I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my inquiry about the
Gross-Rosen concentration camp. Thanks to a lead I received >from
one of you, I now have the information I have been searching for for
months. I am so grateful to everyone who wrote and overwhelmed by
the quick response.
Best wishes to all of you!
Elizabeth Erlich

I'd like to thank everyone who responded to my inquiry about the
Gross-Rosen concentration camp. Thanks to a lead I received >from
one of you, I now have the information I have been searching for for
months. I am so grateful to everyone who wrote and overwhelmed by
the quick response.
Best wishes to all of you!
Elizabeth Erlich

Does anyone know of a Sarah Hinde (maiden name unknown) who may have
been a descendant of R' Chaim of Volozhin or one of his siblings.. She
was about 30 years old during the 3rd quarter of the 19th cent. so she
would have been a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter. According to
family lore, she was orphaned at a young age, before her marriage

Sarah Hinde was the daughter of Yosef SHAT"Z of Pinsk. I am not sure
if SHAT"Z was also his family name as professionally he was a chazan
(cantor) in Pinsk. She was married to R' Shlomo KANTOR, who may have
been a Rosh Yeshiva or a Rabbi in a Yeshiva in Pinsk. His father was a
R' Eliezer of Slonim. She seems to have grown up (being an orphan?) in
the house of a Rabbi Mordechai of Razinoi (I am not sure which of the
two similar town names this is) and a Rabbi Mordechai of Karlin was a
relative of hers.

Presumably these two Mordechais are the same and he, what ever his
family name, may have served in both cities. One possibility is that
this Mordechai was R' Mordechai ZACKHEIM who did serve in both cities
but I haven't been able to confirm that this Mordechai is him and if
we are related to the ZACKHEIM family. I have been in touch with
George ZACKHEIM, of Chicago who edited the "Scattered Seeds" ( I've
seen the book) but have not been able to make any connection to that
family.

Two possibilities which I thought of are: Yosef , the lesser known son
of Reb' Chaim, who married someone >from Shershev. I am not aware of
his having lived in Pinsk and/or Karlin. Second, because of the
orphaning, a connection with R' Itzaleh (Reb' Chaim's son)"s daughter
who married R' Shmuel LANDAU both having died at a relatively young
age. Except for one daughter of this LANDAU couple (who married a well
known Rabbi (scion of the Bem-Sason family in Israel) no other
children are mentioned in published sources, but this of course
doesn't prove that they didn't have other children.

Some of the above information is based on a diary of a greatuncle of
mine, Reb Chaim Dov (ben Shlomo) KANTOR of Zichron Yacov (in Israel)
who was the Mashgiach of the Yekev (winery) in Zichron and was a well
known figure during the late 19th beg.20th cent. in Eretz Yisrael
(Palestine). He was also the father-in-law of Nachum WEISFISH (who
was murdered by arabs in the 1920s) also a well known family name of
that period.

To anyone who is well acquainted with the Volozhin family tree, and
not just R' Chaim's direct descendants, if any of the above sounds
familiar I'd be happy to hear >from you. I've perused most of the
published family tree of R' Chaim and haven't found mention of any
familiar names >from my family.

Shabbat shalom and Chag Shavuot Sameach

Yoni Ben-Ari, Efrat, Israel

Does anyone know of a Sarah Hinde (maiden name unknown) who may have
been a descendant of R' Chaim of Volozhin or one of his siblings.. She
was about 30 years old during the 3rd quarter of the 19th cent. so she
would have been a granddaughter or greatgranddaughter. According to
family lore, she was orphaned at a young age, before her marriage

Sarah Hinde was the daughter of Yosef SHAT"Z of Pinsk. I am not sure
if SHAT"Z was also his family name as professionally he was a chazan
(cantor) in Pinsk. She was married to R' Shlomo KANTOR, who may have
been a Rosh Yeshiva or a Rabbi in a Yeshiva in Pinsk. His father was a
R' Eliezer of Slonim. She seems to have grown up (being an orphan?) in
the house of a Rabbi Mordechai of Razinoi (I am not sure which of the
two similar town names this is) and a Rabbi Mordechai of Karlin was a
relative of hers.

Presumably these two Mordechais are the same and he, what ever his
family name, may have served in both cities. One possibility is that
this Mordechai was R' Mordechai ZACKHEIM who did serve in both cities
but I haven't been able to confirm that this Mordechai is him and if
we are related to the ZACKHEIM family. I have been in touch with
George ZACKHEIM, of Chicago who edited the "Scattered Seeds" ( I've
seen the book) but have not been able to make any connection to that
family.

Two possibilities which I thought of are: Yosef , the lesser known son
of Reb' Chaim, who married someone >from Shershev. I am not aware of
his having lived in Pinsk and/or Karlin. Second, because of the
orphaning, a connection with R' Itzaleh (Reb' Chaim's son)"s daughter
who married R' Shmuel LANDAU both having died at a relatively young
age. Except for one daughter of this LANDAU couple (who married a well
known Rabbi (scion of the Bem-Sason family in Israel) no other
children are mentioned in published sources, but this of course
doesn't prove that they didn't have other children.

Some of the above information is based on a diary of a greatuncle of
mine, Reb Chaim Dov (ben Shlomo) KANTOR of Zichron Yacov (in Israel)
who was the Mashgiach of the Yekev (winery) in Zichron and was a well
known figure during the late 19th beg.20th cent. in Eretz Yisrael
(Palestine). He was also the father-in-law of Nachum WEISFISH (who
was murdered by arabs in the 1920s) also a well known family name of
that period.

To anyone who is well acquainted with the Volozhin family tree, and
not just R' Chaim's direct descendants, if any of the above sounds
familiar I'd be happy to hear >from you. I've perused most of the
published family tree of R' Chaim and haven't found mention of any
familiar names >from my family.

Shabbat shalom and Chag Shavuot Sameach

Yoni Ben-Ari, Efrat, Israel

I am looking for possible descendants of Dr. Laszlo Havas >from Kassa
(his wife was Irma Landau, who died in the Holocaust). The family
surname was originally Heimlich.

If anyone has information about this couple, please contact me privately.

Thank you.

Beth Long
Budapest

I am looking for possible descendants of Dr. Laszlo Havas >from Kassa
(his wife was Irma Landau, who died in the Holocaust). The family
surname was originally Heimlich.

If anyone has information about this couple, please contact me privately.

Thank you.

Beth Long
Budapest

We are seeking submissions for the August 2010 issue of The
Galitzianer.

Submissions may be articles and/or graphics, both original and
previously published, relevant to Galician genealogical research:
articles about recent trips to Galicia, reports on your own research,
historical and recent pictures relevant to these matters, etc.
Electronic submissions are preferred, though not required.

We accept submissions >from both members and nonmembers of
Gesher Galicia.

If you wish to submit material for consideration, please contact me
at janicemsj@gmail.com. Though we accept submissions year-round,
the deadline for the August issue is July 15, 2010.

Janice M. Sellers
Managing Editor, The Galitzianer
http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/newsletter.html

We are seeking submissions for the August 2010 issue of The
Galitzianer.

Submissions may be articles and/or graphics, both original and
previously published, relevant to Galician genealogical research:
articles about recent trips to Galicia, reports on your own research,
historical and recent pictures relevant to these matters, etc.
Electronic submissions are preferred, though not required.

We accept submissions >from both members and nonmembers of
Gesher Galicia.

If you wish to submit material for consideration, please contact me
at janicemsj@gmail.com. Though we accept submissions year-round,
the deadline for the August issue is July 15, 2010.

Janice M. Sellers
Managing Editor, The Galitzianer
http://www.jewishgen.org/galicia/newsletter.html

Josef,

My parents, Zygmund and Leonia Glattstein, were survivors. Before the war,
they lived at Asnyka 8 and my father had a store at Sykstuska 26. I cannot
help with the translation but would very much like to read the newsletter.

Thank you,
Renee Glattstein Stevens
Bethesda, MD

Josef Herz <josef@jaherz.com> wrote:

I received a newspaper that was apparently published shortly
after Lwow/Lviv was liberated in July 1944....

The four page newspaper is now on Viewmate - assistance in
translating the Russian to see if it has relevant genealogy
information would be greatly appreciated.

<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15287>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15288>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15289>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15290>;

Josef,

My parents, Zygmund and Leonia Glattstein, were survivors. Before the war,
they lived at Asnyka 8 and my father had a store at Sykstuska 26. I cannot
help with the translation but would very much like to read the newsletter.

Thank you,
Renee Glattstein Stevens
Bethesda, MD

Josef Herz <josef@jaherz.com> wrote:

I received a newspaper that was apparently published shortly
after Lwow/Lviv was liberated in July 1944....

The four page newspaper is now on Viewmate - assistance in
translating the Russian to see if it has relevant genealogy
information would be greatly appreciated.

<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15287>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15288>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15289>;
<http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=15290>;

To all our SIG Members who were not able to visit the Memories of Muizenberg
Exhibition in Cape Town
here is a charming short Video to bring back the lovely memories of our
younger, carefree summers spent at
Muizenberg Beach.

Click on the URL below and enjoy!

Beryl Baleson
balden@zahav.net.il

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQrlMZ6eTBw -

To all our SIG Members who were not able to visit the Memories of Muizenberg
Exhibition in Cape Town
here is a charming short Video to bring back the lovely memories of our
younger, carefree summers spent at
Muizenberg Beach.

Click on the URL below and enjoy!

Beryl Baleson
balden@zahav.net.il

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQrlMZ6eTBw -

Could it be Pakul?

Here's the info >from Shtetl Seeker

Pakul' populated place 51°24' N 30°48' E Ukraine 109.2 kilometers N of Kyyiv 50°26' N 30°31' E


Best
Ana Gerschenfeld

Could it be Pakul?

Here's the info >from Shtetl Seeker

Pakul' populated place 51°24' N 30°48' E Ukraine 109.2 kilometers N of Kyyiv 50°26' N 30°31' E


Best
Ana Gerschenfeld

I am looking for the family of Behiye (Becky) TOTAH-HAZAN b. 1899 in
Aleppo, Syria d. 1990 New York. Her father was Solomon TOTAH-HAZAN
and her mother was Nizha DWEK, the daughter of Senyar DWEK b. 1846
and Meir DWEK b. 1843 all of Aleppo.

Please contact me if anyone has any information about this family.

Thank you,
Miriam Tawil Kairey

I am looking for the family of Behiye (Becky) TOTAH-HAZAN b. 1899 in
Aleppo, Syria d. 1990 New York. Her father was Solomon TOTAH-HAZAN
and her mother was Nizha DWEK, the daughter of Senyar DWEK b. 1846
and Meir DWEK b. 1843 all of Aleppo.

Please contact me if anyone has any information about this family.

Thank you,
Miriam Tawil Kairey

Hi,

I'm looking for anyone that can give me information about Holocaust
survivors bearing, or being related to, the KRZENTOWSKI family name.

Robbert de Groot
Paris / France

Hi,

I'm looking for anyone that can give me information about Holocaust
survivors bearing, or being related to, the KRZENTOWSKI family name.

Robbert de Groot
Paris / France

Avraham Ben-Yosef wrote
My reletives fled >from Wierzbnik Poland about 1938-9. The only infomation
I have is that they reached Nowojelitza- in Romania. My problem is that I
cannot locate this town on any map. Perhaps the name has been changed or
the border has moved.
Thank You for any information you may have.

Avraham,

Correct town Russian name used to be Novoselitsa, currently known as
Novoseltsy in SW Ukraine, located near border with Moldova at 4827 2659.
Another and also correct Romanian town name was Noua Sulita, as town was
located in Romanian Bessarabia prior to WWII.
Soviets took over this region >from Romania in 1940

Best Regards,

Alexander Sharon
JGFF Editor

Avraham Ben-Yosef wrote
My reletives fled >from Wierzbnik Poland about 1938-9. The only infomation
I have is that they reached Nowojelitza- in Romania. My problem is that I
cannot locate this town on any map. Perhaps the name has been changed or
the border has moved.
Thank You for any information you may have.

Avraham,

Correct town Russian name used to be Novoselitsa, currently known as
Novoseltsy in SW Ukraine, located near border with Moldova at 4827 2659.
Another and also correct Romanian town name was Noua Sulita, as town was
located in Romanian Bessarabia prior to WWII.
Soviets took over this region >from Romania in 1940

Best Regards,

Alexander Sharon
JGFF Editor