Marilyn,

Do you mean this place?

https://www.jewishgen.org/Communities/community.php?usbgn=-2936262

Krasnodar [Rus, since 1920], Ekaterinodar [Rus, before 1920], Yekaterinodar

Region: Russia

https://www.yadvashem.org/untoldstories/database/index.asp?cid=1044
"Jews started to settle in Krasnodar (then Ekaterinodar) in the mid-19th century. They were mostly former solders of the tsarist army and they and their family members were allowed to live outside the Pale of Settlement."

It's very difficult for one, over 75 years after the event, to judge actions taken in desperation under the conditions of those times. On the other hand, the suspected betrayer knew that the Franks would be sent to the camps and likely murdered. Under legal standards of today, if there were sufficient evidence to prove he was indeed the betrayer, he would likely face charges of murder, and it's an interesting question whether he could claim self-defense.
It's also interesting that Otto Frank never revealed the name that was sent to him anonymously. We can only speculate as to why.
Incidentally, as noted by the lead investigator, the accumulated evedence against the prime suspect probably doesn't meet the high standard of proof needed for a criminal conviction.
A final point: I found the 60 Minutes broadcast to be very superficial. Maybe the book is less so.
Stephen Katz

I am searching for information about a town - Estricht, that appears on a document addressed to my grandmother

I have a document - Department of Commerce Bureau of Census dated 29 July, 1942, that was sent to my grandmother, Esther Leibowitz. (Nee Kanner) that lists information from the 1920 census.

This document lists as Place of Birth for Esta (Esther) Kanner as Estricht. 

According to other family members, we believe Esther Kanner was born in Lezajsk or Lezajok. My grandmother said she is from Poland, but some records list Austria.

I have not been able to locate this town - either what country it was in at the turn of the century, or the present location. I have tried various websites, such as the Jewish Gen Town Finder, but no luck.

Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Sincerely,

Eric Shuel

I have the same question about one of my relatives.
There is a website for the Lodz cemetery, that appears to have shown its photos via the Flash app
Now that Flash is no longer a functioning app, that part of the website is broken when you try to click on the listing for a person.
I would suspect that the .jpg image referred to is a current photo of the tombstone, but the website can no longer display these images properly.

Someone related to the cemetery and its website should be able to find and email to you the pertinent .jpg photo.
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Deborah Shindell
Trumbull, CT
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researching: Beserglik, Lederhendler, Goldberg (all in Poland) and Szmukler (Ukraine)

This whole subject is quite difficult to confront. Of the millions of Jews under the Nazis, there were many good people and some not so. Many were forced to make horrible decisions that might have endangered others even in their own family (remember Sophie's Choice). However, none deserved to be killed or sent to the camps. 

Irv Salit
Toronto, ON
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My 2 great grandparents were married by Rabbi Samuel Micheals in New York City in 1886. I'm wondering if there is a way to determine what synagogue he was associated with. I have the marriage record and names and addresses of both the bride and groom. Thank you

Jill Golden

Thank you, Bernard. I have contacted the cemetery by e-mail and am awaiting their response. Thank you for explaining to me what I may expect as an answer.
I would be very happy to know that there is any vestige of the grave of any of my ancestors anywhere.

Frank Szmulowicz

There is also a new book out recounting the same story that was just reviewed in the New York Times. I wouldn't be surprised if that's how 60 Minutes picked up on it. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/17/books/review-betrayal-anne-frank-investigation-rosemary-sullivan.html?searchResultPosition=1


Bruce Drake
Silver Spring MD

Yes, they are unique to the person they're assigned to. They are created by Family Search when a person is first entered into the database. They appear to be random.
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David Belton
Pennsylvania

Hi from Paris,
Dear Franck,
I am sorry to tell that perhaps you will not get a picture of Henryk's grave.
Lodz' s ghetto was closed ca March / April 1940 and the cemetery was included in the ghetto boundaries.
When persons died in the ghetto, as my GGF Abe Nusen Kronenberg, they were buried in what is called now "ghetto fields".
As tombstones were no longer "available" during this period, graves were only marked with a small iron pole holding a plate for identification.
Shortly after end of Shoah, these poles disappeared...
Some originals can been seen in Yad Vashem, in room dedicated to Lodz ghetto.
I attach a picture of a re-installation of these poles, but unfortunately not in real place of graves.
The good news are Lodz's cemetery has been preserved till today and a large part is cleaned from vegetation years after years by volunteers : so former graves can be accessed, as I show with my own pictures.
Khavershaft
Bernard Flam 
Archives & history of Medem Center - Arbeter Ring of France
families Zysman, Kronenberg, Rottersman of Lodz

Orange County CA JGS January Meeting
January 23 at 10:00 am (Pacific time zone) on Zoom
Jeffrey Mark Paull: The Jewish surname process in the Russian Empire
and its effect on Jewish genealogy
The history of adopting, regulating, and using Jewish surnames in the
Russian Empire is quite complex. There were many ways that Jewish
surnames were created, assigned, or adopted, while tight restrictions
were placed on changing or altering surnames.

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There were Turtletaubs in Charleston, SC, including Jacob, Samuel, and Max.  I don't think any are alive today.
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Alan Banov
Kensington, MD
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I listened to the YouTube presentation by Ted Gostin and it was very
informative. It's a pity it can't remain longer than 24 hours.

Ms Terry Ashton, Australia
PRASHKER-Kalisz; SZUMOWSKI-Lomza; WAJNGOT-Poland; WIERZBOWICZ-Poland;
GOLDMAN-Poland; SEGAL-SEGALOVITCH-Vilna; GOLTZ-Latvia

There are 2 people buried at the Jewish cemetery in Baku with Yakhnovich (modern transliteration) last name, none with Samotin, but according to the web site https://evreyskoekladbishevbaku.com, their database is not complete.
Yakhnovich Elizaveta daughter of Abel: 1880 - 12 Sept 1951

I don't believe the archives in Koursk would have information on what became of this Chaim Schmulowitz once he arrived in America.

In the US, a man with the original first name of Chaim mostly likely took the first name Hyman, though possibly also Herman or Harry. Of course, he may have decided to call himself by any name, but the above three are the most likely.

As for the surname Schmulowitz - He may have kept the name, and anglicized the spelling to something like Shmulovitz, or Smulovitz, or Smilovitz, or other similiar spellings. Of he may have anglicized the name even further into something like Samuels or Samuelson. 

I took a look at the ship manifest for this man, and can see that he is a butcher, and he is going to St. Louis, Missouri (not Minnesota, which is a different state). His friend H. Steinberg lives on 8th street in St. Louis. Perhaps you can find either man in the 1910 US census for St. Louis.

Good luck.
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Michele Lock

Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock and Kalon/Kolon in Zagare/Joniskis/Gruzdziai, Lithuania
Lak/Lok/Liak/Lock in Plunge/Telsiai in Lithuania
Rabinowitz in Papile, Lithuania and Riga, Latvia
Trisinsky/Trushinsky/Sturisky and Leybman in Dotnuva, Lithuania
Olitsky in Alytus, Suwalki, Poland/Lithuania
Gutman/Goodman in Czestochowa, Poland
Lavine/Lev/Lew in Trenton, New Jersey and Lida/Vilna gub., Belarus

We hope you will join us on Zoom for a presentation by Marcia Ikonomopoulos, Museum Director of Kehila Kedosha Janina in NYC.    

Sunday, January 30th, 2:00 PM, Zoom Only

Topic: Meet Me At the Corner of Broome and Allen: Romaniote Jews in New York

Among the numerous distinguishing factors of Jewish communities, most based on geographical location, ancestral language, and levels of observance, one group, that of Romaniote Jews has, in many ways, become the orphan child of Jewish studies. This holds true in the field of genealogy. Romaniote Jews, Greek-speaking Jews who date their ancestry back to the inter-Temple period, have the distinction of the longest continuous presence in the European Diaspora. The naming practices of Romaniote Jews shed light on the history of Jewish surnames and, in addition, their distinctive customs. What can we learn from analyzing the naming practices of Romaniote Jews? What is applicable to the general study of Jewish naming practices and Jewish genealogy? 

 

Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos has served as the Museum Director of Kehila Kedosha Janina since 2004 and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Synagogue and Museum. She also serves on the Board of Directors of the Lower East Side Preservation Initiative and is President of the Association of Friends of Greek Jewry. She was born into a traditional Sephardic Jewish family from Salonika and has devoted her life to telling the story of Greek Jewry as an author, translator, editor, and lecturer

 

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Topic: New-found JewishGen Ukraine Research Group Records: The Krakovsky Documents

This will be a pre-recorded presentation from Gary Pokrassa and Joel Spector from last summer’s IAJGS conference.  The lecture will describe in depth the translation and indexing project along with information on navigating Krakovsky's wiki page. Also, the utilization of the data and its preservation and availability on JewishGen will be discussed. Critical questions to considered are:

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