Who was Dora Rosner from Tarnow? A devout collector of envelopes bumped into a postcard sent in 1941 by Dora Rosner from Tarnow to her son Leo Leib Rosner un Shanghai. I have an interest in it because my late father was also names Leon Leib and his family hailed from the environs of Krakow and Tarnow. I checked the Sugihara list and Leo Leib is not there, however he filled pages of testimony in Yad Vashem for his mother and his father Mojzesz Rosner which means that he survived in Shangahi but Yad Vashem does not display the image of the PoTs so I have no idea where he settled after the war. Would love to hear from anyone who may have more info. Thanks. I enclose the postcard's scan.

Jacob Rosen

Jerusalem

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Saul Mark

To the first I’ll just add that the first line of the first stone is a quote from genesis 24:1. 

the second stone:
H(ere)L(ies)
the woman Ms Pessele wife of Mr Abraham 
eighty seven years of age
she died Thursday (maybe Wednesday?) 6 Tishri
and buried Friday the 30th (?) of that month
year (5)622 by the short count (ie, not writing the thousands place)
May her soul be bound in the bonds of (everlasting) life 

the dates are hard to read and my numbers are likely off,  as it is unusual not to bury quickly. 

the last line is a boilerplate abbreviation used on both stones (and nearly all stones I’ve seen from the past few hundred years)

david dubin
teaneck nj

Hello everybody, 

I got a reply from a person Josef A. from Israel, who want to help translating Beltsy recordsm   but my several attempts to email Josef failed, and my email returned back.

Josef, please email me from your regular account and I would be glad to work with you.  Or if anybody else wants to work on Beltsy Vital records, please let me know.

Thank you,
Yefim Kogan
Bessarabia Group Leader and Cooridinator

Thank you Stanley!  This is very cool.  I was especially interested since I grew up in Montreal and I am still a proud Canadian.  I never heard of this connection to a Montrealer.
Regards,
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St. Paul MN USA

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At 07:24 20/01/2022, assa.sittner@... wrote:

Hi,
I am looking for information about
Martha (born) Frankel (married) Mechner (married again) Wiener.
Location: Prussia, Bielsko-Biala, wroclaw and maybe also Krakow.
Born: unknown
Marriage I: Markus Mechner
1st child: 1901Erna Mechner (born in Wroclaw?)
2nd child 1904 Ernst Mechner
1st husband dies: 1904
Marriage II: 1905 with ( Josef?) Wiener (I am very interested in this guy's family)
3rd child: 1909 (Rosa Wiener born in Bielitz / Bielsko-Biala).
Thanks!
Assa Sittner
_._,_._,_

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I have no idea how up-to-date my records are but try .....


 Doris Mechner  doris.mechner@...,

David Lewin
London

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In Russian:

 

39.

Состоялось в городе Радом 9-го (22-го) марта 1871-го года в 9 часов утра. Явились Бенцион Фляменбаум, не работающий, 34-х лет и Мошек Финкельштейн, землекоп, 68-и лет, оба - жители города Радом и объявили, что 8-го (20-го) марта этого года, в первом часу ночи, умер Тобияш-Мендель Фридман, 21-го года, тапочник из города Радом. Умер в Еврейском госпитале, сун Израиля-Рафала и Гитли, супругов Фридман. По частоящему удостоверяю о кончине Тобияша-Менделя Фридмана. Акт сей прочитам присутствующим и ими и нами подписан.

Президент (не ясно) Подпись

Б. Фляменбаум

М. Финкельштейн

 

Translated into English:

39.

It took place in the city of Radom on March 9 (22), 1871, at 9 o'clock in the morning. Benzion Flemenbaum, 34, presently not working and Moszek Finkelstein, a 68-year-old digger, both from Radom, appeared and announced that Tobias-Mendel Friedman had died on the 8th (20th) of March this year, 21, slipper from Radom. He died at the Jewish Hospital, the son of Israel-Rafal and Gitlya, the Friedmans family. I certify the death of Tobias-Mendel Friedman. This act was read and signed by those present.

President (not clear) Signature

B. Flamenbaum

M. Finkelstein

 

In Russian:

160.

Состоялось в городе Радом 10-го (22-го) ноября 1874-го года в 9 часов утра. Явились Бенцион Фляменбаум, не работающий, 38-и лет и Мошек Финкельштейн, землекоп, 70-и лет, оба - жители города Радом и объявили, что 8-го (20-го) ноября этого года, в 5 часов утра, умер Мендель Фридман, 57-и лет, учитель, из города Радом, живший на Подвальной улице, дом номер 340, оставив после себя вдову Гитлю-Брандлю Фридман. По настоящему удостоверяю о кончине Менделя Фридмана. Акт сей прочитам присутствующим и ими и нами подписан.

Президент (не ясно) содержащий акты гражданского состояния Подпись

Б. Фляменбаум

М. Финкельштейн

 

Translated into English:

160.

It took place in the city of Radom on November 10 (22), 1874, at 9 o'clock in the morning. Benzion Flamenbaum, unemployed, 38 years old, and Moszek Finkelstein, digger, 70 years old, both residents of Radom, appeared and announced that Mendel Friedman, 57, had died at 5 am on November 8 (20) this year, a teacher, from the town of Radom, who lived on Basement Street, house number 340, leaving behind the widow of Hitlya-Brandlya Friedman. I hereby certify the death of Mendel Friedman. This act was read and signed by those present.

President (not clear) containing civil status signature

B. Flamenbaum

M. Finkelstein

Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

Hi,
I am looking for information about
Martha (born) Frankel (married) Mechner (married again) Wiener.
Location: Prussia, Bielsko-Biala, wroclaw and maybe also Krakow.
Born: unknown 
Marriage I: Markus Mechner
1st child: 1901Erna Mechner (born in Wroclaw?)
2nd child 1904 Ernst Mechner
1st husband dies: 1904
Marriage II: 1905 with ( Josef?) Wiener (I am very interested in this guy's family)
3rd child: 1909 (Rosa Wiener born in Bielitz / Bielsko-Biala).
Thanks!
Assa Sittner

This is a re-post.

I would be very grateful for help in translation from Russian of the following vital records on Viewmate:

 

1. Terespol 1872 B #21 Gerszko KUPERSZTEJN

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96772

 

2. Terespol 1878 M #1 Gersz KUPERSZTEJN & Chaia KINCBERG

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96774

 

3. Terespol 1885 B # 39 Boruch KUPERSZTEJN

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96776

 

4. Terespol 1899 B #11 Gersz Lejb KUPERSZTEJN

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM96777

 

 

I am seeking to connect these KUPERSZTEJN's to my family tree.

My direct line of descent is as follows:

 

Maternal Grandfather:

Gersz /Herszko/ Tsvi /Harry KUPERSZTEJN/ COOPERSTEIN, b. 1879 Międzyrzec Podlaski, married to Gitel/Gusta PRZEDECKI/ASHER of Manchester, UK, d. Cardiff, Wales 1972

 

Great Grandfather:

Boruch/Beyrach/Berachiah/ Barnett KUPERSZTEJN/COOPERSTEIN, b. abt 1851 Międzyrzec Podlaski, married to Frejda Leja ROZEN of Międzyrzec Podlaski, d. Cardiff, Wales 1916

 

GG Grandfather:

Moszko Mendel/ Moshe Menachem KUPERSZTEJN, b. Pratulin, 1824

married to Dyna ZYLBERKRANTZ of Międzyrzec Podlaski, d.?

 

GGG Grandfather: Hersz Lejb Jankielowicz (Mendelowicz) KUPERSZTEJN, b. circa 1800, resident Pratulin 1820's-1840's, married to Fejga Dwojra LILIENTHAL of Biała Podlaska, d.?

 

GGGG Grandfather: Jankiel? (Mendel?) b. late 1700's? Resident Pratulin 1820's?

 

GGGGG Grandfather Mendel? b. mid 1700's? 

 

Pratulin is a tiny hamlet on the River Bug, which today forms the Poland/Belarus border.
From 1826, Jewish vital events were registered in neighbouring Janów Podlaski.
Kupersztejn's living in Janow P., Terespol, Konstantynow nad Bugiem and Brest Litovsk (Bug river towns) in the 1800's are presumably descended from the Kupersztejn's of Pratulin. 

 

[There is a theory that ALL the KUPERSZTEJN/KUPERSHTAJN/KUPFERSZTEIN's of this region are of common rabbinic descent, but that is another big story.]

 

Many thanks for your anticipated help in adding branches to the family tree. Please respond in the form provided on Viewmate.

 

Judith Silver, London UK, 20 Jan 2022

 

 

The second stone is much more difficult to read. I'll let someone else give it a try.  However, the Hebrew doesn't offer any additional important information over the English inscription, other than saying she was the wife of Avraham.
--
Steve Goldberg
Jerusalem, Israel
Researching:
Sagan/Shagan family from Veliuona (Velon), Lithuania
Goldberg family from Vidukle, Lithuania
Susselovitch/Zuselovitch family from Raseiniai (Rassein), Lithuania

If you could take better pictures of the stones, when the sun's angle is optimal, it would be much easier to read everything.  That said, I will offer a free translation of the important parts of the inscription, filling in the blanks with educated guesses.  Here is what I managed to read from Abraham's stone:
"Here lies a dear man, Avraham, the son of Eliyahu Aryeh Bendel.  Avraham: An old man who all his life followed the good path.  Died aged 93 on Thursday, the 16th of Elul and was buried on the eve of the Sabbath, the 17th of the month in the year 5621" (Aug 22, 1861)
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Steve Goldberg
Jerusalem, Israel
Researching:
Sagan/Shagan family from Veliuona (Velon), Lithuania
Goldberg family from Vidukle, Lithuania
Susselovitch/Zuselovitch family from Raseiniai (Rassein), Lithuania

This TV segment has generated a lot of uninformed comment on what happened in Holland during the Holocaust. I was even surprised to hear the Dutch psychologist interviewed in the 60 Minutes segment describing the betrayers as psychopaths. Clearly he didn't know his country's history. Some may have been psychopaths, but most were your average citizens. Denunciation became a national pastime in Holland during the war. It wasn't just Jews and Antifascists who were at risk of being denounced, but everyone else being denounced by their neighbors, relatives and even their spouses. Denunciation was so rampant, that it even took the Germans by surprise, they had seen nothing like this in Germany or any other country they had occupied.

For further information I would recommend the following book published by Yad Vashem in 2017, "Denunciation and Rescue - Dutch Society and the Holocaust" by Pinchas Bar-Efrat.   
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Stephen Schmideg
Melbourne, Australia
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