My father was born in 1901. His home was in Kuty, Galicia, Austro-Hungary at the time, later Poland, now Ukraine. His first name was Moses, probably Moishe. At some point, his nickname became Munio. P

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Dear Avi, Apologies for not answering your question, but I was not aware of that 1939 census. My aunt (my father's sister) and her family lived in Stanislawow at that time. She and her husband were ki

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My GGF and GF were Galizianer, immigrating with an Austrian citizenship to France in 1925.Thus they have been submitted to these laws concerning German & Austrian citizens as soon WWII started in Sept

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My father was held at the Maisons-Laffitte internment/registration camp outside Paris for at least a few weeks, if not more, as the war began. He was Austrian, and thus considered to be an "enemy alie

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- Kuty, Ukraine (Kitever memorial book) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/kuty/kuty.html Has this memorial book ever been entirely translated into English? My father was born there in 1901. If so, I wou

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My grandfather, Naftuli Miller, aka Antonin Muller, was forced to "volunteer" to the French Foreign Legion during WWII as pre-condition to his entry into the country with his Czechoslovakian passport.

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Did you search this database : https://www.memoiredeshommes.sga.defense.gouv.fr/fr/arkotheque/client/mdh/engages_volontaires_etrangers/resus_rech.php Thank you for your kind response. My father's name

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While in Paris in 1940 after fleeing Vienna, my father obtained a formal membership certificate from the so-called Legion Etrangere Civile. I think the document is a fake or forgery, perhaps used to a

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