Hello, I have followed with interest the thread to do with the word 'Behandler' and the allusion to Nazi provenance. I work within the healthcare system in Canada where so far insurance companies

How do you know about this place? Was it written somewhere? If so, it would be better to see the original document (In Russian or so) with that name listed. Also what years your ancestor lived in

A non-Jewish Archivist, Cathie Hewitt, is researching Jews who fought and died in the Bomber Command from 1939-1945. She started a self-funded website to share their stories. The archivist has worked

Thank you to the person who emailed me suggesting that it could be Riga. Have checked the original document and think they are right, and the transcriber got the spelling wrong.

Thanks so much! I tested this with the death of a great-uncle that resulted in a lawsuit. The form is limited but had enough information related only to genealogy. I was surprised that, though I got

I am trying to establish the birth origins for somebody who has listed their birth nationality as Russia, Resident of Reya. Can anyone tell me what part of the Russian Empire this was? Thank you

Hello. I'm looking for informations regarding my great-grandmother Sarah SALMANOWITZ, who was born in Grobina, near Libau (now Liepaja) in Latvia circa 1852. She married my great grandfather Gutman

What password are you looking for?? I have a JewishGen membership and am currently subscribe to the JewishGen Digest as a long time subscriber and poster. Please advise. I have tried to use my

I recommend TransferWise. It can be used for small amounts with little hassle and a small fee.

My relatives, who lived in Odessa, were also evacuated to Tashkent and other points East during the war. They all returned to Odessa after the war, although my great-grandmother died before they

Mike, Yes, apparently he was (at some point) a tailor in Moscow. I'm trying to figure out where he was for most of his adult life, before and after WWII. Thanks for the translation and

https://www.mappingthelives.org/ shows 15 people living in Kanth in 1939 (not all of them Jewish). None of them have the surnames you mention. Jewish Families include DRYENFURTH, GAPPE, HOFFMANN,

This appears to be a place known as Solovyevka (Russian), listed also in JewishGen Gazetteer in Ukrainian as Soloviyivka (translates to English as Nightingale) JGFF database lists two entries for

Dr. DeAngelis is at Johns Hopkins University. You may want to contact her to see how she came to use the term and if she ever heard of it before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_D._DeAngelis

The term was used as such at least as far back as 1975 in a book by Catherine DeAngelis. See below plase. Personal name DeAngelis, Catherine, 1940-Main title Basic pediatrics for the primary health

The United Zembrover Society remains active and looking to connect with other people with roots from Zambrow, Poland for meetings and a trip to Poland and Zambrow this summer. Looking forward to

I've posted a half-page autobiography of Moshe Lieb Light written, in 1910, on his 60th birthday, in the form of an alphabetical acrostic. It is in legible Yiddish script. I would be grateful for a

Hi, I have posted a record on ViewMate for the birth of Aron MICHALOWICZ in Belchatow in 1859. If anyone is able to provide it I would really appreciate a translation of the

I also have a card for a woman I assume is a relative by marriage--same small hometown in Russia, same surname, but I have yet to connect her. Her name was Etka Rotshteyn (Rothstein) from Smiela/Smela

"Behandler" does not mean "Provider." "Behandeln" (verb) = to treat. "Behandler" (noun), one who treats, caregiver. The latter is not a normal word in the German language, but an ad hoc derivation