernowits. If there is any information or connection, please let me know. Michelle Ruggiero, Staten Island, NY Researching: Fuchs/Cherna, Berkovits/Nankova, Breyer/Miskolc, Nusovics/ Chust,Moscovich/Lypcha
On May 22, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Vivian Kahn wrote:
While reviewing lists of names >from the Hungarian Labor Battalions,
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: Registration for Hungarian Research Session
#hungary
grossman <grossman@...>
Vivian. I very much want to attend the session on Hungarian research
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sources. Please advise if this note assures that I will be able to attend, or what I have to do to assure a place at the session. . I have already registered for the conference and look forward to seeing you there. I just got back >from Hungary, My trip included four days in two little villages near Kisvarda where my grandparents and great-grandparents grew up. I had a wonderful time, and learned a great deal, but I feel that I am just at the tip of the iceberg. and I am dying to learn more. Thanks for all your hard work. Ted Grossman
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From: "Vivian Kahn" <vkahn@kmort.com> To: "H-SIG" <h-sig@lyris.jewishgen.org> Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:45 PM Subject: [h-sig] Registration for Hungarian Research Session I'm very pleased about the interest in the workshop I'm presenting at the
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Re: WIEDER fm Borsa, Maramures
#hungary
Michelle Ruggiero
Hi Vivian,
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My mother also is Berkovits >from her mothers side, they were >from Nankova, Lypsha, Chernowits. If there is any information or connection, please let me know. Michelle Ruggiero, Staten Island, NY Researching: Fuchs/Cherna, Berkovits/Nankova, Breyer/Miskolc, Nusovics/ Chust,Moscovich/Lypcha
On May 22, 2006, at 2:40 AM, Vivian Kahn wrote:
While reviewing lists of names >from the Hungarian Labor Battalions,
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Slovak translation needed
#hungary
Tomer Brunner
Dear H-Siggers,
I'm planing to write to the register office in Chonkovce, a village not far from Sobrance (east Slovakia), where my ELOVITS (ELOVIC) family lived. I hope that writing in Slovakian will help me get a positive reply and I would most appreciate if anyone with Slovak language skills can help me translate the letter (of few lines >from it) >from English. Its about 1 page. Please contact me privately if you can help. Many thanks for your help and Shabat Shalom, Tomer Brunner, Israel.
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Hungary SIG #Hungary Slovak translation needed
#hungary
Tomer Brunner
Dear H-Siggers,
I'm planing to write to the register office in Chonkovce, a village not far from Sobrance (east Slovakia), where my ELOVITS (ELOVIC) family lived. I hope that writing in Slovakian will help me get a positive reply and I would most appreciate if anyone with Slovak language skills can help me translate the letter (of few lines >from it) >from English. Its about 1 page. Please contact me privately if you can help. Many thanks for your help and Shabat Shalom, Tomer Brunner, Israel.
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Re: Jewish Hospital, Berlin
#general
Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Sarah Helm" wrote
I am looking for anyone who has first hand information (oral testimony orI note that there is a Pahl Museum in Mainhardt-Gailsbach, Germany, which celebrates her husband, the architect and painter Manfred Pahl (1900-1994) http://www.limesprojekt.de/mainhardt3a.htm I gather that there is a book about the hospital "Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis" by Danielle B Silver. Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WEITZMAN (Cracow), WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN/WEISSKOPF (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU (only adopted on leaving Belarus or later)/FREDKIN (?) (Gomel, Mogilev, Chernigov, Belarus)
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Jewish Hospital, Berlin
#general
Nick <tulse04-news@...>
"Sarah Helm" wrote
I am looking for anyone who has first hand information (oral testimony orI note that there is a Pahl Museum in Mainhardt-Gailsbach, Germany, which celebrates her husband, the architect and painter Manfred Pahl (1900-1994) http://www.limesprojekt.de/mainhardt3a.htm I gather that there is a book about the hospital "Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis" by Danielle B Silver. Nick Landau London, UK COHNREICH (Anklam, Germany Krajenka, Poland) ATLAS (Wielkie Oczy (near Lvov/Lemberg), Poland) WEITZMAN (Cracow), WECHSLER(Schwabach, Germany) KOHN/WEISSKOPF (Wallerstein and Kleinerdlingen,Germany) LANDAU (only adopted on leaving Belarus or later)/FREDKIN (?) (Gomel, Mogilev, Chernigov, Belarus)
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Re: Jewish Hospital, Berlin
#general
Roger Lustig <julierog@...>
Daniel Silver's book "Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital
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Outlasted the Nazis" doesn't mention Aenne Pahl specifically, but has many references to sources, etc. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Sarah Helm wrote:
I am looking for anyone who has first hand information (oral testimony or
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: Jewish Hospital, Berlin
#general
Roger Lustig <julierog@...>
Daniel Silver's book "Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital
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Outlasted the Nazis" doesn't mention Aenne Pahl specifically, but has many references to sources, etc. Roger Lustig Princeton, NJ USA Sarah Helm wrote:
I am looking for anyone who has first hand information (oral testimony or
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