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This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
#general
Bruce Drake
Itsik Trastinetski was one of a group of Jewish activists rounded up
by political police in Poland, all of whom were subjected to torture. His own treatment was brutal and when his captors saw that he was physically broken to the point that further torture was superfluous, they then tortured his closest friends within his sight. He was taken to the town hospital, still bound in chains, where people >from other wards hurried to hear what he had to say, even as doctors closed the windows so he could not be heard in other pavilions. Trastinetski's sarcastic response was "See, my hands and my feet are bound in chains, but you cannot close my mouth" and with the call "Long live freedom!," he gave up his spirit. Such was "Itsik Trastinetski's Martyrdom," a chapter >from the Yizkor book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv. URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/2260836880605121?__tn__=K-R Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen This week's Yizkor book excerpt on the JewishGen Facebook page
#general
Bruce Drake
Itsik Trastinetski was one of a group of Jewish activists rounded up
by political police in Poland, all of whom were subjected to torture. His own treatment was brutal and when his captors saw that he was physically broken to the point that further torture was superfluous, they then tortured his closest friends within his sight. He was taken to the town hospital, still bound in chains, where people >from other wards hurried to hear what he had to say, even as doctors closed the windows so he could not be heard in other pavilions. Trastinetski's sarcastic response was "See, my hands and my feet are bound in chains, but you cannot close my mouth" and with the call "Long live freedom!," he gave up his spirit. Such was "Itsik Trastinetski's Martyrdom," a chapter >from the Yizkor book of Kremenets, Vyshgorodok, and Pochayiv. URL: https://www.facebook.com/JewishGen.org/posts/2260836880605121?__tn__=K-R Bruce Drake Silver Spring MD Researching: DRACH, EBERT, KIMMEL, ZLOTNICK Towns: Wojnilow, Kovel
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Seeking CARMI-BRANDWEIN family
#general
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with the family of Rabbi Aryeh Carmi and his
sister, Tzofia of Toronto, children of Rabbi Yosef Carmi (originally Brandwein) who trace back to Rabbi Shmelke Horowitz of Jerusalem (1860-1898 whose wife was a Biderman of the Lelov Dynasty) son of Sender Yitzchak Horowitz of Sadagora son of Rabbu Nach Pinchas Horowitz of Brody and then Safed. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies, please.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Seeking CARMI-BRANDWEIN family
#general
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with the family of Rabbi Aryeh Carmi and his
sister, Tzofia of Toronto, children of Rabbi Yosef Carmi (originally Brandwein) who trace back to Rabbi Shmelke Horowitz of Jerusalem (1860-1898 whose wife was a Biderman of the Lelov Dynasty) son of Sender Yitzchak Horowitz of Sadagora son of Rabbu Nach Pinchas Horowitz of Brody and then Safed. Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Private replies, please.
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LitvakSIG - new batch of Vilnius household registers
#lithuania
Russ Maurer
LitvakSIG is pleased to announce that batch 6 of the Vilnius household
registers is now available to qualified donors. The registers were created between 1919 and 1940 when Wilno (Vilnius) city and Wilno voivodeship were part of Poland. The registers contain detailed information about everyone who lived in Wilno at that time, as well as information about many visitors. They will potentially hold discoveries for anyone whose family was in that general area, which today includes parts of Lithuania, Belarus, and northeast Poland. I urge you to check the free batch previews described below, even if you don't think your family was ever in Vilnius. There have already been unexpected discoveries. There are countless mentions of locations outside the immediate Vilnius area. As this is a very large project that will go on for years, we are releasing data in batches of about 5000 lines. Batch 6, 5030 lines, includes three large apartment buildings located at Zawalna 24 and Wielka Stefanska 27 and 33. You can find these streets on our Vilnius interactive street map (https://www.litvaksig.org/vilnius-map/). To help you determine if this batch or a previous batch is relevant to your research, you can review a file containing previews of all six batches to date (http://tinyurl.com/VHR-previews). The batch preview is a bare-bones version of the batch spreadsheet containing just the full name and year of birth (or age) of each person. The previews are presented both in original order and alphabetically by surname. The previews also include instructions to qualify to receive the full batch data. More information about the Vilnius household registers can be found on the VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-regis ters. Any inquiries related to VHR should be directed to me at vhrproject@.... Russ Maurer, VHR project coordinator
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Lithuania SIG #Lithuania LitvakSIG - new batch of Vilnius household registers
#lithuania
Russ Maurer
LitvakSIG is pleased to announce that batch 6 of the Vilnius household
registers is now available to qualified donors. The registers were created between 1919 and 1940 when Wilno (Vilnius) city and Wilno voivodeship were part of Poland. The registers contain detailed information about everyone who lived in Wilno at that time, as well as information about many visitors. They will potentially hold discoveries for anyone whose family was in that general area, which today includes parts of Lithuania, Belarus, and northeast Poland. I urge you to check the free batch previews described below, even if you don't think your family was ever in Vilnius. There have already been unexpected discoveries. There are countless mentions of locations outside the immediate Vilnius area. As this is a very large project that will go on for years, we are releasing data in batches of about 5000 lines. Batch 6, 5030 lines, includes three large apartment buildings located at Zawalna 24 and Wielka Stefanska 27 and 33. You can find these streets on our Vilnius interactive street map (https://www.litvaksig.org/vilnius-map/). To help you determine if this batch or a previous batch is relevant to your research, you can review a file containing previews of all six batches to date (http://tinyurl.com/VHR-previews). The batch preview is a bare-bones version of the batch spreadsheet containing just the full name and year of birth (or age) of each person. The previews are presented both in original order and alphabetically by surname. The previews also include instructions to qualify to receive the full batch data. More information about the Vilnius household registers can be found on the VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-regis ters. Any inquiries related to VHR should be directed to me at vhrproject@.... Russ Maurer, VHR project coordinator
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LitvakSIG - new batch of Vilnius household registers
#poland
Russ Maurer
LitvakSIG is pleased to announce that batch 6 of the Vilnius household
registers is now available to qualified donors. The registers were created between 1919 and 1940 when Wilno (Vilnius) city and Wilno voivodeship were part of Poland. The registers contain detailed information about everyone who lived in Wilno at that time, as well as information about many visitors. They will potentially hold discoveries for anyone whose family was in that general area, which today includes parts of Lithuania, Belarus, and northeast Poland. I urge you to check the free batch previews described below, even if you don't think your family was ever in Vilnius. There have already been unexpected discoveries. There are countless mentions of locations outside the immediate Vilnius area. As this is a very large project that will go on for years, we are releasing data in batches of about 5000 lines. Batch 6, 5030 lines, includes three large apartment buildings located at Zawalna 24 and Wielka Stefanska 27 and 33. You can find these streets on our Vilnius interactive street map (https://www.litvaksig.org/vilnius-map/). To help you determine if this batch or a previous batch is relevant to your research, you can review a file containing previews of all six batches to date (http://tinyurl.com/VHR-previews). The batch preview is a bare-bones version of the batch spreadsheet containing just the full name and year of birth (or age) of each person. The previews are presented both in original order and alphabetically by surname. The previews also include instructions to qualify to receive the full batch data. More information about the Vilnius household registers can be found on the VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-regis= ters. Any inquiries related to VHR should be directed to me at vhrproject@.... Russ Maurer, VHR project coordinator
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JRI Poland #Poland LitvakSIG - new batch of Vilnius household registers
#poland
Russ Maurer
LitvakSIG is pleased to announce that batch 6 of the Vilnius household
registers is now available to qualified donors. The registers were created between 1919 and 1940 when Wilno (Vilnius) city and Wilno voivodeship were part of Poland. The registers contain detailed information about everyone who lived in Wilno at that time, as well as information about many visitors. They will potentially hold discoveries for anyone whose family was in that general area, which today includes parts of Lithuania, Belarus, and northeast Poland. I urge you to check the free batch previews described below, even if you don't think your family was ever in Vilnius. There have already been unexpected discoveries. There are countless mentions of locations outside the immediate Vilnius area. As this is a very large project that will go on for years, we are releasing data in batches of about 5000 lines. Batch 6, 5030 lines, includes three large apartment buildings located at Zawalna 24 and Wielka Stefanska 27 and 33. You can find these streets on our Vilnius interactive street map (https://www.litvaksig.org/vilnius-map/). To help you determine if this batch or a previous batch is relevant to your research, you can review a file containing previews of all six batches to date (http://tinyurl.com/VHR-previews). The batch preview is a bare-bones version of the batch spreadsheet containing just the full name and year of birth (or age) of each person. The previews are presented both in original order and alphabetically by surname. The previews also include instructions to qualify to receive the full batch data. More information about the Vilnius household registers can be found on the VHR home page, https://www.litvaksig.org/research/special-projects/vilnius-household-regis= ters. Any inquiries related to VHR should be directed to me at vhrproject@.... Russ Maurer, VHR project coordinator
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Viewmate Russian translation
#poland
bernerfolk
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for MODLINSKI x FRAJDENBERG.
I'd appreciate translation of as much of the document as possible. You'll find it here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM73266 Many thanks to everyone who helps with translations, Sherri Venditti The Berkshires, USA MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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JRI Poland #Poland Viewmate Russian translation
#poland
bernerfolk
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for MODLINSKI x FRAJDENBERG.
I'd appreciate translation of as much of the document as possible. You'll find it here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM73266 Many thanks to everyone who helps with translations, Sherri Venditti The Berkshires, USA MODERATOR'S NOTE: Please respond privately or on the Viewmate form.
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ViewMate Russian translation
#general
bernerfolk
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for MODLINSKI x FRAJDENBERG. I'd
appreciate translation of as much of the document as possible. You'll find it here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM73266 Many thanks to everyone who helps with translations, Sherri Venditti The Berkshires, USA MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond either via ViewMate or directly to Sherri via email.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen ViewMate Russian translation
#general
bernerfolk
I've posted a marriage record in Russian for MODLINSKI x FRAJDENBERG. I'd
appreciate translation of as much of the document as possible. You'll find it here: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM73266 Many thanks to everyone who helps with translations, Sherri Venditti The Berkshires, USA MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond either via ViewMate or directly to Sherri via email.
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Victims of WWII forest mass murders in Holocaust near Riga
#latvia
verachudna <verachudna@...>
My grandmother, cousin and her family were murdered in the forests near
Riga. Is there any listing of the victims or other information. I have reviewed the University of Latvia database and found them there. My name is Vera Salter and I live in New Rochelle NY USA
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Victims of WWII forest mass murders in Holocaust near Riga
#latvia
verachudna <verachudna@...>
My grandmother, cousin and her family were murdered in the forests near
Riga. Is there any listing of the victims or other information. I have reviewed the University of Latvia database and found them there. My name is Vera Salter and I live in New Rochelle NY USA
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need advice on upcoming trip to Latvia, Moldova, Belarus, Bessarabia
#latvia
Leah Kushner
Hi Fellow Latvians
I am new to the group. I need some advice and assistance. I am working on my genealogy family tree. It turns out all 3 of my grandparents are >from different parts of Russia. I happen to be going to Eastern Europe next April and am planning visit the shtetl's of all my grandparents. I need assistance. I have never been to Russia. Has anyone gone or knows anyone who has? I am looking for a guide familiar with Jewish Russia. I will be going to: (Latvia, Moldova, Belarus, Bessarabia). I am also looking for resources so I can best uncover my family story before I arrive. My paternal grandfather was >from Latvia. His immigration paperwork indicated he was born in Donneburg and other times it was Donneberg and another time Dunaberg. Nathan Kushner (spelled a variety of ways) , my grandfather, was born in Donnenberg or Donneburg Dunaberg, Dinaburg I believe in Daugavpils Latvia in 1890-1959. His parents are Morris Kushner 1862-1927 and Chaya Leah (Ida) Shvei Swacy 1863-1926. There were children: Bertha 1888, Zhakarie 1890, Lena 1893-1970, Anna 1894, Max 1898-1980, Amelia 1903-1989. They immigrated in 1892 and lived in the Bronx. I have been able to find some of his siblings and their children living in the United States. He died in Providence Rhode Island. He was a strong labor leader in the garment industry, was the President of the New England Chapter with the AFL-CIO ( I have his pin) and I also have his Hebrew pocket watch and his tallus and his old camera. I understand >from my dad that there was family living in Russia. I would like to know more about the shtetl especially during this time period but also after they left. How could I found out about family that remained? I would like more in depth history of the Jews in that area, during the pogroms and what life was like for the Jews then, during WW2 and even now? What kind I expect when I arrive, the sentiment of the local community now? What documentation and resources are available to track my family? Has anyone visited or know anyone who has? Does anyone have any referrals for guides to help me in this journey? Warmly, Leah Kushner born in Philadelphia, PA living in California. heartweave.leah@...
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Latvia SIG #Latvia need advice on upcoming trip to Latvia, Moldova, Belarus, Bessarabia
#latvia
Leah Kushner
Hi Fellow Latvians
I am new to the group. I need some advice and assistance. I am working on my genealogy family tree. It turns out all 3 of my grandparents are >from different parts of Russia. I happen to be going to Eastern Europe next April and am planning visit the shtetl's of all my grandparents. I need assistance. I have never been to Russia. Has anyone gone or knows anyone who has? I am looking for a guide familiar with Jewish Russia. I will be going to: (Latvia, Moldova, Belarus, Bessarabia). I am also looking for resources so I can best uncover my family story before I arrive. My paternal grandfather was >from Latvia. His immigration paperwork indicated he was born in Donneburg and other times it was Donneberg and another time Dunaberg. Nathan Kushner (spelled a variety of ways) , my grandfather, was born in Donnenberg or Donneburg Dunaberg, Dinaburg I believe in Daugavpils Latvia in 1890-1959. His parents are Morris Kushner 1862-1927 and Chaya Leah (Ida) Shvei Swacy 1863-1926. There were children: Bertha 1888, Zhakarie 1890, Lena 1893-1970, Anna 1894, Max 1898-1980, Amelia 1903-1989. They immigrated in 1892 and lived in the Bronx. I have been able to find some of his siblings and their children living in the United States. He died in Providence Rhode Island. He was a strong labor leader in the garment industry, was the President of the New England Chapter with the AFL-CIO ( I have his pin) and I also have his Hebrew pocket watch and his tallus and his old camera. I understand >from my dad that there was family living in Russia. I would like to know more about the shtetl especially during this time period but also after they left. How could I found out about family that remained? I would like more in depth history of the Jews in that area, during the pogroms and what life was like for the Jews then, during WW2 and even now? What kind I expect when I arrive, the sentiment of the local community now? What documentation and resources are available to track my family? Has anyone visited or know anyone who has? Does anyone have any referrals for guides to help me in this journey? Warmly, Leah Kushner born in Philadelphia, PA living in California. heartweave.leah@...
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(US) National Archives Program on America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The National Archives is celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment
which gave women the right to vote. As part of the National Archives "Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote" series, they are holding a book talk and signing on May 23, 2019 at 7:00PM entitled, "America's Jewish Women: A History >from Colonial Times to Today" with Pamela Nadell, American University. This will include women form Emma Lazarus poet to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. For those of us not in Washington DC we can watch this live streamed on National Archives YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg27nyWaKAc To read more about the exhibit and other programs as part of this series see: https://tinyurl.com/y3blx66q Original url: https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/americas-jewish-women-a-history-from-colonial-times-to-today And for the entire series: https://www.archives.gov/women Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen (US) National Archives Program on America's Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today
#general
Jan Meisels Allen
The National Archives is celebrating the centennial of the 19th amendment
which gave women the right to vote. As part of the National Archives "Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote" series, they are holding a book talk and signing on May 23, 2019 at 7:00PM entitled, "America's Jewish Women: A History >from Colonial Times to Today" with Pamela Nadell, American University. This will include women form Emma Lazarus poet to labor organizer Bessie Hillman and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. For those of us not in Washington DC we can watch this live streamed on National Archives YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg27nyWaKAc To read more about the exhibit and other programs as part of this series see: https://tinyurl.com/y3blx66q Original url: https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/americas-jewish-women-a-history-from-colonial-times-to-today And for the entire series: https://www.archives.gov/women Jan Meisels Allen Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
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Passenger Lists for the SS Gallia - 1896-1899
#general
Meron Lavie
Hi,
Where could I find passenger lists for the SS Gallia, 1896-1899? It usually sailed >from the UK to Halifax, I believe. TIA, Meron LAVIE
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Passenger Lists for the SS Gallia - 1896-1899
#general
Meron Lavie
Hi,
Where could I find passenger lists for the SS Gallia, 1896-1899? It usually sailed >from the UK to Halifax, I believe. TIA, Meron LAVIE
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