Those of you on the World Jewish Congress mailing list may have received the "Jewish Communities of the World" calendar for the New Year. The page for July shows a benediction sheet >from 1755 by scri

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Those of you on the World Jewish Congress mailing list may have received the "Jewish Communities of the World" calendar for the New Year. The page for July shows a benediction sheet >from 1755 by scri

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I've seen a trailer of a lovely film by Yuri Dojc on Jewish heritage in rural Slovakia. Dojc is a Jewish-Slovakian emigre, child of Holocaust survivors. There are some interviews with Holocaust surviv

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I've seen a trailer of a lovely film by Yuri Dojc on Jewish heritage in rural Slovakia. Dojc is a Jewish-Slovakian emigre, child of Holocaust survivors. There are some interviews with Holocaust surviv

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I am searching for Fred DEUTSCH of McLean, VA (USA) or surviving family members. Fred Deutsch submitted Pages of Testimony for his Deutsch relatives, and these turn out to be my relatives as well. Ple

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I am searching for Fred DEUTSCH of McLean, VA (USA) or surviving family members. Fred Deutsch submitted Pages of Testimony for his Deutsch relatives, and these turn out to be my relatives as well. Ple

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On the Fulton History website, I found a newspaper entry >from 1918-19 pertaining to my GASTHALTER family. It's a legal notice stating "Fannie Gasthalter, of Parksville [New York], was granted the gua

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On the Fulton History website, I found a newspaper entry >from 1918-19 pertaining to my GASTHALTER family. It's a legal notice stating "Fannie Gasthalter, of Parksville [New York], was granted the gua

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Thanks to the many who replied with suggestions, both privately and on the list! The consensus seems to be that (a) naming of a parent as legal guardian was not unusual in matters of inheritance; (b)

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Thanks to the many who replied with suggestions, both privately and on the list! The consensus seems to be that (a) naming of a parent as legal guardian was not unusual in matters of inheritance; (b)

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I am hoping to contact Mr George Donath of Eaton Mews South, London. Mr Donath submitted Pages of Testimony for several of my family members. I phoned the number provided on the Pages of Testimony, bu

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I am hoping to contact Mr George Donath of Eaton Mews South, London. Mr Donath submitted Pages of Testimony for several of my family members. I phoned the number provided on the Pages of Testimony, bu

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I found him! Thanks to those who assisted. Michael Gordy <michael.gordy@...>

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I found him! Thanks to those who assisted. Michael Gordy <michael.gordy@...>

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For those who read German, let me add an extraordinary diary (not memoir) written by a 13 year old girl: "Mein Theresienstaedter Tagebuch 1943-1944" By Helga Pollak Kinsky. I am working with the autho

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For those who read German, let me add an extraordinary diary (not memoir) written by a 13 year old girl: "Mein Theresienstaedter Tagebuch 1943-1944" By Helga Pollak Kinsky. I am working with the autho

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I have a photograph taken in July 1939 in Kyjov of the Cantor of Hodonin. He was responsible for Kyjov as well, and would travel once a week to teach the boys and girls of Kyjov. Can anyone help me pu

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I have a photograph taken in July 1939 in Kyjov of the Cantor of Hodonin. He was responsible for Kyjov as well, and would travel once a week to teach the boys and girls of Kyjov. Can anyone help me pu

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I am interested to learn about the legal implications of the word "zustaendig" in Austrian empire records, and the evolution of the meaning over time. To take an example, in the Kyjov (Moravia) marria

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I am interested to learn about the legal implications of the word "zustaendig" in Austrian empire records, and the evolution of the meaning over time. To take an example, in the Kyjov (Moravia) marria

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