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Re: New Data for Galician Towns Added to JRI-Poland Database
#general
Israel P
On 22 March, Mark Halpern announced a list of newly available records on
JRI-Poland, including Skalat deaths 1908-1915 and Rozdol births 1907-1915. Those actual records are now online. I imagine the others are as well. This is much sooner that anyone expected. Way to go, folks. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem
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JRI Poland #Poland Re: New Data for Galician Towns Added to JRI-Poland Database
#poland
Israel P
On 22 March, Mark Halpern announced a list of newly available records on
JRI-Poland, including Skalat deaths 1908-1915 and Rozdol births 1907-1915. Those actual records are now online. I imagine the others are as well. This is much sooner that anyone expected. Way to go, folks. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem
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Re: Question: Soviet Forced Labor Sites for Polish Jews?
#galicia
Alexander Sharon
Linda Chism wrote:
<<Could persons on this list manager please help me learn more about where the Soviets used captured Polish Jews as forced labor? I am particularly interested if there are any records of forced Jewish workers at Soviet Tank Factories (as I'm helping friend's family learn a bit more about a relative.) The man in question would have been a skilled machinist before he was forced into labor and sent East into the Soviet Union in 1939/1940 timeframe by the Soviets.>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda, Soviet tanks were manufactured in the several facilities: Factories in Ural regions in towns: Sverdlovsk, town Nizhniy Tagil (Sverdlovsk region) the large Soviet tanks fabricator, Omsk and Chelabinsk. Tanks have also been manufactured in the European part of USSR in towns Mytishchi and Kirov (Moscov region), Charkov, Gorki, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Hope this helps. Alexander Sharon JGFF editor
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia RE: Question: Soviet Forced Labor Sites for Polish Jews?
#galicia
Alexander Sharon
Linda Chism wrote:
<<Could persons on this list manager please help me learn more about where the Soviets used captured Polish Jews as forced labor? I am particularly interested if there are any records of forced Jewish workers at Soviet Tank Factories (as I'm helping friend's family learn a bit more about a relative.) The man in question would have been a skilled machinist before he was forced into labor and sent East into the Soviet Union in 1939/1940 timeframe by the Soviets.>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Linda, Soviet tanks were manufactured in the several facilities: Factories in Ural regions in towns: Sverdlovsk, town Nizhniy Tagil (Sverdlovsk region) the large Soviet tanks fabricator, Omsk and Chelabinsk. Tanks have also been manufactured in the European part of USSR in towns Mytishchi and Kirov (Moscov region), Charkov, Gorki, Leningrad and Stalingrad. Hope this helps. Alexander Sharon JGFF editor
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HOFFMANN family search in Le Havre and Paris
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
HOFFMANN family search in haven and Paris
I would like to know if you know the death dates for the following two persons who resided at 3 rue de la fontaine in Le Havre: Jacob HOFFMANN born on 10 August 1874 in Ibraila (Romania) Miriam VINITZKY born on 11 April 1880 in Odessa (Ukraine) Are there descendants for the following persons Isidore HOFFMANN was born on October 17, 1918 in Le HAvre having lived 3 rue de la fontaine in ln Le Havre. Roger HOFFMANN born on June 6, 1909 in Le Havre and upholsterer in 1939. He lived 3 street of the fountain in Le Havre. Henri HOFFMANN born on March 22, 1907 in the harbor of commerce, employee in 1939 being at the end of the World War at 47 rue Docteur Roux in Paris. He divorced in 1948 and remarried with Simone ROTTMANN in 1949. Do not hesitate to contact me Evelyne Lemberski Saint Maurice (France) MODERATOR NOTE: Please use capital letters for family names to make them more easily seen.
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French SIG #France HOFFMANN family search in Le Havre and Paris
#france
Lemberski Evelyne
HOFFMANN family search in haven and Paris
I would like to know if you know the death dates for the following two persons who resided at 3 rue de la fontaine in Le Havre: Jacob HOFFMANN born on 10 August 1874 in Ibraila (Romania) Miriam VINITZKY born on 11 April 1880 in Odessa (Ukraine) Are there descendants for the following persons Isidore HOFFMANN was born on October 17, 1918 in Le HAvre having lived 3 rue de la fontaine in ln Le Havre. Roger HOFFMANN born on June 6, 1909 in Le Havre and upholsterer in 1939. He lived 3 street of the fountain in Le Havre. Henri HOFFMANN born on March 22, 1907 in the harbor of commerce, employee in 1939 being at the end of the World War at 47 rue Docteur Roux in Paris. He divorced in 1948 and remarried with Simone ROTTMANN in 1949. Do not hesitate to contact me Evelyne Lemberski Saint Maurice (France) MODERATOR NOTE: Please use capital letters for family names to make them more easily seen.
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Re: Austrian soldier fighting for Germany - Summary of replies
#germany
Jeffrey Knisbacher
I just wanted to thank several people who responded to this. I would
note two responses, in particular, that may be of general interest. One noted that Hitler, an Austrian by birth, had tried to volunteer in the Austrian army but was rejected. He then turned to the German army which accepted him, suggesting there was no problem with Austrians fighting for Germany. Another noted that an Israeli lecturer had once given a talk in which he said Jews were put into their own separate units in the German army and then sent to the most difficult fronts, where they naturally suffered more casualties than they would have otherwise. Jeff Knisbacher j2456@verizon.net
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German SIG #Germany Re: Austrian soldier fighting for Germany - Summary of replies
#germany
Jeffrey Knisbacher
I just wanted to thank several people who responded to this. I would
note two responses, in particular, that may be of general interest. One noted that Hitler, an Austrian by birth, had tried to volunteer in the Austrian army but was rejected. He then turned to the German army which accepted him, suggesting there was no problem with Austrians fighting for Germany. Another noted that an Israeli lecturer had once given a talk in which he said Jews were put into their own separate units in the German army and then sent to the most difficult fronts, where they naturally suffered more casualties than they would have otherwise. Jeff Knisbacher j2456@verizon.net
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Question: Soviet Forced Labor Sites for Polish Jews?
#galicia
Linda Chism <chism.linda@...>
Hello,
Could persons on this list manager please help me learn more about where the Soviets used captured Polish Jews as forced labor? I am particularly interested if there are any records of forced Jewish workers at Soviet Tank Factories (as I'm helping friend's family learn a bit more about a relative.) The man in question would have been a skilled machinist before he was forced into labor and sent East into the Soviet Union in 1939/1940 timeframe by the Soviets. Thank you in advance, Linda Chism Seattle, Washington USA
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia Question: Soviet Forced Labor Sites for Polish Jews?
#galicia
Linda Chism <chism.linda@...>
Hello,
Could persons on this list manager please help me learn more about where the Soviets used captured Polish Jews as forced labor? I am particularly interested if there are any records of forced Jewish workers at Soviet Tank Factories (as I'm helping friend's family learn a bit more about a relative.) The man in question would have been a skilled machinist before he was forced into labor and sent East into the Soviet Union in 1939/1940 timeframe by the Soviets. Thank you in advance, Linda Chism Seattle, Washington USA
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New Data for Galician Towns Added to JRI-Poland Database
#galicia
Israel P
On 22 March, Mark Halpern announced a list of newly available records
on JRI-Poland, included Skalat deaths 1908-1915 and Rozdol births 1907-1915. Those actual records are now online. I imagine the others are as well. This is much sooner that anyone expected. Way to go, folks. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem
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Gesher Galicia SIG #Galicia New Data for Galician Towns Added to JRI-Poland Database
#galicia
Israel P
On 22 March, Mark Halpern announced a list of newly available records
on JRI-Poland, included Skalat deaths 1908-1915 and Rozdol births 1907-1915. Those actual records are now online. I imagine the others are as well. This is much sooner that anyone expected. Way to go, folks. Israel Pickholtz Jerusalem
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Elisheva Malovitzki in Austria
#rabbinic
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with Elisheva (associated with JewishGen) who
is part of the Weinberg rabbinical family of Slonim -- Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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Rabbinic Genealogy SIG #Rabbinic Elisheva Malovitzki in Austria
#rabbinic
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with Elisheva (associated with JewishGen) who
is part of the Weinberg rabbinical family of Slonim -- Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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Vienna confiscated accounts
#general
rickglaser@...
I recently received >from the Vienna State Archives several documents
related to my grandfather, Richard GLASER, who died in Vienna in 1939. Most of these documents have to do with various accounts and real estate, as well as his estate. One 8 page document is dated 1967 and lists accounts that have been turned over to the "Collection Offices". These accounts are for about 30 people, including my grandfather. The names are: Wilhelmine BACK Therese BASS Abraham BRANDES or BRANDEIS Alfred BRAUN Julius EKLER Josef FISCHER Dr. Emil FRANKL\ Dr. Josef FUHRMANN Dr. Otto FURTH Ing. Erwin GOLDREICH Else GRUNBAUM, Herbert POLLAK Julie GUTH Karoline HAUSER Szerena HIRSCHHORN Adolf HOFFMAN Maria KAMM Dr. Hans LEHWIRTH, Dr. Julius and Valerie LEWITH Dr. Franz NEUMANN (Francis von NEUMANN) Ing. Maximilian PFEFFER Paul Josef and Johanne ROBITSCHEK Abraham ROTHENBERG Valentin ROSENFELD Rubin ROSENRAUCH Leokadie ROSSBACH Josefine SCHADEK or Bruono SCHADEK Pauline TURNOWSKY Robert WEISS Julius ZEISSL ZWERLING & GROB I am not sure if my father ever attempted to retrieve these assets (I believe a life-insurance policy). How might one go about checking on the status of these accounts? Please let me know privately (rickglaser@aol.com) if you would like to see the entire document in German and the translation, which only details my grandfather's assets. Rick GLASER Owings Mills MD
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Vienna confiscated accounts
#general
rickglaser@...
I recently received >from the Vienna State Archives several documents
related to my grandfather, Richard GLASER, who died in Vienna in 1939. Most of these documents have to do with various accounts and real estate, as well as his estate. One 8 page document is dated 1967 and lists accounts that have been turned over to the "Collection Offices". These accounts are for about 30 people, including my grandfather. The names are: Wilhelmine BACK Therese BASS Abraham BRANDES or BRANDEIS Alfred BRAUN Julius EKLER Josef FISCHER Dr. Emil FRANKL\ Dr. Josef FUHRMANN Dr. Otto FURTH Ing. Erwin GOLDREICH Else GRUNBAUM, Herbert POLLAK Julie GUTH Karoline HAUSER Szerena HIRSCHHORN Adolf HOFFMAN Maria KAMM Dr. Hans LEHWIRTH, Dr. Julius and Valerie LEWITH Dr. Franz NEUMANN (Francis von NEUMANN) Ing. Maximilian PFEFFER Paul Josef and Johanne ROBITSCHEK Abraham ROTHENBERG Valentin ROSENFELD Rubin ROSENRAUCH Leokadie ROSSBACH Josefine SCHADEK or Bruono SCHADEK Pauline TURNOWSKY Robert WEISS Julius ZEISSL ZWERLING & GROB I am not sure if my father ever attempted to retrieve these assets (I believe a life-insurance policy). How might one go about checking on the status of these accounts? Please let me know privately (rickglaser@aol.com) if you would like to see the entire document in German and the translation, which only details my grandfather's assets. Rick GLASER Owings Mills MD
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Elisheva Malovitzki in Austria
#general
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with Elisheva (associated with JewishGen) who
is part of the Weinberg rabbinical family of Slonim -- Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Elisheva Malovitzki in Austria
#general
Neil@...
Trying to make contact with Elisheva (associated with JewishGen) who
is part of the Weinberg rabbinical family of Slonim -- Neil Rosenstein MODERATOR NOTE: Please reply privately.
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Re: (Italy) Database of Foreign Jews Interned in Italy During World War II
#general
tom
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum also has the list of Jews >from Rhodes
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interned at Ferramonti, 533 names, and it can be browsed: https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_advance_search.php?SourceId=20882 ........ tom klein, toronto
From: "Sal & Ellen Barbieri" <elsal@cox.net>
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Re: (Italy) Database of Foreign Jews Interned in Italy During World War II
#general
tom
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum also has the list of Jews >from Rhodes
toggle quoted messageShow quoted text
interned at Ferramonti, 533 names, and it can be browsed: https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_advance_search.php?SourceId=20882 ........ tom klein, toronto
From: "Sal & Ellen Barbieri" <elsal@cox.net>
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