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sila rosenfeld Date
February 14, 2008 09:54 PM |
I'm looking for anyone related to the Lewkowicz family of Dzialoszyce, Poland
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Martin Stein Date
February 13, 2008 02:28 PM |
information about the ghetto in Ostrozets, Ukraine.
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Isidora Spielmann Date
February 12, 2008 09:49 AM |
my dad: Bruno Spielmann. born Dec 26, 1898 - died Jan 26 (ow it could be the 16th!) 1982 in Vienna. lived in Romania at the time of WWII starting. he's served in WWI, cavalry, got a medal for bravery. fled during the war, returned to Germany after the war, moved to Vienna 1962 or so, married my mother Gudrun Enke 1962 (I was already 6 yrs.old).
he had two brothers and two sisters. don't know all their names. Emma (younger than my dad), Josef, Max?, ... perhaps Max was a brother in-law.
Emma fled to New York City with husband (... Seiger) and had a boy (think he's still alive - )Irving Seiger. lives in Manhattan.
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Barbara Isidora Spielmann Date
February 12, 2008 09:30 AM |
any people who are related to Spielmann, likely from Galitzia.
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Ulrich Herlitz Date
February 09, 2008 11:21 AM |
I am searching for former members of the synagogue district of grevenbroich which contains the towns of Frimmersdorf, Neurath, Gustorf, Gindorf, Grevenbroich, Elsen-Fürth, Hemmerden, Hülchrath, Wevelinghoven, Kapellen.
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bernadette BOBROWICZ Date
February 05, 2008 04:50 PM |
I am looking for my aunt Gertrude (TRUDJIA) ; she was probably in VARSAWA between 1960 and 1966. She send to my mother Sophie some jewelleries for me and my sister Elisabeth. Gertrude had a jewellery. She is my father's sister. My father told me he had a very big family. My father told us he was born in CHORZOW ??? The shoah brought him very sick..I hope somebody will help my sister and me to find this aunt. Thank you very much.
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Caryl Date
February 04, 2008 12:00 AM |
I am looking for the Hutz Family from Tarnopol/Stanislaw, Galicia and the Schlamowitz Family from, I believe, Lithuania.
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maureen mccarthy-koth Date
February 03, 2008 08:47 PM |
I am looking for anyone who might have known my uncle Adolf Aussenberg. He was interned at Terezin and then perished either in auschwitz or elsewhere before 1945. i would be grateful for any information.
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Golda Rintzler Date
February 03, 2008 04:11 PM |
Matilda Rosenbaum from Kracow -Poland,
who was the niece of Simon Rosenbaum, my grandfather on my mother's side.
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Claire Tobias Date
February 03, 2008 04:22 AM |
Wassil Gregoravitch Russow-Russakowsky (or Russakowsky-Russow) married Olga Wassiljeni Zekalo (daughter of Gregori Wassiljevitch Zekalo) which produced Ivan Wassiljevitch (my Father, born 26th November 1927), followed by Maria Wassiljeni, Nicholaus Wassiljevitch, and Wassil Wassiljevitch (believed to have died young). I am searching for members of my family who may be alive or any information regarding the circumstances of their death.
My Grandfather came from the northern part of Russia and I believe was full blood Cossack. He was also in the Czar's army for a period of time. I also believe that my Grandfather came from a wealthy family which bred horses. This is based, in part, on information that to be in the Czar's army one needed their own horse. My Grandfather, after serving in the army, became a Civil Engineer and travelled extensively, as far as Siberia. I also believe my Great Grandfather was married twice. I know this because he had a son from his second marriage who was my Grandfather's half-brother. This half-brother took part in the war between Poland and Russia in 1939. This man was a high ranking Officer and had duties allotted him in Warsaw. My Grandmother came from a very large family with my Father having 18 Aunts.
My Father's family had 2 homes. In the summer they lived in Tokmak, a port city. In the winter they lived in the city of Pologi. On my Father's 14th Birthday the Germans invaded Tokmak. When the Germans landed in Tokmak they wanted one male from every household. A German Officer apparently told my Father that it was either him or his Father - that was his only choice. Those who resisted were forcibly taken and made an example of and served as a reminder to others who were thinking of not complying. My father was transported to a naval camp in Hamburg to work in a munitions factory.
I have found some of his papers recently, but as I do not read German very well all I can decipher is Hamburg and a few other words. This paper was used to gain a Polish passport. My Father refused to return to the USSR (even when an ooportunity presented itself under Stalin), and we were told not to visit either. The reasons he gave were that under the old regime he would be considered a traitor and any family would be also. His fear that the KGB would 'immediately apprehend' upon stepping onto Russian soil was always stressed. Under the new Russia, he had not much to say except, "maybe times have changed, maybe not".
After the War my Father was 'adopted' by a wealthy german aristocrat, Clarissa Wagner, who died when I was about 10 years old. There is a story there but I feel in order to honour her memory I won't go into details as they are sketchy. Suffice is to say she was my Father's saving grace as I know from him that his time in the Nazi camp was not very pleasant at times.
My Father is convinced he is the only surviving member of his entire family. I am not as convinced. All records were apparently destroyed but we have no confirmation of this. My Father is now in the final stages of an aggressive cancer with only a few months to live. Throughout my life I have asked him questions, as has my Mother and my children, about his life. Although he has not been very forthcoming with information (for his own reasons) we have been able to piece certain things together, most of this gathered by my son Nicholas (at the time of my son's naming, I was unaware I had an Uncle of the same name) for a school project.
This is all I can gleam from what little he has spoken about over the years. I do know for sure that Pologi did exist, as many years ago he showed me a map which had Pologi marked. Times have changed, documents may or may not be available, and always we have accepted my Father's wishes to do no searches for his family. Now, I am older and I believe the time has come for me to at least try. This is my heritage, and I am very proud of it. My father has little time left in this life and, I know, unfinished business and regrets. I dont expect miracles and I am aware this may take the rest of my life and still nothing will come of it. But I also know my children will take this on where I leave off. This seems a good place to start.
The internet is a vast resource and whilst I do have another avenue to pursue simultaneously, I am hoping that someone, somehwere, might have just a little bit of information, or even some advice as to other resources I can use in my search. Any information, no matter how small, would be gratefully accepted.
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