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Who is Luba SENDLER, Holon (Israel, 1947)
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Vangheluwe Daniel <vangheluwe.smietan@...>
Thank yo the genner who translated the testimony of my cousin (SMIETAN
family). Now, I am searching to him or his family. The testimony was written by Sendler Luba address Holon, Shikon Yisai Kohen 134 ,cousin of Smetana Motel, the date is Holon 4 February 1947 . It is a long time ago.Is it already a SENDLER family in Holon near Tel Aviv? in the same adress? Someone remember of Luba? Is it a way to search his childrens? Because I dont speak hebrew, I need your help. Daniel Vangheluwe France
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Who is Luba SENDLER, Holon (Israel, 1947)
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Vangheluwe Daniel <vangheluwe.smietan@...>
Thank yo the genner who translated the testimony of my cousin (SMIETAN
family). Now, I am searching to him or his family. The testimony was written by Sendler Luba address Holon, Shikon Yisai Kohen 134 ,cousin of Smetana Motel, the date is Holon 4 February 1947 . It is a long time ago.Is it already a SENDLER family in Holon near Tel Aviv? in the same adress? Someone remember of Luba? Is it a way to search his childrens? Because I dont speak hebrew, I need your help. Daniel Vangheluwe France
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Re: Voralberg, Austria
#austria-czech
Wolf-Erich Eckstein <w.eckstein@...>
It depends what you are looking for:
Jewish Community for the provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg http://www.ikg-innsbruck.at/home_en.php Also helpfull will be: http://www.jm-hohenems.at/ Jüdisches Museum Hohenems Villa Heimann-Rosenthal Schweizer Strasse 5, A-6845 Hohenems Tel. 0043 (0)5576 73989-0 office@... Wolf-Erich Eckstein Vienna/AUSTRIA
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Voralberg, Austria
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Wolf-Erich Eckstein <w.eckstein@...>
It depends what you are looking for:
Jewish Community for the provinces of Tyrol and Vorarlberg http://www.ikg-innsbruck.at/home_en.php Also helpfull will be: http://www.jm-hohenems.at/ Jüdisches Museum Hohenems Villa Heimann-Rosenthal Schweizer Strasse 5, A-6845 Hohenems Tel. 0043 (0)5576 73989-0 office@... Wolf-Erich Eckstein Vienna/AUSTRIA
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Re: Voralberg, Austria
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Voralberg, Austria
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Re: Voralberg, Austria
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Heinz Hadwig <Heinz.Hadwig@...>
Hello!
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Look this Austrian webside: http://www.gfs-austria.org/index.php Regards, Heinz (Hadwig) ---------------- Dear Listers,
I'm trying to find the IKG center in Voralberg. Can
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Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Re: Voralberg, Austria
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Heinz Hadwig <Heinz.Hadwig@...>
Hello!
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Look this Austrian webside: http://www.gfs-austria.org/index.php Regards, Heinz (Hadwig) ---------------- Dear Listers,
I'm trying to find the IKG center in Voralberg. Can
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Re: Update of Dagda ShtetLink
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Evelyn Waldstein
Subject: [Latvia] Update of Dagda ShtetLink
Elsebeth Paikin urged to develop further the Dagda town ShtetLink site at Jewishgen These are wonderful news. I have some material I managed to collect with devoted help of Rachel Stein. Lately I haven't been in touch with her. I need her permission to publish this material. Instead of keeping it in my files I rather prefer it to be published at the Dagda ShtetLink site. Last summer I also spent some time in Latvia visiting different small places some of them I have never visited before. It was very sad to see how little is already left at places 60 years ago a thriving Jewish community was living. Evelyn Waldstein evewa@...
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Latvia SIG #Latvia Re: Update of Dagda ShtetLink
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Evelyn Waldstein
Subject: [Latvia] Update of Dagda ShtetLink
Elsebeth Paikin urged to develop further the Dagda town ShtetLink site at Jewishgen These are wonderful news. I have some material I managed to collect with devoted help of Rachel Stein. Lately I haven't been in touch with her. I need her permission to publish this material. Instead of keeping it in my files I rather prefer it to be published at the Dagda ShtetLink site. Last summer I also spent some time in Latvia visiting different small places some of them I have never visited before. It was very sad to see how little is already left at places 60 years ago a thriving Jewish community was living. Evelyn Waldstein evewa@...
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SHERESHEFSKY family of Grodno Province
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richard casson
I'm researching the SHERESHEFSKY family.
In the past I have posted the following information:- 'Ygiel Shereshefsky married Mindell Yellin. Mindell made it to the UK in the 1880s with her five children:Noach(Noah),Max(Marks),Esther and Golda where they settled in Liverpool/Manchester and adopted the name Binnes. Ygiel was said to have died in a pogrom. In the 1901 UK census Mindell (or Mindal was 51 years old). Family came >from Swisloch(Polish spelling) or Sislevich(Yiddish spelling) in the province of Grodno as I've seen from the naturalisation papers of Noah and Max. Recently I came across a Mayr Shereshefsky born in Grodo(don't know if town or province) Russia. His father was Jacob Shereshefsky and his mother Yellin. In 1907 in Manhattan,New York Mayr Shereshefsky married a Blume Mazor who had also been born in Grodno,Russia. Blume Mazor's parents were Hirsch Mazor and Krupnik. For me the Yellin connection is most interesting and I'm hoping someone can throw some light on the matter. Richard Casson Manchester,UK reply to:rickycasson@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen SHERESHEFSKY family of Grodno Province
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richard casson
I'm researching the SHERESHEFSKY family.
In the past I have posted the following information:- 'Ygiel Shereshefsky married Mindell Yellin. Mindell made it to the UK in the 1880s with her five children:Noach(Noah),Max(Marks),Esther and Golda where they settled in Liverpool/Manchester and adopted the name Binnes. Ygiel was said to have died in a pogrom. In the 1901 UK census Mindell (or Mindal was 51 years old). Family came >from Swisloch(Polish spelling) or Sislevich(Yiddish spelling) in the province of Grodno as I've seen from the naturalisation papers of Noah and Max. Recently I came across a Mayr Shereshefsky born in Grodo(don't know if town or province) Russia. His father was Jacob Shereshefsky and his mother Yellin. In 1907 in Manhattan,New York Mayr Shereshefsky married a Blume Mazor who had also been born in Grodno,Russia. Blume Mazor's parents were Hirsch Mazor and Krupnik. For me the Yellin connection is most interesting and I'm hoping someone can throw some light on the matter. Richard Casson Manchester,UK reply to:rickycasson@...
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Re: Viewmate 7309: Polish? - Reverse of photograph clue
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Celia Male <celiamale@...>
George Treif of Delray Beach Fl wrote "I have uploaded
the back of my father's photo to Viewmate 7309, with the hope that someone can identify the writings thereon." The moderator helpfully added: The file is posted at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7309 Whenever I have a chance to look at the back of an old photograph I do, as they often give vital clues. This one is particularly interesting to me. I cannot understand the inscription but I am sure that George has received many translations. What interests me, as a keen member of the Austria-Czech SIG, is the supplier of the material to the photographer D.HABER {of KALUSZU?}. The plates were provided by KRZIWANEK Wien, ie he is based in Vienna. There was a Viennese company called KRZIWANEK K and they had bought the business from another photographer called PRIHODA & BECK. They were representatives for the English Marion Plates. The studio was situated at Mariahilferstr 107, Vienna VI. This is one of the the main shopping streets of Vienna. So we now have established a business relationship between three companies. Fascinating. Here is someone who has been researching these plates: http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/dated/printers.htm "On the back of a Victorian photograph - at the bottom - may be some tiny printed writing, this was the company that printed the card and supplied the cardstock to the photographer." and our company is listed: K.KRZIWANEK, Vienna. (c.1885) as well as another Viennese company Berhard WACHTL related to me by marriage. You will also find a link to the Marion Company: http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/dated/marion.htm I have found two Jewish burials in Vienna of similar names but no KRZIWANEK - ours are buried at Zentralfriedhof Gate 1 76B 23 23. Note the different spelling although buried in the same grave. KRIWACEK Jakob aged 78 died 03.02.1917 KRZIWACEK Babette aged 87 died 04.12.1923 There were still Viennese of that name living there in 1938 and tragically almost all of them of them were murdered in the holocaust. So far I have found 11 victims with various spellings: KRIWACEK KRIWACZEK KRIWATSCHEK. We remember them all here today. There are many KRZIWANEK in the Christian cemetery and there we can probably find the graves of our photographic suppliers, as a Rudolf and a Karl are buried in the same grave. Hence the Viennese KRZIWACEK are Jewish but the KRZIWANEK are Christian. What a difference on letter makes! Celia Male [U.K.] Footnote: You can see interesting STRAUSS photographs by Rudolf KRZIWANEK on http://tinyurl.com/9vjjl You will also see the famous portraits of Strauss by the painter Leopold HOROVITZ, who is buried in a recently-restored Honour Grave in the Jewish section of the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Notice also the deathbed items by the other Viennese Jews Leonhard FANTO and Josef LOWY.
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen re: Viewmate 7309: Polish? - Reverse of photograph clue
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Celia Male <celiamale@...>
George Treif of Delray Beach Fl wrote "I have uploaded
the back of my father's photo to Viewmate 7309, with the hope that someone can identify the writings thereon." The moderator helpfully added: The file is posted at: http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7309 Whenever I have a chance to look at the back of an old photograph I do, as they often give vital clues. This one is particularly interesting to me. I cannot understand the inscription but I am sure that George has received many translations. What interests me, as a keen member of the Austria-Czech SIG, is the supplier of the material to the photographer D.HABER {of KALUSZU?}. The plates were provided by KRZIWANEK Wien, ie he is based in Vienna. There was a Viennese company called KRZIWANEK K and they had bought the business from another photographer called PRIHODA & BECK. They were representatives for the English Marion Plates. The studio was situated at Mariahilferstr 107, Vienna VI. This is one of the the main shopping streets of Vienna. So we now have established a business relationship between three companies. Fascinating. Here is someone who has been researching these plates: http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/dated/printers.htm "On the back of a Victorian photograph - at the bottom - may be some tiny printed writing, this was the company that printed the card and supplied the cardstock to the photographer." and our company is listed: K.KRZIWANEK, Vienna. (c.1885) as well as another Viennese company Berhard WACHTL related to me by marriage. You will also find a link to the Marion Company: http://www.cartes.freeuk.com/dated/marion.htm I have found two Jewish burials in Vienna of similar names but no KRZIWANEK - ours are buried at Zentralfriedhof Gate 1 76B 23 23. Note the different spelling although buried in the same grave. KRIWACEK Jakob aged 78 died 03.02.1917 KRZIWACEK Babette aged 87 died 04.12.1923 There were still Viennese of that name living there in 1938 and tragically almost all of them of them were murdered in the holocaust. So far I have found 11 victims with various spellings: KRIWACEK KRIWACZEK KRIWATSCHEK. We remember them all here today. There are many KRZIWANEK in the Christian cemetery and there we can probably find the graves of our photographic suppliers, as a Rudolf and a Karl are buried in the same grave. Hence the Viennese KRZIWACEK are Jewish but the KRZIWANEK are Christian. What a difference on letter makes! Celia Male [U.K.] Footnote: You can see interesting STRAUSS photographs by Rudolf KRZIWANEK on http://tinyurl.com/9vjjl You will also see the famous portraits of Strauss by the painter Leopold HOROVITZ, who is buried in a recently-restored Honour Grave in the Jewish section of the Zentralfriedhof, Vienna. Notice also the deathbed items by the other Viennese Jews Leonhard FANTO and Josef LOWY.
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Address Change
#ukraine
Daniel and Diane Claussen <didamike@...>
Since my emails were disrupted for the last 3 months & I have just reestablished
receiving Ukraine Sig postint & have been a long time member of this discussion group, I would like to reintroduce myself & notify everyone in the Sig of my current email address: Happy New Year to everyone in the Ukraine Sig & I look forward to continued participation. Best Wishes, Diane KRIEGMAN CLAUSSEN didamike@... Stone Mountain, GA USA Researching: KRIEGMAN: Rogachev/ Newark, NJ/ Chicago/ Richmond, VA; SHARE (CHERNORUDSKY): Berdichev/ Chernorudka/ Chicago; SMASON (SMASONOVITCH): Poland/ Philadelphia/ Chicago; SHPARAGO: Dubova / Chicago; REDMAN (NIDAKOLIN): Ladyzhinka/Chicago; BRICHKE:Korets; Newark, NJ; KNOPF: Berlin/ Philadelphia
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Tiraspol
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dathaler@...
Wendy,
Odessa is 71 miles SSE of Tiraspol (46º84' 29º64', now in Moldava) Tiraspol had an important population of 6600 Jews before WWII and Odessa was in fact the closest main city and port and the reference town for Southern Bessarabia, as your grandmother used to mention it. Hope it helps you David Thaler Buenos Aires/ Argentina searching: Galicia- Ustrzyki Dolne: THALER Galicia- Dynow : TALMUD, GRÜNBAUM Ukraine- Odessa: OSTROVSKY, Ukraine- Kiliya/ : WASSERMAN, RESNIK Southern Podolia: Gelerman, Giler, Galer, Geler, Gorjovsky
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Address Change
#ukraine
Daniel and Diane Claussen <didamike@...>
Since my emails were disrupted for the last 3 months & I have just reestablished
receiving Ukraine Sig postint & have been a long time member of this discussion group, I would like to reintroduce myself & notify everyone in the Sig of my current email address: Happy New Year to everyone in the Ukraine Sig & I look forward to continued participation. Best Wishes, Diane KRIEGMAN CLAUSSEN didamike@... Stone Mountain, GA USA Researching: KRIEGMAN: Rogachev/ Newark, NJ/ Chicago/ Richmond, VA; SHARE (CHERNORUDSKY): Berdichev/ Chernorudka/ Chicago; SMASON (SMASONOVITCH): Poland/ Philadelphia/ Chicago; SHPARAGO: Dubova / Chicago; REDMAN (NIDAKOLIN): Ladyzhinka/Chicago; BRICHKE:Korets; Newark, NJ; KNOPF: Berlin/ Philadelphia
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Ukraine SIG #Ukraine Tiraspol
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dathaler@...
Wendy,
Odessa is 71 miles SSE of Tiraspol (46º84' 29º64', now in Moldava) Tiraspol had an important population of 6600 Jews before WWII and Odessa was in fact the closest main city and port and the reference town for Southern Bessarabia, as your grandmother used to mention it. Hope it helps you David Thaler Buenos Aires/ Argentina searching: Galicia- Ustrzyki Dolne: THALER Galicia- Dynow : TALMUD, GRÜNBAUM Ukraine- Odessa: OSTROVSKY, Ukraine- Kiliya/ : WASSERMAN, RESNIK Southern Podolia: Gelerman, Giler, Galer, Geler, Gorjovsky
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Viewmate 7332: Photo recognition
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Paul Silverstone
This picture was probably taken in England at a resort on the Channel
about 1931. Does anyone recognize this couple? http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7332 -- Paul Silverstone New York Please reply to: paulh@...
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JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Viewmate 7332: Photo recognition
#general
Paul Silverstone
This picture was probably taken in England at a resort on the Channel
about 1931. Does anyone recognize this couple? http://data.jewishgen.org/viewmate/ALL/viewmateview.asp?key=7332 -- Paul Silverstone New York Please reply to: paulh@...
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