I was in Gurs maybe 15 times for memorial services and know the place relatively well. It was first used for Spanish Resistance fighters. Lateron, Jews from Germany (Baden, Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarl

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What kind of document is it? My father also had his citizenship revoked but there is no document stating it. He left Germany in 1940 and his passport shows the exit permit and the visa to Italy (from

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@Yale Zussman: You are right that there are a lot of questions remaining. Your calculation, though, sounds nice but is worthless. As a matter of fact, a lot of people are pretty sure that all Ashkenaz

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Eva, Neil Rosenstein's work mainly deals with the descendants of the Maharam of Padua - roughly speaking from 1500 to now, not from 1000 to 1500. Yoav, I have a list from Rashi to the Maharam of Padua

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I am a descendant of the Maharam of Padua (and Shaul Wahl), several paths in my ancestry lead to them. In The Unbroken Chain by Neil Rosenstein you will find many other descendants.

#belarus

I agree with Fredel Fruhmann, looks like Hirsemann to me.

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I am a descendant. My G-G-Grandmother Frajda Pacanowska's maiden name was Michelson. One of her ancestors was R. Shlomo Zalman Sirkes of Brisk, Grandson of R. Yom tov Lipman Heller.

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The book "Juden in Karlsruhe" is not available anymore, out of print. But you can download a digital version. Unfortunately, I forgot where I downloaded it, but I have it (Hardcopy of course and as a

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Andreas, Connie, you are correct that Mrs. Asche is the expert but she has retired end of August. Another expert is Dr. Ernst Otto Bräunche but he is also retired. Nevertheless, I would recommend that

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As far as I remember the graves facing south are those of high rabbis. And the reason is that the other graves - eastward - face the cathedral of Worms.

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I was born in 1959 and grew up with the Holocaust - my Grandmother survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen, my Grandfather did not. And many relatives perished. So when we were in Poland for the first ti

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A Bar Mitsva - the event - is a traditon which is a few hundred years old. When the boy turns 13 (according to the Jewish calendar) or a girl tuns 12, he/she are "off age". responsible for their doing

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Ruth, somewhere I have a picture of him and of his father and his brother (my Grandfather), but it probably is better to send them to me privately. I will look for the pictures and send them to you.

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Dear All, Since I have never done genealogy in France I am seeking for advice. My Grandfather’s brother Jeruchim (Georges) SZLAMOWICZ was born in Lodz, Poland, on Sept 18, 1894. My mother told me many

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There are 1.5 pages in the "Biographisches Handbuch der Rabbiner", I have copied and am pasting the main information about his life here, there are references where you can find more about him. Use De

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My experience with Arolsen: in the 90s I wrote them and they confirmed my request. It took them approx. 6 years to answer and tell me where and when my Grandfather had perished. Last year I wrote them

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In German nowadays "ermordet" means murdered. This is not "killed" (killed would be "getötet"). But looking at the bible, 10 commandments, the Hebrew Original says "Thou shall not murder" (Lo tirtzach

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Judith, not really much is new or different. It is a law now and not only a decree - meaning that you are now legally entitled to obtain German citizenship (if the conditions are met). This here is fr

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Here is today's press release by the Central Council of Jews in Germany: “Wiedergutmachungseinbürgerung” – a Gesture of Decency The Federal Government of Germany has found a historically appropriate l

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Rabbi David Drucker (approx. 1518-1600), son of Shlomo Ashkenazi Luria and Dinah Rappaport, married to Kendel Isserles (sister of the REMA, Moses Isserles) was the father-in-law of Saul Wahl Katzenell

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