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Polish Jews in the Red Army during WW2
#poland
David Ellis
Hi there,
Wondering if anyone can point me in the direction of more information on Polish Jews who fought for the Red Army/ Polish Armed Forces fighting with the Red Army during WW2.
My Grandfather was a Polish Jew from Dobromil. He joined the Red Army in June 1941 and then (I believe) retreats east to Kharkov in the USSR after the Red Army are defeated by the Nazis in 1941.
In Jan 1944, he then rejoins the Red Army in Moscow (the Polish Armed forces/ the People's Army of Poland in the Soviet Union) and finishes his duty in October 1945 in Germany.
I'm very keen to understand more about Polish Jews who did similar if anyone knows of any accounts?
Best, David Ellis
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Re: Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine Information Wanted
#bessarabia
#ukraine
A few years ago, I translated the 1875 revision list of males registered in the colony of Chornoy-Goloche, Chorna volost, Balta uezd, and living in the city of Balta. The translation hasn't been posted to JewishGen yet, but I see that there are several listings for Ulyanitskiy and will send them to you.
There is a KehilaLinks page for Goloche but it has no information, at https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/Goloche.htm . There is a Wikipedia page for Galoche in Russian at https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%B8 You can translate into English, easiest with Google Chrome, and see that Galoche now belongs to the Okny rayon of Odessa oblast. In the 2001 census it had only 3 people. You can find it on Google Maps under the name Halochi. -- Alan Shuchat
Newton, MA SHUKHAT (Talnoe, Simferopol, Sevastopol, Odessa, Balta (Abazovka), Pogrebishche) VINOKUR (Talnoe), KURIS (Mogilev-Podolskiy, Ataki, Berdichev) ZILBERMAN (Soroki, Kremenets), BIRNBAUM (Kamenets-Podolskiy) KITAIGORODSKI (Zvenigorodka)
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gwhaken
I believe that the city clerk filled out the application with the couple giving the information but in at least three cases I know of, the name of the mother is incorrect. In two cases the groom gave their step-mother's name because they had been raised by her.
My father who left home very young and married late in life, used the clerk's first name because he could not remember his mother's name; therefore, I know that the clerk's name was Margaret. Georgia Haken Connecticut ROSENBLATT, Wehrda, Germany, Savannah, Georgia.
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Re: Research individuals in France
#france
Ellen
David,
As excited as I felt on seeing (and translating) this post, it is probably not my great-uncle. The occupation is very different, I know for certain that he was born in 1878 or 1879 (from two different sources), and this man was naturalized in 1927, by which time my relative had returned to the USSR. And I'm pretty sure he never became a French citizen. I think the best bet would be to find a record of his marriage, which could have been in France. Also, he may have had a daughter named Lidia born in 1912. Many thanks, Ellen -- Ellen Morosoff Pemrick Saratoga County, NY Researching WEISSMAN/VAYSMAN (Ostropol, Ukraine); MOROZ and ESTRIN/ESTERKIN (Shklov & Bykhov, Belarus); LESSER/LESZEROVITZ, MAIMAN, and BARNETT/BEINHART/BERNHART (Lithuania/Latvia); and ROSENSWEIG/ROSENZWEIG, KIRSCHEN, and SCHWARTZ (Botosani, Romania)
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Re: Research individuals in France
#france
itencorinne@...
Hi
On the Website of the archives départementales Meurthe-et-Moselle you can look at the censuslists (recensements de population). http://archives.meurthe-et-moselle.fr/archives-en-ligne Regards Corinne Iten Switzerland
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Re: Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine Information Wanted
#bessarabia
#ukraine
kinstintin@...
Goloche was an agricultural Jewish colony in Balta Uyezd of Podolskaya guberniya , current
You can find documents related to it in DAHMO - Khmelnitsky archive. Some of them have been already digitized by Alex Krakovsky, for example 1875 male census for Balta uyezd have been digitized, and Goloche should be there. If you are interested I have a list heads of families from Goloche as of the middle 1850th.. and you can contact me about it. Constantine Reif
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Andreas Schwab
Are you looking for Lower Franconia in General or for the city of Würzburg in particular?
For the city of Würzburg: For records between 1811 and 1875 (marriages until 1919), contact the Würzburg State Archive: poststellestawu.bayern.de For records after 1875 and older than 110 years (birth), 80 years (marriage) and 30 years (death), contact the Würzburg City Archives stadtarchiv@... For later records, you must be a direct descendant of the person you are looking for. Contact the Würzburg Civil Record Office at standesamt@... or request a document online at https://www.wuerzburg.de/buerger/standesamt/urkundenbestellung-online/index.html The birth records between 1876 and 1945 were destroyed by fire during the war, except for the boroughs that were merged later. The following web page (in German) gives general instructions for genealogical research for the city of Würzburg: https://www.wuerzburg.de/themen/kultur-bildung-kulturangebot/stadtarchiv/bestaendeundbenutzung/15299.Familienforschung-Erbenermittlung-Nachlasssachen.html -- Andrea Schwab, Montreal, Canada
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András Alvincz
Alvincz András
Suche Stadt:Kaschan Ungarn-Rumänien Halló Steve! Wenn Kassa-Oderberg Bahn erwänt wird (führt westlich von Kassa nach Silesien)Stadtnahme Kashan -(ausgesprochen,-nehme an, oder geschrieben?)ist Kassa, Kosice, Kaschau (Deutsch) liegt von Sátoraljaujhely westlich 40 km, so können rumänische, ukrainische Städte nicht in frage kommen die östlich von Sátoraljaujhely liegen.Es hat eine Bedautung die Bahn erwähnt gahabt haben.(war eine grosse sache die mit der stadt Kassa erähnenswert gewesen war.(Kassa war Ausgangstation) Schőne Grüsse. Alvincz András
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David Gordon
I can't speak for NYC, but my great-grandfather was a rabbi in Washington DC from the turn of the century until the mid-1930s and over the last few decades I have been returning original licenses and marriage certificates to families from a collection that he kept and that I inherited. In most cases, he filled out the license (and the certificate) himself. Where the handwriting is not familiar I have no way to be certain but suspect that it was a clerk of the court where the application for the license would have been filed. Keep in mind that although the groom may have provided information on an application (either in writing or orally), the license itself is not likely to have been in his hand. My two cents. Good luck.
David Gordon Chicago, IL GORDON, Butrimonys; HORWITZ, Lapichi & Smolevichi
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k5709999@...
where did you see this name Kaschan? is it maybe Kaczwan? if yes then it is probably a small Polish town very close to Slovakia
one of grandfathers is written that was born there - is probably that town thanks Joseph Kauftheil Israel
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paveanyu@...
Dear All, 25th November 2020
I did suggest the same as Mr Miller--Kassa, as Kosiche has many names, many pronunciation, I visited Kassa more then once as I had 'next of kin's' living there--family Dr Beran. Dr.Madar At the same time--I leave the 'door' open to Mezokoszony ---Koszony-- and other similar towns, villages Like, when I 'hear' ' read' documentation referring to 'Keresztire-- its correct name is BODROGKERESZTUR--where the famous Reb Shaye Kerestire--resided. Many 'Hamlets' became villages, and towns--Like : Liszka, and Olaszi presently called Olaszliszka etc. Or 'BERCEL' very often means TISZABERCEL Kind regards Veronika Pachtinger--London UK.
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Rothschild, Paderborn, Westphalia+ 1700's
#germany
Hello,
I’ve not posted since 2013 😲
I am [still] searching for my family and wondered if my latest research below may tie in with
your familytree?
Isaac Cumpel [Rothschild]
b. c.1710+-
- Cumpel Issac [Rothschild]
b. 1733 d. 1813 Neuhaus?, Paderborn
m. Kigel?
-- Nathan Rothschild
b. 1774 Neuhaus?, Paderborn
-- Isack Cumpel Rothschild
b. 1771 Neuhaus?, Paderborn
-- Coppel [Eggel] Rothschild
b. 1783 Neuhaus?, Paderborn
-- Bendix Rothschild
b. 1787 Neuhaus?, Paderborn
No doubt there are Brothers, Sisters and Spouses missing as well as children.
Not necessarily only Paderborn but the surrounding areas of Germany from Bielefeld to Frankfurt too.
Kind regards,
name search: ROTHSCHILD
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Re: Ancestry Library Edition Extended Through March 31, 2021 For Remote Access
#announcements
#general
#records
#usa
The Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh has made it available to members and I have been using throughout the pandemic as well as several newspaper archives (not newspapers.com).
-- Pittsburgh, PA
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Marcia Heller
Looking for Grunwald relatives of Arugas HaBosem who have had DNA testing or willing to have paid DNA testing
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mvayser@...
Nukhim was born in 1888, had 3 siblings born in 1890's - Bentsion, Khasya (1897-died at 9 months), Gersh (died at 13 months)
Father - Movsha-Mordukh s.o. Izrail-Leyb married at least 3 times:
2nd time after Nukhim's birth
3rd time in early 1905 to a woman with last name Idel (most likely Malka-Tsyril d.o. Yankel-Leyb)
Movsha-Mordukh's sister Tsivya married in 1890's to ?
Movsha-Mordukh's brother Khaim married in early 1904 to a woman with the last name to Kerpel (Mintsya, Rukhlya, or Sara)
There is a page of people with this last name on Yad Vashem, all mostly from, what is currently, central Belarus: https://yvng.yadvashem.org/index.html?s_id=&s_lastName=chernogubovskiy Mike Vayser
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Re: Naturalizations France
#france
David Choukroun
Dear Daniella,
As far I as I know, you can ask the Archives for a reproduction (Scan or copies) as indicated here (so you need to open one account) :My account - Online catalogue (culture.gouv.fr) There is a menu -- "reproduction request" (I must write that I never tried it) You need first to go from the decree number to the exact reference of the box containing the file. That can be easy or painful path For that you can follow the SIV guidelines I have no clue if they are really answering in a timely manner (they have probably tons of requests) and in any case all is closed those days in France for the Naturalisation files for 2 reasons : 1/ Covid-19 of course 2/ They are moving the full "Naturalisation files" archives from one location to another one -- all the requests are rejected for the time being To give you ideas, without Covid, it takes 4 to 6 weeks to get access to a file (or at least a timeslot at a specific place (30Km from Paris)) to catch it). Then you can go on site and run the copies/scan yourself With the Covid, I am afraid this is going to take months :( I hope all will be back to normal early 2021 Stay safe ! -- Regards, David CHOUKROUN david.choukroun@... FRANCE CHOUKROUN ATTALI ATLANI
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Re: Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine Information Wanted
#bessarabia
#ukraine
Adam Turner
Silly me for not checking the JewishGen Gazetteer first. It lists a Koloniya Galoche, also known as Halochi, in this location: https://www.google.com/maps?z=9&q=47.519444,29.358889+(Halochi)
Based on there being no mention of this place in the JewishGen Communities Database, it seems to me more likely than not that this village's Jewish community was very small, probably no more than a handful of Jewish families. The nearest place in the Communities Database is Okny, also known as Krasni Okny: https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=9022061 Maybe you'll have better luck finding more information on Kolonia Galoche by first looking for sources on the Jewish community of Krasni Okny? Adam Turner
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Re: Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine Information Wanted
#bessarabia
#ukraine
Adam Turner
There was evidently a Jewish agricultural colony named Galushkes, also known as Roskoshnoye, mentioned on this Kehilalinks page that catalogs Jewish farming colonies in southern Ukraine: https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Colonies_of_Ukraine/colonies.html#name
But it does not appear that this Kolonia Galushkes was in the location of present-day Odessa Oblast; rather, it was far to the east in Ekaterinoslav Gubernia. Do you have more information on your source that mentions "Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast" that might help identify the place correctly? Adam Turner
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Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine Information Wanted
#bessarabia
#ukraine
MARLISE GROSS
I am looking to learn more about the town Koloniya Galoche, Odes'Ka Oblast', Ukraine as it relates to Jewish genealogy. Anyone know of sources?
Thanks, Marlise Gross Cherry Hill, NJ Researching: Ul'yanetskiy in Kishinev, Bessarabia and Koloniya Galoche, Ukraine Shchedrinsky in Novodarivka, Ukraine Zlotnick in Ekaterinaslav, Ukraine and Kamryn, Belarus
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Jewish Genealogy E-zines
#general
Michelle Sandler
Besides Nu What’s New is there a list of Jewish Genealogy e-zines? This is for a future column for my societies newsletter Keeping up with the Genes.
Michelle Sandler
Westminster California
Librarian OCJGS
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