Marc, In my experience, pre-war German certificates do not generally have a cause of death. I don't know exactly when things changed, but those that were recorded during and after WW2 generally do hav

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Linda, Steve pointed out that the hebrew date on the stone (5-Kislev-5695 = 12-Nov-1934) did not match the civil date 1-Dec-1935. 1-Dec-1935 was 5-Kislev-5696, so it is most likely that the error is i

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Linda, The Hebrew name on the plaque reads Pessel bat Shabtai. The first letter is clearly a Peh, not a Bet. I hope this helps, Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia

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Dave, Using the JewishGen town finder for "Lenchyza", but using "Sounds like" instead of the default search method "Phonetically Like" returns one possibility that you should consider: Łęczyca, Poland

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Clifford, you don't need to go to an LDS family history centre. The record is viewable online. The record is in the latin alphabet, but the page headings are in a language I don't understand, probably

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Alex, to supplement my previous response, the marriage of Aron Goetze, aged 26 and Bella Goldschmidt, aged 23, took place in Berlin in 1825. I think the date is 23-Jan. See: https://www.familysearch.o

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Alex, There is a mention of someone with the name Aron Goetze in the book of Jewish citizens of Berlin (Die Judenbürgerbücher der Stadt Berlin 1809-1851), however, Googlebooks is not letting me view t

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Sohail, The contents of the book "Die Jüdischen gefallenen ... 1914-1918" are on line at: http://www.denkmalprojekt.org/verlustlisten/rjf_wk1.htm The surnames you mention (Grünebaum and Reiss) are lis

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Shoshanah, I don't think there was a place called Strasburg in Silesia, but two possibilities are 1) Brodnica formerly Strasburg in West Prussia and now in central northern Poland, which became part o

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Paul, It turns out that Leib Bendix Levin did not live in Königsberg in East Prussia (now Kaliningrad), but rather in Königsberg (Neumark) which is now called Chojna, and is in Western Poland. This wa

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Marcie asked: What does the "Z Stokbandow" mean or say? I think it means Stokbandow was her maiden name. Rodney Eisfelder Melbourne, Australia

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Daniella, The spreadsheet of revoked citizenships comes from the book "Die Ausbürgerung deutscher Staatsangehöriger 1933-1945". You can use worldcat.org to find a physical copy of the book, and perhap

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Connie, According to the German wikipedia, there are three places called Grötzingen, all in the state of Baden-Würtemburg. See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%B6tzingen One of them is next to Dur

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Ben, The document you show is dated to 1938, when the Nazi policy to the Jews was more about making life difficult, encouraging them to leave. The package of documents also shows that he was released

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Miles, St.A. is short for Standesamt (Registry Office). According to https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Standesämter standesamt 28 in Vienna in 1941 was Währing, so death certificate 1131 of 1941 f

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David, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ has a record for a John Cral in Viewfield-street, Stirling in 1924. It also has a Mary Cral in the 1911 census at Crief. Cral and Crale do seem to be rare na

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Adam, I read the town name as Pushalaty. Jewishgen's Communities database suggests Pušalotas, Lithuania and the Jewishgen family finder has over 130 entries for that town, including 2 for the surname

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Menk's Dictionary of German Jewish Surnames suggests RAPPEL may be a diminutive of RAPP (meaning Raven), or it may come from Raphael. There was a Rappel family in Regensburg circa 1805. I hope this he

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Seb, You are right about it being a date, but there are no words. Everything is an abreviation or acronym, which makes the interpretation a little uncertain. The first "word" stands for "Erev Shabbat

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Relly, I've found two examples of people called Sevek, buried here in Melbourne, Australia. The inscriptions of both graves include hebrew names, so you are in luck. Sevek Duzenman (born in Warsaw) ha

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