Hi from Paris, Dear Zachary, My grand-uncle Yacob Zysman was called to military service in Lodz in 1913 in Russian-Polish army. I attach a picture of his first day where you can recognize same uniform

#belarus

Hi from Paris, I confirm Andreas' reply concerning the period of German occupation of French Alsace-Lorraine between 1870 and 1919. (Reconquest of Alsace-Lorraine after defeat of 1870 was a real natio

#general #germany

Hi from Paris, This web site is very useful to get pages with your names extracted of indexes of Polish directories from 1900 to even after WWII. And from other countries. These directories were mostl

#poland

Dear Sohail, There is in France a lot of archives for old maps and specially for maps used around WW1. Some are from private historical web site and most are from public archives. From private web sit

#general

Hi from Paris, Concerning persons who had been buried during Shoah in Lodz' cemetery ghetto fields, I attach my picture of the original identification poles / plates of graves. These original poles /

#lodz

Hi from Paris, Dear Franck, I am sorry to tell that perhaps you will not get a picture of Henryk's grave. Lodz' s ghetto was closed ca March / April 1940 and the cemetery was included in the ghetto bo

#lodz

Hi from Paris, Thank you Yale for your watch on this matter and this advice. I am not concerned by any property in Poland (Galicia & Lodz) , my family was too poor. But I have a general question. I un

#poland

Hi form Paris, Dear Valerie, I have checked on two mariage records (copies sent by Lodz USC) of grand-aunts in Lodz, 1929 and 1933. Both mention maiden name of bride's mother (my GGM). Khavershaft Ber

#poland #lodz #records

Hi from Paris, Dear Gail, I am historian and archivist of French Arbeter Ring / Workers Circle, our parents or grand-parents had been Bundists and migrants to France. We have a lot of documents, direc

#russia

Hi from Paris, Dear Shmuel, Your question is not so easy to answer. If you mean genealogical information, you must understand that France is a secular country since French Revolution : so all vital re

#france #records

Hi from Paris, After 1933 from Germany and 1938 from Austria, a lot of Jews but also of nazi's opponents could arrive in France. When WWII started on 1939 September 1st, they had to register and were

#austria-czech

Hi from Paris, Dear Nicole, When Jews choose to switch their Hebraic / Yiddish given name to a more common name in their country of residence, they often kept the first letter as a reminder. The same

#names #poland

Hi from Paris, In France, a divorce is recorded on wife's & husband's vital records registered in France. on their birth vital records but in your case, they weren't born in France on their mariage re

#france #records

Hi from Paris, Dear Ben, This census had been initiated by German occupation administration of Lodz in 1916. That's reason why these cards are printed in German and Polish. After 1919 (Treaty of Versa

#lodz #general

Hi from Paris, Dear Relly, I wish to add some comments and facts, according to my own family's history : As quoted above by Alexander, Polish army had a long tradition of antisemitism, under its Russi

#poland

Hi from Paris, Due to my searches to collect archives of our children homes in France after Shoah, I found the thesis (2011-2012, attached to this post) of Antoine Burgard comparing situation of these

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Hi from Paris, Dear Marcie, I am in charge of ca 30.000 pictures from our archives. May I ask what is on reverse side of this picture when you take it out from the wooden frame ? Khavershaft Bernard F

#photographs

Hi from Paris, Dear Steve, May I take opportunity of your post to offer free download of pictures from 2013' Bialystok exhibition "Bilismy tu, We were there". I was there for a few days in October 201

#poland #photographs

Dear Catherine, I reply in English, as most of our fellow detectives don't speak French : nobody is perfect ! I have discovered it's not easy to recover a post on this forum only by its number, so I a

#france #holocaust

Hi from Paris, Dear Catherine, I hope you speak French... Concerning fate of Jews in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes) during WWII, I already replied by my post #643817, date 06/03/20. Please look at it. I attac

#france #holocaust