Hepatitis diffusa translates to "diffuse hepatitis" which should be considered simply to be a description that it was inflammation of the liver that was diffuse throughout the liver, not localized to

You might have to look at who was named after her and what their Hebrew names were. Yours, Jenny Schwartzberg Chicago, IL Jenny Schwartzberg Acquisitions & Collection Development Assistant Newberry

Hi from Paris, Dear Solomon, If your unfortunate uncle died in a Displaced Person camp (DP's camp) in Germany, I am almost sure Bad Arolsen (former International Tracing Service) archives should have

I have been trying to find the Hebrew name of my ancestor, so I can link her with a father of a family in Poland. She was not married in the UK, but is buried here and her matzevot does not give

Hello Genners My uncle a holocaust survivor passed away in a refugee camp in Germany right after the war. We have a picture of his grave and tombstone, we do not know where the cemetery is and

Sarah’s suggestions are excellent. You can upload your autosomal DNA (FamilyFinder) to My Heritage to see additional matches. And absolutely, upload to GEDmatch.com, which accepts results from all

Fascinating story. As your Jewish ancestors are from Germany, you should join the German Special Interest Group (GerSIG) inside Jewishgen. There is also a Facebook group you should

Building on Sarah's comment: Family Tree DNA generally has a sale on their mtDNA tests around Mother's Day. You should check their website starting at the beginning of May. -- Deborah Blankenberg

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The Vatican opened the Archives of the Holocaust Era Pope Pius Xll. For decades there has been controversy as to whether this Pope kept a blind eye to the Holocaust. The Vatican says he worked behind

I am looking for a death record in Israel c1962. Can anyone please advise if these records are accessible. Thanks. Naomi Barnett Melbourne, Australia

I have posted a 1907 Starokonstantinov Birth Record page in Hebrew. It is on ViewMate at http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78685 I need Male 107, Male 108 and Female 79

The words used are in Latin. Easy to translate using internet. -- Shelley Mitchell NYC searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia.

Researchers seeking information on Jews who were held in/transited Tashkent during WWII should go to the USHMM’s Holocaust Survivors and Victims (HSV) database. You can search in this collection

We read a free book from Audible called "The Minute Man" by Greg Donahue that was on this subject. Very good book.

The Jewish Genealogical Society of Montreal, in association with the Jewish Public Library is pleased to announce as our guest speaker: David Bensoussan, PhD. The Lost

Joshua, If it was your maternal grandmother who was Jewish, I would suggest taking two FTDNA DNA tests. First their family finder, which should give you matches on all sides of your family, but

And yes, fulminant hepatitis can be fatal that quickly. This is usually due to infectious hepatitis but can be from a toxin as well.

Diffusa = diffused but hepatitis is localized to the liver. Perhaps in this (archaic) context it is referring to the effects of fulminant hepatitis having led to deleterious and eventually fatal

Would someone kindly translate this German snippet about Franz Josef Kraus, which is on ViewMate at the following address: http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78606 Please