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In response to the misleading post immediately below, I would like to clarify the possibility
of a misunderstanding as it applies to JRI-Poland membership (or subscriptions):
On January 7, 2021, the JRI-Poland board of directors voted to adopt an updated mission
statement and objectives. The new mission statement recognizes that researchers want
to identify as “belonging” to JRI-Poland and adopts “members” as a (new) core concept for
our organization. This does NOT mean that we are becoming restrictive and withholding
data to non-members! On the contrary – the very essence of JRI-Poland is to provide a
freely available database to the researcher. We remain committed to serving the public by
making our data available without requiring membership. However, membership in JRI-Poland
has its benefits - and whether you consider yourself a passionate researcher or someone
with only a passing interest – we are developing membership benefits specifically for you!
Note that "freely available data" also indicates data that has been funded by donations
from interested researchers in support of the indexing or extractions of the records for
the towns in question. Offline data to which I referred in my earlier post (repeated below)
refers to records that have not yet been funded and for which fundraising continues.
To learn about possible offline records for your town, contact the Town Leader through the
web form on the JRI-Poland Town Explorer pages. Click on "Your Town" on the navigation bar
on the https://jri-poland.org/ legacy website. When you click on the link for your town, you
will immediately be directed to the new Town Explorer card for your town on the JRI-Poland
NextGen website.
Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. (Montreal, 514-484-0100)
Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc.
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Re: Osz or Osh Slave Labor Camp in Russia, WWII
#russia
#yizkorbooks
#general
Adam Turner
Osh is the name of the second-largest city in Kyrgyzstan.
I was not able to turn up information on a WWII forced labor camp in Osh, specifically, on a quick Google search, but I wouldn't be surprised if there indeed was one there. There is at least one documentary about the deportation of Polish Jews to forced labor camps in Central Asia: https://fontanalib.org/books/saved-deportation-unknown-odyssey-polish-jews An anthology published a few years ago also mentions Polish Jews in Osh, though a quick look didn't seem to specifically mention a Gulag facility or other labor camp there: https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/30014/650080.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Adam Turner
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There are 8510 entries in the JRI-Poland database of Golub-Dobrzyń vital record
entries but the surname REHFELD or variation does not appear.
As indicated by the JRI-Poland "SurnameMapper" the only towns in this area in
which REHFELD does appear are Płock and Lidzbark.
To deep dive into possible answers to this mystery, contact the Town Leaders for
Lidzbark and Plock through the web form on the JRI-Poland Town Explorer pages.
 Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. (Montreal, 514-484-0100) Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc.
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Steven Granek
Happy New Year to all -
I’ve just come across the abstract (no scan) in the Polish Archives related to Kalisz.
This translates to "Adler Haim and Tamara. Kalisz, 6 Sierpnia 66 street. [Construction loan]" and is a record from (translation) "Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego, Branch in Łódź"
Tamara was my Grandfather Mendel’s sister - married to Chaim Adler. I have a photo of them with the whole European family (most of whom disappeared with (so far) no trace) at her home in Kalisz on some Purim - likely in the 1930s. I suspect at this very address.
I can’t make sense of the address - and I realize that perhaps the entire neighborhood was destroyed in the war and it no longer exists. Interesting to me that the bank was in Lodz.
First - Am I misreading / misinterpreting anything here?
Second - Any ideas on how to see this address on an older city map? I have not been able to find (at least online) a pre-war city map of Kalisz. And cannot make sense of this address on any current map.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Steve Granek
Columbia, MD USA
GRANEK, ORUM, ADLER, ISAACSON, ALPERT, BROWNSTEIN
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Re: ADDITION: 60-Minutes The Ritchie Boys
#announcements
#germany
#usa
Angie Elfassi
Thank you for sharing this link. I live in Israel and fortunately had no problem in seeing this via Chrome.
Shana tova Regards Angie Elfassi Israel
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Re: Osz or Osh Slave Labor Camp in Russia, WWII
#russia
#yizkorbooks
#general
Relly coleman
osh, kyrgyzstan relly coleman
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Re: Mount Judah Cemetery photographs
#photographs
dbpdallas@...
I've obtained the photo I was seeking.
Many thanks to those who responded with suggestions for research. Kind regards, David Passman Dallas, Texas
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Aron Hilberth (1815-1864) - Looking for descendants and relatives
#germany
Guenther.Emig@...
I am looking for descendants and relatives of Aron HILBERTH (1815-1864). Aron HILBERTH was a teacher and cantor in Niederstetten (Germany, Baden-Württemberg). He has published some books for children. He was married to the widow of his predecessor Abraham Hirsch GUTMANN, who died in 1841, Babette Pesle née ROSENTHAL, daughter of Schmuel Rosenthal. From the marriage of Babette Pesle to A. H. Gutmann there were three sons (Sankel? Wolf, born June 30, 1837 - Joseph, born January 15, 1840 - Absalom Hirsch, born March 14, 1842). There were six children left from Babette Pesle's marriage to Hilberth, mostly girls. The eldest daughter, Hanna, stayed with her mother in Germany and died here. I don't know what happened to the other girls. The Gutmann sons emigrated to America in 1856, 1860 and 1861. They took the name GOODMAN there. Allegedly they brought their stepsisters to America after Aron Hilberth's death. So far I have found: Joseph Goodman died on March 11, 1914 and was buried in the cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee, also his brother Abe H., died in 1878. About Sankel? Wolf I haven't found anything yet. I'm also very interested in what happened to Aron Hilberth's daughters. Their names: Gustava (Gütele), Regine, Helena (Haffa), Lea. Who can help me? Günther Emig, Niederstetten, Germany
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David Choukroun
Dear all,
I am looking at the location of several cities that appear on a french naturalization file from 1925 - Chevatz (corrected manually in Cheratz) (Russia) - Ignovatz (Russia) - Dinskavoldi (Poland) I may have missused the Townfinder tool, or bad luck, as I had zero answers Any help is welcome, Thanks so much, Shana Tova ! -- Regards, David CHOUKROUN david.choukroun@... FRANCE CHOUKROUN ATTALI ATLANI
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Desperately seeking Abram Roth & Chaja Szymkewicz - Kalisz, Poland
#poland
Cindy
Hi,
I have been researching for such a long time for details on my great, great uncle Abram Roth and his direct descendants. All my best efforts are now being met continuously with that brick wall. I'm trying to establish what happened to Abram, Chaja and their descendants. The following is all I have on him so far:- Abram was one of ten siblings. I am in contact with those sibling descendants. Abram Izak Rot/Roth circa: 25th March 1880 Kalisz, Poland married Chaja Szymkewicz (various spelling) b: 26th June 1889 Kalisz, Poland.
I only have the names of the following two children:- Jochewet Roth b: 28th August 1908 Kalisz, Poland and Josef Roth b: 7th May 1910 Kalisz, Poland - 15th August 1911 Kalisz, Poland
Were there more children? The parents of Abram were....Yechel Behr Rot b: 1832 - 31st January 1912 Kalisz, Poland and Dwojra Fride b: 1850 - 9th November 1919, Bethnal Green, London, England.
I would be so grateful if anyone has come across any information that could help locate the direct descendants and, or can help to give us answers as to what may have happened to Abram, Chaja and/or their family. If you are reading this and know that you are a descendant, then please get in touch. Thank you, Cindy Caldon cindycaldon@...
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stephen@...
A lot people around the world got excited about 7 pre-Holocaust record books being saved from an auction, but there are communal books within Hungary that are literally disintegrating due to neglect, which is the case at the Gyor Synagogue and there are probably similar holdings elsewhere. When I was last in Gyor, 8 years ago, I found a few dozen books in a cupboard crying out to be saved. I photographed as many pages as I could during the couple hours I spent there, but even then, some of the pages were crumbling. This doesn’t require crowd funding or negotiations with auctioneers, just the willingness of a local organisation with the right equipment to photograph them. --Stephen Schmideg Melbourne, Australia stephen@...
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Re: Mount Judah Cemetery photographs
#photographs
dbpdallas@...
More info,
I am looking for photos of the grave markers of Sam Goldberg (burial date: 05 Oct 1953) and his wife Mamie (burial date: 19 Dec 1945). They are interred on the society grounds of Musher & Baranowitzer at Mount Judah Cemetery. Recent DNA results indicate that Sam was my 2nd great-grandmother's brother. Kind regards, David Passman Dallas, Texas
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David Lewin
I deliberately excluded Dobrzyn from my posting.
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In the time span of the documents I am working with Golub was German, Dobrzynb was Polish The "1921 Jewish population ca 2000" is misleading because there was no common census for the two distinct towns at that time David Lewin
At 05:30 11/09/2021, Stanley Diamond via groups.jewishgen.org wrote:
As there is often confusion between the two towns, just 63.8 km apart with "Dobrzyn" in their names,
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Re: Reply Re: Is anyone researching the Jews of Golub?
David Lewin
Thank you - It requires a subscription which I do not have
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David Lewin
At 03:23 11/09/2021, Barbara Rice wrote:
This might be of interest:
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David Lewin
Sorry - I am looking for people who research their roots in the town of
Golub, not people whose family name it is,
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David Lewin
At 20:19 10/09/2021, sjgwed via groups.jewishgen.org wrote:
FWIW - Rabbi Mark S. Golub is the founding president, CEO and Executive producer of The Jewish Broadcasting Service (JBS) - a cable television station which is based in New Jersey and airs throughout the US.
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Barbara Algaze
Many of my GUTFELD family were from Golub. Others were from Dobrzyn.
I also have a Jette JOSEPH who married Samuel GUTFELD in Golub. Barbara Algaze Los Angeles, California COHN: Wreschen, Posen, Tirschtiegel, Schönlanke, Samter, Berlin LEBURG: Danzig, Dirschau
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As there is often confusion between the two towns, just 63.8 km apart with "Dobrzyn" in their names,
I would like to provide some clarification and information on available records.
Golub-Dobrzyń (1921 Jewish population ca 2000):
Dobrzyń nad Wisłą (1921 Jewish population ca 800):
For more information, contact the Town Leaders through the web form on the Town Explorer pages.
 Stanley Diamond, M.S.M. (Montreal, 514-484-0100)
Executive Director, Jewish Records Indexing - Poland, Inc.
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JOSEPH GODELNIK
Requests assistance in locating family members of Rachel Leah and Harry Contract. Full details appear in the attachment.
-- Joseph Godelnik
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Re: Reply Re: Is anyone researching the Jews of Golub?
Barbara Rice
This might be of interest:
One of my great grandfather’s’ family was from Golub-Dobrzyn and I haven’t been able to find much. I barely knew my ggf as he died when I was six years old.
Aside from manifests, All the records I have for my Raphael/Rehfeld/Rayfield branch are from the US.
Barbara Rice
Researching Rehfeld in Golub-Dobrzyn
-- Barbara Rice, Minneapolis MN Researching KUPFERSCHMIDT - Radekhiv Ukraine (Radziechow, Galicia) and Philadelphia PA; ZUCHOVITZ - Stowtsby Belarus and Woodbine NJ; ROHSSLER - Krakow and New York City; REHFELD- Gollub-Dobrzyn; RUSONIK - Polotsk Belarus, Manchester England, New York City and Providence RI.
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ABRAHAM family from Hungary/Romania
#israel
jorge@...
My grandfathers sister (Pesl ABRAHAM) went to Israel with her son Arpad between 1900 and 1930. Is there any place where I can find records of them? I have more information on her parents and siblings.
Best regards, Jorge ABRAHAM jorge@...
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