Hi from Paris,
At least a detective searching Rottersman family !
This is a quite rare name and I couln't find any parent to "Hirsch Rottermann" who is in my tree.
I opened your file and you have some Hirsch :

What I know on "mine" :

• Hirsch was born ca 1905 in Bochnia, I have no act
• He maried Estera Kronenberg who was born ca 1906 in Lodz and was a sister of my grandmother GF  Myriam Kronenberg
• I attach a picture of both of them, taken ca 1931 when Hirsch was at his military service end.
• They maried ca 1931, but Hirsch birthdate isn't on act, neither his parents name (I have copy of this act)
• In1933, Hirsch opened an Irish Pub in the main street of Lodz (I have copy of its business registration file)
• In 1934, Irene has been their 1st child, born in Lodz (I have copy of birth register, Hirsch is 28' or 29')
• In 1937, David has been their 2nd child, born in Lodz
• both children get given name of young 1st cousins born in USA : I have pictures of them with my GGF.
• Their last letter was sent in July 1939 from a city near Bialystok
• All other Kronenberg died either in Lodz Ghetto, either in Chelmno
• Hirsch, Estera, Irene & David don't appear on any archives of Lodz ghetto, don't appear on any Shoah list.

So I don't know what have been their fate...

I hope our "Hirsch" could have some connexion.

khavershaft

Bernard Flam
Searching around Lodz : Zysman, Kronenberg, Rottersman, Kwiat

 Hi,

The only thing I can comment about is Bessie’s name. My grandmother has a sister, Beyla, who died at birth. When my grandmother came along, they named her Pesia Beyla. The superstition was that by putting another name in front of the dead child’s name, the Devil wouldn’t find her. It worked. My grandmother lived to be 98.
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Shelley Mitchell 
NYC
searching KONIGSBERG/KINIGSBERG, TERNER, MOLDAUER, SCHONFELD - Kolomyya PLATZ - DELATYN. All Galicia. 

I request a translation of what I believe is Yiddish text on part of a letter attached to my grandfather’s 1921 passport application. It is from his mother who wrote from Romania asking him to come and rescue the family from starvation.  He translated one paragraph on his application but we hope to get more of the story.  We have only posted one page as a start.   It is on ViewMate at the following address
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM78604  Please respond using the online ViewMate form.

Thank you,

Ellen Korpi 

TOBACK, STOLLER (Mogilev Podalia and Bessarabia), SCHWEITZER, FISHMAN, HAMACHER, COHEN (Mykolaev, Podalia)

Patricia Wilson located these Documents:  Anyone have thoughts / insight here.

Our Bessie Appel was born in 1902 and died in 1973.  Here's what appears to be an Esther Taubman Apfel and a Moszko Apfel married in 1881 and with a child Jacob.  Notice they had a Pesla Apfel who died.  Could our Bessie / Pesa be a child born in 1902 and named after the deceased child?

We need to find more documents creating a link. PLEASE HELP!

According to multiple records from Seroczyn some of my ancestors have lived in a village named Oleśnica, located near Wodynie and Seroczyn (Siedlce district).
I could not find any information about a Jewish community in this village (found other villages named Oleśnica in other parts of Poland).
Looking at Google maps this seems to be a very small village these days.
I was wondering whether anyone has information about this village?

I am hoping someone can help identify a town.
I found the town Pzornasha, Austria listed on a naturalization record of a woman who might be a relative of mine. She was born in 1880 and immigrated to New York in 1896.
This town's name was typed twice, one time saying it was in Austria and the second time saying it was in Poland-Austria. I searched JewishGen town finder and google maps but did not find it.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you
Deborah Lane

I've been unable to find out what happened to my great-uncle, Shimon Vaisbord (Vaisberg), son of Yehudah Leib Vaisbord, and born in/near Volozhin. I found the attached Tashkent card and wonder if it's him, though the father's name on the card may not be a match. Can anyone tell me any significant information on the card that might indicate if it's my great-uncle?
Thanks.
Irene

That's quite a story, Dave!  I hope you are able to find out more about your mother's life and family.

Ellen
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Researching WEISSMAN/VAYSMAN (Ostropol, Ukraine); MOROZ and ESTRIN/ESTERKIN (Shklov & Bykhov, Belarus); LESSER/LESZEROVITZ, MAIMAN, and BARNETT/BEINHART/BERNHART (Lithuania/Latvia); and ROSENSWEIG/ROSENZWEIG, KIRSCHEN, and SCHWARTZ (Botosani, Romania)

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At mapping... you saw Beate Heidenfeld, Born 1924?
you can look also here: https://www.bundesarchiv.de/gedenkbuch/directory.html.en?result

hi,
each town everywhere decides if they would allow Stolpersteine or not.

Hello All,

We have a 50+ year family secret we'd love to solve.  Our mother and her sisters took their grave any knowledge of my Grandma Bessie Appel / Pesa Appel.  Growing up we were told she was deceased, which in fact, my Mother and Her siblings were taken away and placed into foster homes. So we understand a lot of negativity transpired that may have led to everything being kept hidden.  But now, these individuals have all passed away, and we have a gaping hole in our family tree.

Our Grandmother was Bessie Appel Married Charles Denenberg.  Bessie was not her name at birth.  We believe she was Pesa Appel.  Her Parents are listed as Moses Appel and Esther Goldman.  Though, our only proof of Bessie / Pesa's parents are on the Marriage Registry where their names are listed by Bessie on the entry. An adoption record exists for Bessie Appel's children where a Jacob Appel is mentioned.  Another document references a Brother (name redacted though).  We believe Jacob to be Bessie's Brother through all the research we've conducted. There is simply no other Jacob Appel in the entire state of Michigan that had a sister, and her name was Pesa. We are not sure the exact relation, and it could be through adoption in Poland, Half Brother, or full flood relations.  We have been unable to substantiate Pesa / Bessie's exact lineage.  Our research has been unable to locate a Moses Appel and Esther Goldman who had a daughter named Bessie or Pesa born in 1902 in Tomaszow Poland.

CAN YOU HELP SOLVE THIS MYSTERY AND LINK PESA APPEL TO MOSES APPEL + ESTHER GOLDMAN?  ----- > See Attached Documents for a synopsis of all we know.

1. 1920.detroit..jpg  - See Line #1.  You'll see Pesa Appel is sailing on the S.S. Scandinavian from Antwerp on September 23, 1920 headed to Detroit, Michigan.  She was Debarred.

2. pesaappelOct1920manifestpg2familysearch.jpg - Nothing of much importance.  7/6/20 says Pesa Appel is in good health.

3.  pesaappelOct1920manifestv2pg2famsearch.jpg - 10/1/20 - B.S.I affidavit on file. Admin Bond 1 yr 1/230/434 Debarred Oct 1, 1920

4.  pesaappelOct1920manifestfamilysearch.jpg - You can see she was headed to Detroit, Michigan to see her brother Jacob Appel.  She was Debarred in Quebec Canada.

5. Bessie2.jpg - On May 16, 1922 she must have traveled to Detroit, Michigan at some point, because she was married to Charles Denenberg.  Parents Listed as Moses Appel and Esther Goldman.

6. pesaappelOct1922manifestv2famsearch.jpg  = July 20, 1922.  Pesa Appel lists No Relatives from where she came from.

7. 1922.CPOS.Manifest.jpg - List or Manifest of Alien Passengers Applying for Admission to the United States via per C.P.O.S on July 24,1922. Line #1. She is there to vist her brother Jacob Appel and lists her place of birth as Tomaszow, Poland.

8. 1922.Immigration.service.jpg - Self Explanatory

9.  1920-Jacob.and.family.Census.jpg - Line #31 - Jacob Appel and Family

10. 1930-Jacob.and.family.jpg - Line #82 - Jacob Appel and Family

11. 1940 Census-jacob.and.Lillie.jpg - Line #50 & #51 - Jacob Appel and his wife Lilly

12. 1940-philip.jpg - Jacob Appel's Son Phillip R. Appel, his Wife Bula Appel, and their daughter Nancy. Line #74
 
13. Death.jpg - Bessie Appel's Death Certificate.

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