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The Invisible Tatoo, a remarkable story of discovery and survival
#poland
Michael Goldstein
I thought that this is worth sharing with all our Jewish Genealogy Friends.
In her Huffington Post article published yesterday, Marisa Fox writes, "My mother, who's been dead for almost 20 years, told me a fictionalized account of her childhood." Marisa traces how she discovered her mother's true identity and the shocking real story of her mother's hidden wartime experience and survival. Three well-known members of our Jewish genealogical community play key roles in helping Marisa uncover the truth of how her mother spent the war years in the Gabersdorf slave labor camp, how her words in a friend's secret diary - written in the camp - so dramatically describe the despair of their lives and their hopes for survival. Read the Huffington Post article here: www.huffingtonpost.com/marisa-fox/holocaust-survivor-memories_b_3039758.html Michael Goldstein, President IAJGS president@iajgs.org
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BialyGen: Bialystok Region #Bialystok #Poland The Invisible Tatoo, a remarkable story of discovery and survival
#poland
Michael Goldstein
I thought that this is worth sharing with all our Jewish Genealogy Friends.
In her Huffington Post article published yesterday, Marisa Fox writes, "My mother, who's been dead for almost 20 years, told me a fictionalized account of her childhood." Marisa traces how she discovered her mother's true identity and the shocking real story of her mother's hidden wartime experience and survival. Three well-known members of our Jewish genealogical community play key roles in helping Marisa uncover the truth of how her mother spent the war years in the Gabersdorf slave labor camp, how her words in a friend's secret diary - written in the camp - so dramatically describe the despair of their lives and their hopes for survival. Read the Huffington Post article here: www.huffingtonpost.com/marisa-fox/holocaust-survivor-memories_b_3039758.html Michael Goldstein, President IAJGS president@iajgs.org
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"Recovered"
#lithuania
Israel P
When a marriage record in the Lithuania database includes a note
"recovered in 19-whatever," does that mean that the record was used for something later? Such a passport or emigration? The two such instances I have are marriages in the very early 1900s and the recovery in the early 1930s. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem (blogging weekly at http://allmyforeparents.blogspot.com )
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania "Recovered"
#lithuania
Israel P
When a marriage record in the Lithuania database includes a note
"recovered in 19-whatever," does that mean that the record was used for something later? Such a passport or emigration? The two such instances I have are marriages in the very early 1900s and the recovery in the early 1930s. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem (blogging weekly at http://allmyforeparents.blogspot.com )
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Ukmerge Foreign Passport Applications - 1925-1938
#lithuania
Howard Margol
A translation of the Ukmerge Foreign Passport Applications - 1925-1938,
has just been received. The list contains the greatest amount of very important information about the individuals listed that I have ever seen, and I have seen thousands of lists of various types. I cannot emphasize too strongly the value of this list. To give you an idea of the information that is included, for most of those listed, here is a sample of what is there. Surname, given name, father's name, maiden name of females, date of birth, place of birth (not everyone was born in Ukmerge), destination, marriage status, the street address and town of residence, the exact date of their Foreign Passport Application. Additionally, there is an individual file for almost every applicant. The file includes a photo of the applicant, a Lithuanian passport that was issued on a prior date, plus a lot of family information. Using the information that has been translated, a researcher can contact the Central Archive in Vilnius and obtain a copy of all documents in an individual file. Please do not dismiss this list as of no interest to you personally only because your family left Lithuania before 1925. Your immediate family may have left but not everyone left. In most cases, siblings, Uncles, Aunts, and cousins remained. It will be several days before the entire list will be available on the Ukmerge DRG web site. If you are already a contributor to the Ukmerge DRG web site, please be patient for a day or two and you will be able to see the entire list. If you are not a part of the Ukmerge DRG, you need contribute $100 to Litvak SIG and gain access not only to this list but also thousands of other records for the towns in the Ukmerge District. Go to www.litvaksig.org/contribute Scroll down to District Research and select Ukmerge. The site is secure so you can use your credit card. Roy Ogus r_ogus@hotmail.com is the Ukmerge District Coordinator. If you have a problem accessing the site, please contact Roy. However, give Roy several days to post the list on the web site before contacting him. Again, I repeat, this is one of the most important lists I have ever seen from a standpoint of genealogical information included. I am sure you willagree after you see the list. Howard Margol Litvak SIG Coordinator for Records Acquisition
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania Ukmerge Foreign Passport Applications - 1925-1938
#lithuania
Howard Margol
A translation of the Ukmerge Foreign Passport Applications - 1925-1938,
has just been received. The list contains the greatest amount of very important information about the individuals listed that I have ever seen, and I have seen thousands of lists of various types. I cannot emphasize too strongly the value of this list. To give you an idea of the information that is included, for most of those listed, here is a sample of what is there. Surname, given name, father's name, maiden name of females, date of birth, place of birth (not everyone was born in Ukmerge), destination, marriage status, the street address and town of residence, the exact date of their Foreign Passport Application. Additionally, there is an individual file for almost every applicant. The file includes a photo of the applicant, a Lithuanian passport that was issued on a prior date, plus a lot of family information. Using the information that has been translated, a researcher can contact the Central Archive in Vilnius and obtain a copy of all documents in an individual file. Please do not dismiss this list as of no interest to you personally only because your family left Lithuania before 1925. Your immediate family may have left but not everyone left. In most cases, siblings, Uncles, Aunts, and cousins remained. It will be several days before the entire list will be available on the Ukmerge DRG web site. If you are already a contributor to the Ukmerge DRG web site, please be patient for a day or two and you will be able to see the entire list. If you are not a part of the Ukmerge DRG, you need contribute $100 to Litvak SIG and gain access not only to this list but also thousands of other records for the towns in the Ukmerge District. Go to www.litvaksig.org/contribute Scroll down to District Research and select Ukmerge. The site is secure so you can use your credit card. Roy Ogus r_ogus@hotmail.com is the Ukmerge District Coordinator. If you have a problem accessing the site, please contact Roy. However, give Roy several days to post the list on the web site before contacting him. Again, I repeat, this is one of the most important lists I have ever seen from a standpoint of genealogical information included. I am sure you willagree after you see the list. Howard Margol Litvak SIG Coordinator for Records Acquisition
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Kristallnacht
#general
Robert Fraser
Dear Experts -
I have posed this question many times before in different forums, printed and on-line, but have never received an response. So let's try again. My late father was arrested as part of the Kristallnacht events in Vienna on 10 November 1938. As he was being transported >from one jail to another, his captors referred to him and his fellow captives as 'Asiatische Steppenhengste'. When writing his memoirs many years later, he translated this expression as 'Asiatic steppe-stallions'. He could never find out what this interpretation meant, and neither can I. Presumably, it's highly derogatory. Any suggestions will be welcomed. Robert Fraser Perth, Western Australia Researching: NOWAK; Moravia, Austria, USA and the world: EISINGER; Moravia, Vienna, USA and the world NAGEL; Moravia, Vienna, New York: FINKELSTEIN; Galicia,Vienna WORTMANN; Slovakia, USA: KRAUTERBLUTH; Poland, ? LICHTBLAU; Vienna
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Kristallnacht
#general
Robert Fraser
Dear Experts -
I have posed this question many times before in different forums, printed and on-line, but have never received an response. So let's try again. My late father was arrested as part of the Kristallnacht events in Vienna on 10 November 1938. As he was being transported >from one jail to another, his captors referred to him and his fellow captives as 'Asiatische Steppenhengste'. When writing his memoirs many years later, he translated this expression as 'Asiatic steppe-stallions'. He could never find out what this interpretation meant, and neither can I. Presumably, it's highly derogatory. Any suggestions will be welcomed. Robert Fraser Perth, Western Australia Researching: NOWAK; Moravia, Austria, USA and the world: EISINGER; Moravia, Vienna, USA and the world NAGEL; Moravia, Vienna, New York: FINKELSTEIN; Galicia,Vienna WORTMANN; Slovakia, USA: KRAUTERBLUTH; Poland, ? LICHTBLAU; Vienna
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GUNSER in Australia
#general
Looking for a Mr. GUNSER (born circa 1900) believed to have survived WW II in
Europe and to have gone to Australia after the war. He was married to Cillistine KORKES who was murdered by the Nazis, along with their son whose name may have been Henry. Looking for information about Mr. Gunser's fate and any possible descendants. Thanks, Alan Steinfeld
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen GUNSER in Australia
#general
Looking for a Mr. GUNSER (born circa 1900) believed to have survived WW II in
Europe and to have gone to Australia after the war. He was married to Cillistine KORKES who was murdered by the Nazis, along with their son whose name may have been Henry. Looking for information about Mr. Gunser's fate and any possible descendants. Thanks, Alan Steinfeld
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[USA] White House to Propose Restrictions to Death Master File (SSIDI)
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
As expected, the White House has weighed in the issue of tax and identity theft and
is expected to proposed restrictions to the Death Master File and its commercial version known as the Social Security Death Index. The bill has not yet been introduced-but Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Committee is expected to introduce the bill in the coming weeks. NBC's Rock Center did a story on tax and identity fraud which may be watched at: http://tinyurl.com/c2ex6nu Original url: http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675084-white-house-to-prop ose-restrictions-on-master-death-file-to-fight-tax-fraud Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen [USA] White House to Propose Restrictions to Death Master File (SSIDI)
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
As expected, the White House has weighed in the issue of tax and identity theft and
is expected to proposed restrictions to the Death Master File and its commercial version known as the Social Security Death Index. The bill has not yet been introduced-but Representative Sam Johnson (R-TX) Chairman of the Social Security Subcommittee of House Ways and Means Committee is expected to introduce the bill in the coming weeks. NBC's Rock Center did a story on tax and identity fraud which may be watched at: http://tinyurl.com/c2ex6nu Original url: http://openchannel.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/09/17675084-white-house-to-prop ose-restrictions-on-master-death-file-to-fight-tax-fraud Jan Meisels Allen IAJGS Vice President Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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How to research in Israel: Alec Schorr: REPORT on RESULTS ...
#general
Dear Fellow Genners,
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A number of List members have asked me how I got on with my recent enquiry - "How to do research in Israel?" so here are the wonderful results: * Several suggested the Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] website: http://genealogy.org.il. Without subscribing I found some data that added to what I know about my family. If I subscribed I would get access to digital copies of the actual records. Lots of useful information (especially under databases) but for some reason I found the site painfully slow. * Someone suggested the Israel Genealogical Society (Isragen) website: http://www.isragen.org.il/ * One wonderfully helpful List subscriber obtained the actual info I sought, starting with the online Chevra Kadisha sites, e.g. http://www.kadisha-tlv.co.il. These sites look great - so long as you can read Hebrew or know the spelling of the surname that has been used - and can get the "search" button to work (I'm still working on the last point!). I don't know Hebrew (Ivrit) well enough for this site, but the List members may be able to help you. Certainly if you know enough Hebrew you have to use this resource. * The same helpful subscriber then located my surviving family relative using the telephone book (again in Hebrew) and subsequently located another two family members for me. I am more than indebted. * Another wonderful subscriber knows something about Hebrew restaurants (as mentioned in my original post) and located several web addresses to my cousin's restaurants plus - incredibly - a photo of one of them! That blew me away! (See the pizza restaurant at the bottom of this page, http://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/dining/1.1810177)!! * My final advice - if it is not already obvious - is to ask this list. There seem to be folk with all sorts of resources up their sleeves - the above being just some - and their willingness to help is very humbling. Joyaa. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Please can you help me with general or specific advice as to how to research a late cousin in Israel. Where do I start to look? Whom in Israel might I ask? My second cousin, Alec Schorr, lived/worked at 19 Yona Hanavi St, Tel Aviv, owning or running a restaurant called "Kasba" ( or Kasbah or similar). He is thought to have died in 1977. He may have had a wife called Sabina. I don't know whether he had children, whom may or may not still be alive. That's the sum total of what I know.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen How to research in Israel: Alec Schorr: REPORT on RESULTS ...
#general
Dear Fellow Genners,
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
A number of List members have asked me how I got on with my recent enquiry - "How to do research in Israel?" so here are the wonderful results: * Several suggested the Israel Genealogy Research Association [IGRA] website: http://genealogy.org.il. Without subscribing I found some data that added to what I know about my family. If I subscribed I would get access to digital copies of the actual records. Lots of useful information (especially under databases) but for some reason I found the site painfully slow. * Someone suggested the Israel Genealogical Society (Isragen) website: http://www.isragen.org.il/ * One wonderfully helpful List subscriber obtained the actual info I sought, starting with the online Chevra Kadisha sites, e.g. http://www.kadisha-tlv.co.il. These sites look great - so long as you can read Hebrew or know the spelling of the surname that has been used - and can get the "search" button to work (I'm still working on the last point!). I don't know Hebrew (Ivrit) well enough for this site, but the List members may be able to help you. Certainly if you know enough Hebrew you have to use this resource. * The same helpful subscriber then located my surviving family relative using the telephone book (again in Hebrew) and subsequently located another two family members for me. I am more than indebted. * Another wonderful subscriber knows something about Hebrew restaurants (as mentioned in my original post) and located several web addresses to my cousin's restaurants plus - incredibly - a photo of one of them! That blew me away! (See the pizza restaurant at the bottom of this page, http://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/dining/1.1810177)!! * My final advice - if it is not already obvious - is to ask this list. There seem to be folk with all sorts of resources up their sleeves - the above being just some - and their willingness to help is very humbling. Joyaa. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
-----Original Message-----
Please can you help me with general or specific advice as to how to research a late cousin in Israel. Where do I start to look? Whom in Israel might I ask? My second cousin, Alec Schorr, lived/worked at 19 Yona Hanavi St, Tel Aviv, owning or running a restaurant called "Kasba" ( or Kasbah or similar). He is thought to have died in 1977. He may have had a wife called Sabina. I don't know whether he had children, whom may or may not still be alive. That's the sum total of what I know.
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Galician Genealogy Lecture at the Wiener Library - London - May 7, 2013 - Pamela Weisberger, Gesher Galicia
#poland
Pamela Weisberger
If you live in the United Kingdom and are interested in Galician
research -- or are curious about how cadastral maps, landowner, tax and voter records can be used as an adjunct to vital records -- consider attending my presentation in London on May 7: "Unique & Unusual Resources in Galician Genealogy" Tuesday, 7 May 2013 Time: 6.30pm Location: The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, England This presentation will cover the wealth of documents useful for genealogists, >from the late 1700s through the interwar years, for Galicia (a former province of the Austrian Empire, today eastern Poland and western Ukraine) to be found in repositories in Austria and Ukraine. Covered will be Lviv family registration books, 1920s and 30s voter lists, Jewish taxpayer and student records, plus magnate landowner records (like a 1801 list of "Jewish Tavern Owners in Kalusz.") Take a tour of the Galician holdings in the Vienna State Archives, including kahal and court cases and province-wide inventories listing rabbis and teachers assigned to Jewish schools in every shtetl in 1788 - the point when Jews adopted surnames. Learn about cadastral (property) maps, Holocaust-era census records and passport applications >from Stanislawow and Lviv and come away with innovative ideas about how to approach your family research. Many of these records are now searchable online, so we'll close with information on searching on the All Galicia Database and the Gesher Galicia inventory. Admission is free, but booking is essential as space is very limited. Click on this link to be taken to the reservation page: http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=62 The Wiener Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library's unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony. Pamela Weisberger President & Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@gmail.com www.GesherGalicia.org
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JRI Poland #Poland Galician Genealogy Lecture at the Wiener Library - London - May 7, 2013 - Pamela Weisberger, Gesher Galicia
#poland
Pamela Weisberger
If you live in the United Kingdom and are interested in Galician
research -- or are curious about how cadastral maps, landowner, tax and voter records can be used as an adjunct to vital records -- consider attending my presentation in London on May 7: "Unique & Unusual Resources in Galician Genealogy" Tuesday, 7 May 2013 Time: 6.30pm Location: The Wiener Library, 29 Russell Square, London, England This presentation will cover the wealth of documents useful for genealogists, >from the late 1700s through the interwar years, for Galicia (a former province of the Austrian Empire, today eastern Poland and western Ukraine) to be found in repositories in Austria and Ukraine. Covered will be Lviv family registration books, 1920s and 30s voter lists, Jewish taxpayer and student records, plus magnate landowner records (like a 1801 list of "Jewish Tavern Owners in Kalusz.") Take a tour of the Galician holdings in the Vienna State Archives, including kahal and court cases and province-wide inventories listing rabbis and teachers assigned to Jewish schools in every shtetl in 1788 - the point when Jews adopted surnames. Learn about cadastral (property) maps, Holocaust-era census records and passport applications >from Stanislawow and Lviv and come away with innovative ideas about how to approach your family research. Many of these records are now searchable online, so we'll close with information on searching on the All Galicia Database and the Gesher Galicia inventory. Admission is free, but booking is essential as space is very limited. Click on this link to be taken to the reservation page: http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/Whats-On?item=62 The Wiener Library is one of the world's leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust and Nazi era. Formed in 1933, the Library's unique collection of over one million items includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs and eyewitness testimony. Pamela Weisberger President & Research Coordinator, Gesher Galicia Santa Monica, CA pweisberger@gmail.com www.GesherGalicia.org
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Surviving Twin searches for twin brother with Auschwitz tattoo A7734
#poland
Marshall Katz
Holocaust survivor, Menachem BODNER, was just four years old when he was
liberated in 1945 >from Auschwitz concentration camp. Now 72, retired, and living in Israel, Menachem is on a quest to locate his identical twin brother, last seen at Auschwitz, when the two were separated just 2 days before liberation. In May 1944, Menachem and his identical twin brother were transported to Auschwitz, two months prior to their 4th birthday. Being identical twins, they were selected and became objects of criminal medical experiments. Luckily, both survived the war, however, became separated. One twin was adopted and given a new name, Menachem BODNER. The other twin was adopted and taken to the USA. Maybe he too changed his name, maybe even changed his religion---but the only definite link between them is the number tattooed on their arm. For the next 67 years, Menachem had no knowledge about his family or twin brother---knowing only his own Auschwitz tattoo on his arm, which was A7733. Red Cross records that were located, show Menachem's brother was alive two weeks after Auschwitz was liberated, giving him hope that he was still alive and out there to be found and reunited with him. Also, >from the Red Cross list, Menachem learned his real name was: GOTTESMAN, Elias. from the Red Cross records:A-7733 GOTTESMAN, Elias A-7734 GOTTESMAN, Jeno Jeno, with the number A7734 tattooed on his arm, may be your neighbor, a friend, or even a relative. We ask that you pass this to appear in your synagogue newsletter, local newspaper and local television stations to ensure widest dissemination. There is also a Facebook page with photos and more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A7734/499971010060858?sid=0.562905358616262 If anyone learns the whereabouts of Jeno GOTTESMAN, please contact: Ms. Ayana KIMRON at FamilyRoots2000@gmail.com Thank you. Respectfully, Marshall KATZ Camp Hill, PA
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JRI Poland #Poland Surviving Twin searches for twin brother with Auschwitz tattoo A7734
#poland
Marshall Katz
Holocaust survivor, Menachem BODNER, was just four years old when he was
liberated in 1945 >from Auschwitz concentration camp. Now 72, retired, and living in Israel, Menachem is on a quest to locate his identical twin brother, last seen at Auschwitz, when the two were separated just 2 days before liberation. In May 1944, Menachem and his identical twin brother were transported to Auschwitz, two months prior to their 4th birthday. Being identical twins, they were selected and became objects of criminal medical experiments. Luckily, both survived the war, however, became separated. One twin was adopted and given a new name, Menachem BODNER. The other twin was adopted and taken to the USA. Maybe he too changed his name, maybe even changed his religion---but the only definite link between them is the number tattooed on their arm. For the next 67 years, Menachem had no knowledge about his family or twin brother---knowing only his own Auschwitz tattoo on his arm, which was A7733. Red Cross records that were located, show Menachem's brother was alive two weeks after Auschwitz was liberated, giving him hope that he was still alive and out there to be found and reunited with him. Also, >from the Red Cross list, Menachem learned his real name was: GOTTESMAN, Elias. from the Red Cross records:A-7733 GOTTESMAN, Elias A-7734 GOTTESMAN, Jeno Jeno, with the number A7734 tattooed on his arm, may be your neighbor, a friend, or even a relative. We ask that you pass this to appear in your synagogue newsletter, local newspaper and local television stations to ensure widest dissemination. There is also a Facebook page with photos and more information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/A7734/499971010060858?sid=0.562905358616262 If anyone learns the whereabouts of Jeno GOTTESMAN, please contact: Ms. Ayana KIMRON at FamilyRoots2000@gmail.com Thank you. Respectfully, Marshall KATZ Camp Hill, PA
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The Invisible Tatoo, a remarkable story of discovery and survival
#poland
Michael Goldstein
I thought that this is worth sharing with all our Jewish Genealogy Friends.
In her Huffington Post article published yesterday, Marisa Fox writes, "My mother, who's been dead for almost 20 years, told me a fictionalized account of her childhood." Marisa traces how she discovered her mother's true identity and the shocking real story of her mother's hidden wartime experience and survival. Three well-known members of our Jewish genealogical community play key roles in helping Marisa uncover the truth of how her mother spent the war years in the Gabersdorf slave labor camp, how her words in a friend's secret diary - written in the camp - so dramatically describe the despair of their lives and their hopes for survival. Read the Huffington Post article here: www.huffingtonpost.com/marisa-fox/holocaust-survivor-memories_b_3039758.html Michael Goldstein, President IAJGS president@iajgs.org MODERATOR'S NOTE: Several members of the JRI-Poland Board were privileged to play a role in this exciting story.
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JRI Poland #Poland The Invisible Tatoo, a remarkable story of discovery and survival
#poland
Michael Goldstein
I thought that this is worth sharing with all our Jewish Genealogy Friends.
In her Huffington Post article published yesterday, Marisa Fox writes, "My mother, who's been dead for almost 20 years, told me a fictionalized account of her childhood." Marisa traces how she discovered her mother's true identity and the shocking real story of her mother's hidden wartime experience and survival. Three well-known members of our Jewish genealogical community play key roles in helping Marisa uncover the truth of how her mother spent the war years in the Gabersdorf slave labor camp, how her words in a friend's secret diary - written in the camp - so dramatically describe the despair of their lives and their hopes for survival. Read the Huffington Post article here: www.huffingtonpost.com/marisa-fox/holocaust-survivor-memories_b_3039758.html Michael Goldstein, President IAJGS president@iajgs.org MODERATOR'S NOTE: Several members of the JRI-Poland Board were privileged to play a role in this exciting story.
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