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Hi Sharon,
The original card can be viewed using US Holocaust Memorial Museum search engine. Here is the link for this specific one
https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/wexner/cache/1610121567-2876327-W_page_0888.jpg
Valentin Lupu
ISRAEL

Since it's such a common name, I would suggest doing a DNA test (if you haven't already). I have Rubin in my own tree, but haven't been able to connect any dots yet.

~Donna Borok Moss

The other main sites you need to be on are FTDNA and 23andMe, otherwise you have to sit back and wait for relatives to do a test.
--
Stephen Schmideg
Melbourne, Australia
stephen@...

Mike Vayser,

I think what Rita meant to say is that Russian soldiers looked down on Jews and considered them poor soldiers.  She, herself, was not making that judgment. We know from the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and perhaps from thousands of other examples, as well as from your statistics that the claim of Jews having been poor soldiers/fighters isn't true.

Respectfully,

Jeffrey Gee
Arizona

Hello,
I am trying to get contact information for Lawrence Heller. He posted on this group many, many years ago. I was told he may have information on my Eibschutz family.
Any leads are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Chava Masha

Hi Elizabeth,
Here is an image of the survivor card



Valentin Lupu
ISRAEL

Hello,

I've posted marriage records in Polish for which I'd appreciate a translation.
They are on ViewMate at the following addresses:
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89339
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89338
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89212
https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM89057

Please respond via the form provided on the ViewMate image page.

Thank you very much,
Alex Guri

One of our cousins, Julius LASSEN/LISHINSKY/LESCHINSKY son of
Isaac/Isaiah from the Ukraine was known within the family as "Cuttie".
Does anyone have any idea what this nickname might refer to?

Thank you.

Felissa Lashley
frlashley@...
Austin, Texas

Researching: DROBITSKY, MOZER/MAZUR/MAZURENKO; MAYSTROVOIY/MEISTROFF; FILTSKE;
LISHINSKY/LESCHINSKY; ZATULOVSKY/SATLOW; and towns of VALYAVA,
GORODISCHE, KORSUN; MOSHNY

Information about Lithuanian Jews who lived in Riga for 1914 and the beginning of 1915 are in the registers of Jew who asked for a residence permit in Riga for 1914-1915 (archival fond Riga Police Administration). There are also house registers of Riga till 1918 but it is very important to know the address where the person lived. The House Registers and the Fond for Riga Police are not online and you would have to write to the Archives with the Address for information from House Registers. 

 

The documents of Lithuanian Embassy in Riga are kept in Lithuanian archives.  Lithuania was a part of Russian Empire till 1918.  As Russ Maurer has said there was no Lithuanian Embassy in Riga till after 1919.

Arlene Beare
Co-director Latvia Research Division.

 

 

Hello all:
 I am wondering of anyone recognizes these lines written in of verse?  They were part of a letter to my grandmother, in Romania, in December 1915.  I am   told they are Russian and some kind of a love poem, perhaps describing the end of an affair.  I have tried to find  the original poem, but have not succeeded so far.  Thanks for your help.
Aline Petzold
St. Paul, MN

To find documentation on survivors, I’ve done traces through the US Holocaust Museum. I believe you can also use the Arolsen Archives as well. I’ve been able to find some documentation on survivors on the Arolsen’s website before requesting a trace too. . If the individual remained in Poland, the Jewish Historical Institute in Warsaw (genealogy division) may have some records as well. Good luck!

Sharon Fleitman
Atlanta, Georgia

In Russian:

 

На память М-ел Циле Бузик (возможно) от Моисея Гейщика (возможно).

Память о худших из плохих дней моей жизни, да пройдут они скорее, вздохнуть свободной грудью.

Дзыговко

Декабрь 1912

 

Translated into English:

 

In memory of M-el Tsilya Buzik (possibly) from Moisey Geischik (possibly).

The memory of the worst of the bad days of my life, may they pass sooner, breathe free chest.

M.J.G.  Dzygovko

December 1912

Translated by Michael Ryabinky
Boynton Beach, FL

Brenda,

--
Diane Jacobs, Somerset, New Jersey

Hello Luciana and Brenda,

I am replying to the group as this topic may be of interest to others.

Fund 383 in the Lithuanian State Central Archives (LCVA) contains documents related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A number of files in this record group contain documents from the embassy in Riga. From a distance it is impossible to know what is in these documents. I see the following in the catalog:
LCVA/383/7/35 Documents on the activities of the embassy in Latvia, 1919-1920
LCVA/383/7/72 ditto, 1920-1921
LCVA/383/7/94 Documents of the activities of Lithuanian embassies and consulates, 1919-1920 (not specific to Latvia)
LCVA/383/7/265 and 266 Documents on the activities of the embassy in Latvia, 1921-1922

There are other, similar files.

LCVA/383/15 contains applications for foreign passports submitted to the Riga embassy. The Jewish ones have all been indexed by LitvakSIG and can be searched in the All-Lithuania Database.

Independent Lithuania came into existence in 1919. Prior to that, there were no Lithuanian embassies, in Riga or anywhere else.

Finally, if you are a donor to any of the LitvakSIG research groups, you can use your login credentials on the LitvakSIG website to access our Collective Data page. Among the record groups on this page are several of direct relevance to those researching Lithuanian Jews with a Latvia connection. Included are extracts of Latvian vital records, extracts from the 1897 census, extracts from Riga house registers (interwar period), and more.

Russ Maurer
Records Acquisition and Translation coordinator, LitvakSIG

My mother's family were Blums in Boston.  Her father was from Plock guborniya in what is now Poland.  Their name was Bluman and those who came to the US became either Blum or Bloom.
--


Doug Cohen
Sarasota, Florida
Lexington, MA

Shalom Luciana🌸
Coulb be that you have done me a favor!
 My grandfather who migrated to Leeds UK  was thought to have been born in Riga.
But his father..married twice originated from Kovna,Lithuania.
I never found any listings anywhere for him or his wives (not for want to searching on every possible search engine)
So... I shall enquire about those archives.
Best wishes,
Brenda Bernstein Habshush.
Israel.