Just learned that my husband's PGM's nephew, his wife, and 2 young
sons survived the Shoah by emigrating to Cali Columbia in 1937!

Does anyone know of a Sally (?Salomon) (b.1896) and Melitta Stern
Joseph and sons Erich (b.1925) and Rolf (b.1926) ?

Can anyone direct me to sources to check?

Barbara Mannlein
Tucson, Arizona

Barbara Mannlein asked for help with locating "Sally (?Salomon)
(b.1896) and Melitta Stern Joseph and sons Erich (b.1925) and Rolf
(b.1926)."

I found a website for Cementerio Israelita, the Jewish cemetery in
Cali: http://cementeriohebreodecali.com. You can search for headstones
under "búsqueda lápidas":
http://cementeriohebreodecali.com/busqueda-lapidas

I searched for Melitta's name, since it is the most unusual, and found a
photo of her headstone: http://cementeriohebreodecali.com/node/248 . The
Spanish letters are a bit fuzzy in the photo, but it looks as if she was
born 8 June 1898 in Alzen (?) German, and died 28 July 1950.

Since the family's last name is Joseh in the cemetery records, I then
searched the surname under this spelling and found stones for "Sally"
(b. 16 Aug 1897 in Kirn Germany - d. 12 Mar 1961) at
http://cementeriohebreodecali.com/node/242 and Erich (b. 25 May 1925 in
Oberstein, Germany - d. 23 Aug 1973 in Cali) at
http://cementeriohebreodecali.com/node/157 .

Note that the surname is correctly spelled Joseph on Sally, Melitta, and
Erich's Spanish-lanugage stones, even though the name is misspelled in
all three online records. So don't forget to check first names in
databases in case a surname search yields nothing.

The Hebrew Aid Society (Sociedad Hebrea de Socorros) of Cali has an
English website at http://www.sociedadhebrea.com/en/index.html . And
there is a 2005 Spanish article on the Jews in Cali at
http://www.radiojai.com.ar/online/notiDetalle.asp?id_Noticia=12745 .

Good luck -- Buena suerte!

Yours sincerely,
Lisa Grayson, CT
Chicago, Illinois USA
Certified by the American Translators Association for Spanish to
English translation

Researching: MARUCHES, MARKAS, FINK, ROSENTHAL in Vilna, Moletai,
Grodno, Sopotskin, Ozëry, Skidel, Liverpool; LEVIN in Grodno;
HIRSCHBERG in Vilna and Grodno; GOLDMAN in Danzig/Gdansk; ROSENBLOOM
in Liverpool; ROSEN and ROSENKRANTZ in Lodz; BARMON in Lipno and
Rypin; WEINER in Berdichev; GOLDBERG in Berdichev and Kiev

Thank you, Lisa!

I'm amazed. I searched for the Jewish cemetery, Cali, but in
English. I wonder if the younger brother, Rolf Joseph, is still
living. he would be about 90 yrs old. And I wonder if either
brother left descendants.

More hunting. thanks again.

Barbara Mannlein
(who will contact the Sociedad Hebrea de Socorros tomorrow. )

Thank

On Oct 13, 2015, at 10:56 AM, Lisa Grayson <lisa@...> wrote:

Barbara Mannlein asked for help with locating "Sally (?Salomon) (b.1896)

and Melitta Stern Joseph and sons Erich (b.1925) and Rolf (b.1926)."

I found a website for Cementerio Israelita, the Jewish cemetery in Cali:

http://cementeriohebreodecali.com. You can search for headstones under
"búsqueda lápidas": http://cementeriohebreodecali.com/busqueda-lapidas
...