Hi,

There are actually six locations in Poland known as Przeclaw (“broken” Polish „l”), with four locations originally from Germany, renamed to Przeclaw in 1945. Those are ex:
Prinzenau (Szamotuly region)
Zolingen (Brzeziny, Łódź)
Ottendorf (Zagan)
Pritzlow (Police)
Przeclaw (Slupca)

None of the above locations had Jewish presence.
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Przeclaw (Mielec district), the subject of this discussion

Circa year 1870: 718 Roman Catholics, 9 Greek Catholics and 299 Jewish residents.

Year 1900: 717 general population plus 212 Jewish folks

There are six entries for Przeclaw in JGFF database including yours and Dershowitz. Alan Dershowitz while visiting Poland some years ago, pointed out to Przemysl region as the source of his family.
BTW, Your family name is a Jewish name for Rzeszow.

Best,

Alexander Sharon

 

The previous "new" theory about how Anne Frank and her family were found was that they were found by chance during a routine check of the store in front.

Notes, anonymous or not, saying so-and-so collaborated with the nazis were thirteen to the dozen in the post-war years. Charlie L., who was a younger relative of my mother, was 18 at the outbreak of WWII; his parents sent him to Switzerland but remained themselves in Antwerp. In 1942 they were taken by the Nazis while "holidaying" in a village with false papers. Charlie moved to USA after the war, and in the early 50s made a claim for damages, "helped" by his father's prewar solicitor. (I have a copy of the whole file). His solicitor claimed Charlie's father had thrown a note out of the train deporting them to an unknown destination, addressed to him (the solicitor) saying they had been betrayed. I find the tale rather far-fetched; it seems so unlikely that a note thrown from a train could ever reach its addressee. And the outcome suggests the court didn't buy it.

Nicole Heymans, near Brussels, Belgium

Disappointed by the little reaction my message got in October, I am reposting.

 

A collection of letters could be of interest to those of you who had relatives in the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine.

Please browse the list of names below in this message to check if your relatives may have written one of these letters.

This collection called “The Unread Letters of 1941” is presently held at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, in Kiev.

The Museum's goal is to return each letter to their rightful owners, surviving relatives, if they can be located.

Only about a hundred of those epistles were written by Jews, of which about 35 are in Yiddish and the rest in Russian.

 

 

How did those epistles survive the war? In July 1941, shortly after Operation Barbarossa, a German officer, Gustav Olschlagër, seized mail comprised of 1.215 letters from the town of Kamianets-Podilskyi. In 1942, he sent it to Vienna and asked his colleague Dr. Riedel to keep the collection for future research. They believed the epistles would paint an accurate picture of the mood of the Soviet population at the onset of their war. The letters remained in Austria for 70 years.  In 2010, they were returned to Ukraine and placed in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, in Kiev.

The envelopes corresponding to those letters are viewable at this link: https://warmuseum.kiev.ua/_ua/projects/search  They are written in Cyrillic.

With the help of some friends, I created a list of names for you to check.
There may be a few mistakes. Some of those names may in fact not be Jewish. It’s sometimes difficult to ascertain from just an address on an envelope.
I may also have missed some Jewish names, as there are 1.215 envelopes to check. Which is why I welcome corrections from the Russian knowledgeables among you, who have time on their hands to review those envelopes.

The envelopes’ images are separated by 'town of destination'. One needs to click on each town to view the respective batch.

If you find an envelope that you believe to be connected to your relative, please contact the Museum at this address: info@...

 

Since I was the head Yiddish translator for this project, you can also reach out to me.

 

Thank you for reading my message and happy hunting!

Here is the list of names:

KAMIANETS

1 – To Lizi GULIK

5 – To Mari Gulmanov

10 – To R. L.  LURYE (in Proskurov) from O. L. BLANK

17 – To BACZYNSKI from ANDRUSZKI

20 – To BONDER Musi Mikailov

31 – To L. I. SHEINBERG (in Dunaev) from Kh. L. SHEINBERG

34 – To Dora STEINBERG from sister BERGER

35 – To Zeida UBERMAN from RIKIN

36 – To Olga Izakovna SHEVCHUK

46 – To M. KECHMAN from R. KECHMAN 

59 – To LISOVI from LISOVOY

80 – To KORBA Marusia

88 – To BLOCH G. I.  from BLOCH V. Ch.

91 – To KUSHNIR from I. M. KUSHNIR

95 – To Anni KULCHISKI from KULCHISKI

106 – To L. LACHTERMAN from TRACHTENBERG

107 – To Z. Kh. FAITENZON from FAITENZON

110 – To Ita TZIFERMAN

114 – To Fani FINGERET Srulivich from Itzko FINGERET

115 – To Rosalin KLEINMAN from KLEINMAN

116 – To YAMPILCHUK from Lyub GAVRILOV

122 – To A. E.  ? from TRACHTENBERG

128 – To GERNISHKOV E. Ia.

135 – To S. CHANKIV

136 – To SMOTRICH from Paia KAIMAN

139 – To KRASILOV from Adel VAISBURG

142 – To SMOTRITZKI from TZIMBALIST KALLIN

146 – To KOMARNIUK

152 – To S. G. MELNIK

154 – To Sonia SOBOLEV from G. N. SOBOLEV

157 – To S. CHANKIV Yosel

159 – To Blima SHERMAN

160 – To VINOKUR

165 – To S. SAVITZI

176 – To RUBIN STEINBERG from I. I. ?

178 – To BRICHAK Vera

179 – To Riva ZEKEL Aronovna from R. M. ZEKEL

180 – To Fani FINGERET Srulivna from Itzko FINGERET

181 – To Maria Alterovich SPOKOINOY from SPOKOINOY

183 – To Gita GOYKHMAN from S. M. GOYKHMAN

184 – To Chantzi TKACH (in Dunaev) from FEFERMAN

185 – To Meir VINOKUR

191 – To P. Z. FAITENZON from FAITENZON

192 – To LECHTZIR From ROTENBER

193 – To Riva VOMORDUNI from Sh. VOMORDUNI

194 – To S. MARTINOVSKI from Isaak ROTENBERG

196 – To MELNIK

197 – To Chantzi TKACH (Dunaev) from Abram FEFERMAN

198 – To Yankel VISOIKOY (Dunaev)

199 – To ? from Etel Roza CHEMEROVICH

202 – To Fane KADESH from KADESH

204 – To I. M. GRINBERG

206 – To Aron BABICH

207 – To Ch. M. KATZ

208 – To Yankel TABACHNIK from M. L. NAIMAN

209 – To Peysach SIDILKOVER from SIDILKOVER

210 – To R. L. LURYE (Proskurov) from O. L. BLANK

211 – To Gutzalik Fishnovna SAMIELENKO

213 – To VOZNIUK Mari from VOZNIUK G.T.

218 – To O. YAKOVLEV

219 – To Yozek GRUSHKEVICH (Dunaev)

238 – To Maruse SIRAIT

245 – To SHNAIDER REKHMAN

268 – To Eta BRONFMAN Abr.

271 – To M. SOLOBKOVICH from Mordku KATZMAN

285 – To Mari EFRIMOVICH KOTIK from Mikola KOTIK Pavl.

298 – To Riva VAISMAN (WEISMAN)

302 – To Mane Efim EPSTEIN

308 – To Mani FELDMAN

310 – To GAVRILOV

320 – To P. GINSBURG

322 – To M. A. ZAIDMAN from Ch. U. ZAIDMAN

331 – To Miki BILENKOY from Mani BILENKI

333 – To Itzku STUDNER (Horodok) From Kh. R. SCHWARTZMAN

336 – To M. L. VEKSLER (Frampol)

342 – To ? (Dunaev) from E. DAICHMAN

343 – To MOKHLOKH Ekatarina Aronovna from M. T. PETRIUK

345 – To T. T. KOTIK and Z. M. KOLOSOVSKOY from SHUSTER

367 – To Yosel BARENBOIM (in Dunaev)

368 – To KOLESNIK from KOLESNIK

372 – To SLOBODANIUK Yakovlev

373 – To KARAKUL from BERKUN A.

397 – To Musi BONDER Mikhalovna

RIVNE/LVIV

1 – To Zina VINIK from S. V. VINIK

KHARKIV

1 – To ZIVERT

9 – To Tani PLATONOVOY from ABRAMOVICH

42 – To PRESHMAN

43 – To M. NUSINOV

KHARKIV Region

5 – To LUGOV Semkhaievich

9 – To Mari Yakovlevna NEDORUBKI

12 – To KARNOVI Moiseienkovoy

BELARUS

15 – To Prokhor Alexeievich ABRAMOVICH

17 – To Mor VOLKOVOY

44 – To RUBASHENKO Lizi

45 – To RUBASHENKO Lizi

CHERNIVTSI

6 – To Zissel FINGER

CHERNIHOV

2 – To Anne BARANOVOY

TERNOPIL

2 – To Berta VANGARTEN (WEINGARTEN)

3 – To Berta VANGARTEN (WEINGARTEN)

ZHITOMIR

7 – To Yudel Leib KATZ from Ch. E. GEYKHMAN

9 – To M. Sh. ZILBERMAN

10 – To SPIVAK

VINNYTSIA

40 – To TARNAVSKI Katerina

 

KIEV

2 – To GERSTEIN from Kh. P. AVERBUKH 

11 – To BONDAR

13 – To ORLOVETZKAIA from Lyubi NARUTZAK

16 – To GERSTEIN

22 – To GERNER

26 – To KATZ

31 – To A. S. SCHWARTZ

KIEV CHERKASSY

50 – To KOMARNIK

56 – To GERNER

60 – To KATZ (Kiev)

CRIMEA

4 – To Raye ROYZEN

STALIN DONBAS

17 – To M. STEINGART From Ya. STEINGART

ST PETERSBURG / LENINGRAD

3 – To A. NUDELMAN

SARATOV

2 – To Grina A. NUDELMAN

VORONEZH

9 – To SOKOLOV Tamar Lwowi

MOSCOW

2 – To P. I. TUTELMAN from A. M. TUTELMAN

3 – To AKERMAN from SHENKER

MOLDAVIA
4 – To Chaim FURMAN

 

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Geraldine Tsiporah Trom
Antwerp, Belgium
gtrom@...

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Geraldine Tsiporah Trom
Antwerp, Belgium
gtrom@...

I've posted two halves, left and right, of a handwritten vital record in Polish for which I need a translation. The images can be seen at ViewMate at the following addresses, and they pertain to a child named Herzyl Schulmann of Podhajce:

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM97035
and
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM97036

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

With enormous gratitude for your help,
Alison Cowan
Stamford, CT

I have been searching ship manifests to find how Max or Ann entered the US, with no success.  Family lore says that Max (b. 1903 in Eisiskes, Lithuania as GOLUB) went initially to Dominica or Cuba and Ann (b. 1910 in Safed, Israel) was briefly in Marseilles, France.  I doubt that they entered the US together.  I also have no naturalization information for either, if it exists. Max changed his surname to REYES prior to entering the US. The last name of Max's mother was Broida.
Ron Winder
Tulsa, OK
pedsdds1@...

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Researching: CHARNAM/CHANAM(?), SOBEL, PASTERNAK/ POSTERNAK, GLECKEL, STUTMAN, WILLIK- Belozerka, Ukraine; GREENBERG/ GLASS- Grodno, Belarus; CRYSTAL, KRISTAL- Latvia/Lithuania (Riga/Sirvintos/Zagare?); SHERMAN- London, England: Pasvalys, Lithuania; Bauska, Latvia; Melbourne, Australia; Brooklyn, NY; Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL, Los Angeles, CA; KAPITNIK- Belarus; KATZENBURG- South Africa; LEVINSON- Ventspils; STEINGRUB- Latvia/Lithuania; FEINSTEIN/ GOODMAN- Lithuania/Latvia (?); TUKATCH/ TKACZ Lithuania/Belarus

https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/belozerka/

https://iijg.org/maps-of-jewish-communities/

https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM97037

Hi - can someone help me translate this marriage record from 1842. I believe it's in Polish.  From PRENAI Lithuania. 

The bride and groom have the same or very similar names as the parents of my great great grandmother.

Thanks in advance.  

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Jennifer Hancock
Manatee County FL USA
Researching family in Pren LIthuania and Beltsy Moldova at the moment.

Thanks to all who responded. I will have to take off an afternoon and look at those sources. I’m beginning to have doubts whether the entry for the individual listed as a seamstress in Apt. 119 was really Grandfather Yochelson’s sister. She would have been in her mid to late sixties by then and probably not able to survive or be chosen for a labor camp. Her first  names were Rokha Gitlia and she married Yosel Zalkind in 1900. The entry said she was on sick leave. People had similar names and I remember reading that she went to the Zalkind household, there already was a Rokha living there, When I did research I did notice that a source said that there was a Zalkind House of Trade, the biggest store in Vilnius, with 20 departments and a staff of 150 people. Hope she married into that branch.
Mindy Yochelson

So just to clarify what Yair found.
You should look for a copy of Sefer Zichron Yaakov by Rabbi Yaakov Bendetman, since the smaller collection Toras Chassidim which includes his grandfather Rav Shmuel Chassid's work was printed in the back of the larger book. Toras Chassidim also seems to be a collection of works from Rav Shmuel Chassid along with two of his contemporaries.
I believe Zichron Yaakov is a relatively easy to find book in stores that sell seforim, just make sure it is by the correct author because there are more than one book with the same title.
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Binyamin Kerman
Baltimore MD

Researching:
KERMAN Pinsk 
SPIELER Lodz, Zloczew, Belchatow
SEGALL, SCHWARTZ Piatra Neamt

I wrote to apltd production company for information on how to stream. Do you know how I can do this?
Thanks.
Mindy Yochelson

I don't have a physical copy of the book but I should be able to get you a scan.
This was not actually written directly by the Vilna Gaon as a book in itself but rather it is a more recent collection of his  from ideas, pieces from his other works,  and previously unpublished manuscripts arranged in a format that is more user friendly
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Binyamin Kerman
Baltimore MD

Researching:
KERMAN Pinsk 
SPIELER Lodz, Zloczew, Belchatow
SEGALL, SCHWARTZ Piatra Neamt

Hello everyone,
I am looking for descendants of Feiwel Bukowski and Sara Schnitzer.Feiwel Bukowski was son of Samuel Bukowski ,brother of my great-grandmother Tauba Szapira,In 1913 immigrated to NY and 1917 married Sara Schnitzler.Aprreciate for any help, guidance or ideas .
Jenny Bukowsky
jenya.kanadov@....

The summation of all of this discussion regarding in-depth studies and research by journalists and members of the press should be as follows:
“The days of professionalism and ethical individuals like the late Walter Cronkite have long disappeared.” “ We are left today with less than a mere shadow of his honesty and integrity.”
Fake news and ulterior motives are rampant today, with no consideration for honest reporting or the privacy and safety of individuals. They report that one is guilty as charged without due process of law.
Larry Gaum
Toronto

Thank you so much for making this available.
I wish I'd known all these tips for searching the Polish archives before I did my research :)
Now I can go back and revisit where I got stuck and hopefully find more records.
Thanks!
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Shoshanah Glickman
UK