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A Forgotten Land: Growing up in the Jewish Pale
#announcements
#ukraine
#jgs-iajgs
Sunday May 15, 2022 1-3 pm PT Zoom Meeting by Many of our Jewish immigrant ancestors refused to talk about life in the old country Unfortunately their choice to forget the unhappy times of pogroms ,wars and poverty left us with few memories of Eastern European shtetl life. But, for Lisa Cooper this was not the case. Lisa was fortunate that her grandmother, Pearl, was a great storyteller. Later; Pearl’s son, Lisa’s father, made recordings of these stories before Pearl died. Lisa asked her father to translate the recordings (from the Yiddish) Based on these recorded conversations Lisa Cooper’s father had with his mother, about her early life in Ukraine Lisa wrote a book. She will discuss her book A Forgotten Land ,the story of one Jewish family in the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Bio Lisa Cooper is a British writer, journalist and artist. She studied Russian at Edinburgh University and spent a year in the Soviet Union as a student. Armed with an address dating from the 1960s and a family tree, she made contact with cousins in Kiev, then part of Soviet Ukraine, who introduced her to a web of relatives she knew nothing about. The experience helped breed an interest in both family history and Ukrainian Jewish history. Her book was originally conceived as a dissertation for a Master’s degree in Russian History. You can read her blog at www.lisa-cooper.com/blog
In order to register for the presentations, go to our website Welcome to the San Diego Jewish Genealogy Website (sdjgs.org) and follow the registration directions.
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Valentin Lupu
Hi Moishe,
The term probably refers to Changos. You may read more here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cs%C3%A1ng%C3%B3s Valentin Lupu ISRAEL
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Viewmate Translation Request -- German
#records
#translation
krausj2@...
Hi,
I'm hoping someone can help me by translating one of the records (#12, as I indicate in the description) on the image located at https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=98406 on Viewmate. Please respond using the Viewmate form. Thanks very much, -- Joe -- Joe Kraus krausj2@...
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Help finding information on great parents
#unitedkingdom
Nancy N. Smith
Hi,
My great grandparents were Harris (1842-1922) and Pessah (Betsy) (EISERMANT) (1844-1935) MENDELSOHN. I’ve been told Harris came to England, in 1884, from Telz, and lived on Pimlott St., Manchester…then moved to Elizabeth St. I don’t know if his wife was with him, or not. The paperwork I’ve been given, by a cousin in England, lists her maiden name as EISERMANT. According to the census’, the family was from Kovno; the British Naturalization document for Samuel shows Shivecksnow, Kovno. They had 6 children: Samuel, Albert, Annie, Mary, Nellie, Etta. The only one I don’t have information is Mary. I found headstones for both Harris and Betsy. The translation for Harris’ includes this line: “The beautiful, dear old man / Mr. Tzvi son of Mr. Mendel Gershon”. The translation for Betsy’s incudes this: “the lady Pesha daughter of R’ (for Reb, Mr.) Tzvi”. I’ve researched Mendel, Mendelson, Gershon,and Eisermant and have been unsuccessful. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I’m at a complete loss! Thank you! Nancy Newmark Smith
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Re: Ridley Road
#unitedkingdom
jbonline1111@...
I am amazed at the judgmentalism here. My friend was amazingly lucky to avoid the camps. I do not compare his experience to that of those in concentration camps. At the same time, it's important to understand that many were traumatized even when they escaped that terrible fate. While my friend was grateful to be taken into a family in Wales, he was not grateful to have been abused in that home, something I chose not to mention earlier.
The point is that trauma in the Holocaust took many forms. I believe we should be aware of all of it. -- Barbara Sloan Conway, SC
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After years of looking at civil records from Raducaneni and comparing the names with the family names of the people after they immigrated to Canada, it looks like changing one's name was some kind of popular sport in Romania in those those days. For example, a great-uncle of mine changed his family name from Cojocariu to Leibovitch for some unexplained reason.
In fact, until required to by law in the middle of the 19th Century, most Romanian Jews didn't bother having family names at all, often preferring just to use patronymics, such as Ghidale sin Nuta. Presumably this is where my family name "Nathanson" came from. So a lot of people must have regarded family names as some kind of joke and changed them at will. Jack Nathanson Montreal
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Viewmate translation - Russian
#latvia
#translation
Michele Lock
I recently received several Russian records from the Latvian archives, for family members who lived in Riga. The archives didn't label which image goes with the individual requests that I made, so I am not sure of exactly what each image is for, though they are all either census lists, registration lists, and the like.
I only need translations of the record entries of persons with the surnames Lak/Liak, Rabinovitch, or Kalan/Kalian. Please translate the entire entry, and if you can figure it out, let me know what type of record each is. Thank you. Records: https://www.jewishgen.org/view https://www.jewishgen.org/view https://www.jewishgen.org/view -- 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
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NAJMAN/NOJMAN-KAFTORI, Będzin/Bendin
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה Dear JewishGenners:
The April 13, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court in Będzin, First Civil Division, is preparing to confirm an inheritance case regarding the following individual:
Bela (née NAJMAN/NOJMAN) KAFTORI who died November 8, 2017 in Tel Aviv, ISRAEL, last residence in Holon, ISRAEL.
Application has been made to the Court by individuals said to be her heirs:
Zeev KAFTORI and Itamar KAFTORI.
The matter involves a one-fourth interest in a Będzin property formerly designated as “dz. nr 95” and currently designated as “KW nr KA1B/00060869/0.”
The Court calls upon anyone with further claims on the property or relevant information to contact the Court, making reference to Docket No. I Ns 518/21.
Best regards,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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MILGROM, Łódź
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה Dear JewishGenners:
The May 5, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a legal notice announcing that the Regional Court of Central Łódź (Sąd Rejonowy dla Łodzi-Śródmieścia), Second Civil Division, is preparing to declare the following individuals as deceased:
Marlena MILGROM, born in Łódź on May 2, 1936, daughter of Rafał MILGROM & Mirla (née MILGROM) MILGROM, whose last known address was in the Łódź Ghetto; and
Rafał MILGROM, born in Łódź on January 23, 1905, son of Kasril MILGROM & Rywka (née SIWEK) MILGROM, whose last known address on May 9, 1945 was in a hospital for former concentration camp inmates to which he had been transferred from the Falkenberg concentration camp.
This finding of the MIlgroms’ death has been requested in court by:
Adir and Oded FALLEK, Rehov Pinkas 8, Petah TIkva, ISRAEL;
Amit, Reut, Rotem and Elon FALLEK, Rehov Ziman 1, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL; and
Ortal FALLEK, Rehov Ibn Gvirol 175, Tel Aviv, ISRAEL
who are presumably heirs to the MILGROMs. (I give their names and addresses because they have already appeared in the press.)
The Court calls upon anyone else with knowledge of the fate of the MILGROMs to make themselves known to the Court within three months of publication of the notice, making reference to Docket No. II Ns 709/21.
Best regards,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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Re: Ridley Road
#unitedkingdom
Eva Lawrence
I completely agree with Stephen Katz, that to question the good work of
the people responsible for Kindertranport is ungrateful and inappropriate. You must be aware how many families still send their own children to boarding school at a young age, even when the choice in not one of life or death. Most of the Kindertransport children went on to live successful and useful lives. Maybe we should respect the wishes of those who didn't speak about the past, and not dig up unhappy memories which they preferred to leave behind. Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK. -- Eva Lawrence St Albans, UK.
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FAJFER, Łódź-Warsaw
#poland
Yale Reisner
ב"ה Dear JewishGenners:
The May 6, 2022 edition of the Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita carried a legal notice announcing that the Nationalization Decree Bureau of the City of Warsaw is conducting an administrative procedure to establish the ownership status of a property for which a claim had been filed on February 8, 1948 by one Łaja FAJFER, whose last known residence in 1948 was ul. Roosevelta 7 in Łódź.
Łaja FAJFER’s claim was for a property in the Praga District of Warsaw, specifically a building at
ul. Grochowska 103, Warszawa-Praga, formerly designated as ”Hip. nr. 2189-Praga.”
The City has had no word from Ms. Fajfer or her agents over the last thirty years. As a result, the City is required to seek any heirs to the property before disposing of it by administrative means.
Anyone with knowledge of Ms. Fajfer’s heirs or other claimants to the property is asked to contact the City of Warsaw within six months of the notice’s publication at Sekretariat.BSD@....
Best regards,
Yale J. Reisner Warsaw, Poland JGFF #913980 <yalereisner@...>
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Moishe Miller
Dear Group,
Can someone offer guidance? My cousin in England recorded his Holocaust memories back in 1997 with the USC Shoah Foundation. I have been listening to the digital copies of the "tapes" and he tells a story about a Hungarian Officer, a Nazi sympathizer, that was a "chang-er". What title is that and what is the correct spelling/pronunciation? Thank you, -- Moishe Miller Brooklyn, NY moishe.miller@... JGFF #3391
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Affinity Groups
#general
Susan Watchman
My grandparents were both brought to the US as children in the early 1900s. According to what I know my grandfather's family (Goldberg) was from the Kiev area and that is what is reflected on the various Naturalization Petitions and the passenger manifest from their 1902 arrival. My grandmother (Laginsky) was born in Teplyk, and was Russian & Yiddish speaking as a child upon arrival in 1913. But when they got married in 1928, they got married in the Lemberger Congregation Synagogue . How common was that? Just convenience do you think?
-- Susan Watchman Phoenix, Az
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ViewMate translation request
#romania
#translation
Shimy Karni
Hello,
I've posted a vital record of my GGF, that died in Romania long ago. It is on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/view Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Shimi Karni, Israel
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ViewMate Interpretation Request
#translation
Lawrence Weintraub
I've posted a passenger manifest (Liverpool-Ft. Levis) from 1895 which contains the arrival information of a mother and 2 daughters with the surname Steinberg. It lists the former residence as "Slutz", Russia. Unclear as to what this town might be. It is on ViewMate at the following address:
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98438
Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page. Thank you very much. Lawrence Weintraub
Old Bridge, NJ
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Re: Would people move from Kishinev to Akkerman while modifying last name?
#ukraine
#bessarabia
Alan Loew
The that were forced to live in the Russian controlled areas had long army demands for all sons but the oldest.
I have heard the commitment was for many years, perhaps 10-20 years of army service.
In many jewish settlements there would be three daughters with 4-8 sons.
Often if a daughter only had daughters, a sister would take a son from a sister to avoid the draft to the army.
So you can have 3 sons split to 3 different mothers, which resulted in the 3 brothers getting to use different last names.
So, in this case those 3 brothers with no additional name changes would never show up in any records as brothers!
This makes our family tree project very challenging and creates a pzle that is never fully completed.
A. Loew
-- alan loew
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Viewmate Translation Request - Polish
#translation
Rick Saffran
I have posted two birth records in Polish for which I would appreciate a translation. They are for what I think are two siblings, Michel and Sura Liwerant, born in 1832 and 1835 respectively. They are at the following addresses:
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98424 https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM98426 Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.
Thank you very much. Rick Saffran
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Announcing the publication of The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity (Strzyżów, Poland)
#yizkorbooks
#announcements
#JewishGenUpdates
Susan Rosin
JewishGen Press is proud to announce our 142nd title: The Book of Strzyzow and Vicinity (Strzyżów, Poland)
Details:
Original Yizkor Book Edited by: Itzhok Berglass and Shlomo Yahalomi-Diamond
Project Coordinator: Phyllis Kramer z”l Layout and Name Indexing: Jonathan Wind Reproduction of Photographs: Stefanie Holtzman Cover Design: Rachel Kolokoff Hopper Hard Cover, 8.5” by 11”, 530 pages with original photographs Strzyżów (also known as Strizev in Yiddish and Strezow in German) is today a major town in southern Poland (it was in Galicia, an Imperial Province of Austria Hungary, from 1776 to 1919). The earliest known Jewish community appeared in the 16th century, but a synagogue was built in the 18th century. In 1824, 560 Jews lived in the town, while in 1870, the entire Jewish kehilla had 933 members. At that time, the community employed two rabbis and had a synagogue, a Hasidic kloyz, a bathhouse, a poorhouse, and a cemetery. In 1892, the Credit Society was established with Salomon Diamant at its helm. In the 19th century, Strzyżów's economy continued to dynamically develop and several local Jews amassed considerable fortunes. The town continued to grow and in 1912, Strzyżów Jewish population was 1,150, almost 50% of its 2,237 inhabitants. The literacy level of Jews was substantially higher than that of their Catholic neighbors. Basic education was provided by cheders, which Jewish boys started to attend at age 3–4. On the eve of the second world war, Strzyżów Jewish population was 1,300 out of the total 2,905 inhabitants. The kehilla owned a stone synagogue, a cheder, bathhouses, and a cemetery. The community had a great influence on the town's social and economic life. The Germans occupied Strzyżów on September 15th, 1939. In June 1942, the Germans moved all remaining Jews from Strzyżów to the ghetto in Rzeszów. May this book serve as a memorial to those who lived in Strzyżów. For more details and how to order, please visit: https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/ybip/YBIP_Strzyzow.html Susan Rosin JG Press Publications Manager
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Re: Free book with more than 50 testimonies from Jewish survivors from Belgium
#holocaust
C.W. Kirschbaum
It is with great sadness that I learn about the death of Reinier. I knew him as a devoted and resourceful researcher who generously shared his extensive knowledge. Our families were remotley connected (via the Landau-Hofstatter branch) and thanks to Reinier we reached a whole new level of understanding and visualizing our family history.
I hope there are more Reiniers out there. I suspect he was quite unique. My thoughts are with his family and friends. -- Claudia Witte-Kirschbaum Switzerland clwitte@... KIRSCHBAUM (Parysow, Rozan, Lodz, Nizhniy Novgorod); BORNSTEIN (Parysow, Rozan, Lodz); DUMTSCHIN (Mogilev, Nizhniy Novgorod) LANDAU (Brzesko); FRISCH, EINHORN (Bochnia), STRUMPFNER (Krakow)
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Please join me in an event about Bessarabia
#announcements
#bessarabia
#jgs-iajgs
Cassio Tolpolar
Dear friends,
I'll be a guest speaker at the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain event on May 29th - regarding my documentary film Mamaliga Blues (about a Brazilian family looking for its Jewish roots in Bessarabia/Moldova). If you are not a member, please register at the link below: https://tixoom.app/leighdworkin/4nfgtuw1 Thank you, Cassio Tolpolar #Bessarabia #Moldova #Brazil http://www.cassiotolpolar.com
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