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I would like to thank Gershon Tauger
for heading the translation project for the Yizkor book for Krivichi.
From: gershon.tauger@creo.com (Gershon Tauger)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com ('EilatGordn@aol.com')
I will do the stories of :
1. My Father's Chaim Tauger. pages; 80- 98
2. My Grandfather's Y. Bunimovich pages; 36- 48
In addition my cousin Seymour Frydrych will do his Grandfather MendelRabinovich.
My other cousin Frida Shud promised to do her parents stories: Klara & EliezerShud.
Regards, Gershon
I also got in touch with Rabbi Moshe Drazin and his son. the son said that they
will also help. Please get in touch with me if you want to help.
Thank
you very much.
Subj: Re: Krivichi list of martyrs from the Yizkor book
Date: 2/4/02 5:51:56 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: suekane@umich.edu (Susan D. Kane)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
CC: jokrohn1@juno.com
Wow. Crazy. I really need to speak to my grandmother about it and dig
out the family tree that we have. Unfortunately, we have not done much
geneology and it does not go back very far, maybe to my great-grandparents
or one step further. My grandmother who is still alive married into the
katzowitz family, her maiden name was moskowitz. My katzowitz grandfather
passed away when my father was 19. I have to dig out everyone's name, and
ask her about the other people on the list from the krivichi society in
New York. I don't have names handy, we all use nicknames in the family.
But corinne katzowitz from flushing has got to be my grandmother. I will
get back to you both when I have more names and locations. My
great-grandparents immigrated from Poland/Russia at the turn of the
century, or before. I am fourth generation in the United States on both
sides, and by the time of WWII, I do not think we were in touch with
anyone in Europe. I don't think I've ever met another katzowitz outside
my family. My aunt has pictures, I will try to find some. sk.
On Mon, 4 Feb 2002 EilatGordn@aol.com wrote:
> Dear Yosepha and Sue,
> You should talk to each other. Krivichi was a very small place. about 400
> Jews before the war, you are both connected to the Katzoff/ Katzovitz family
> and Young Kivitzer Benevolent Association in New York. Could you give me more
> information about your families? and any pictures of parents, grandparents,
> uncles or any descendants of Krivichi that you can scan I will be very happy
> to post on the site.
> In a message dated 2/3/02 9:41:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, jokrohn1@juno.com
> writes:
>
> << Thank you Eilat.
>
> I looked up those sights. I found that my distant cousin was a due
> paying member, Ida Katzoff and her sister Gnessia Alperovitz was killed
> in the war and is mentioned in the yizkur book. However, her father was
> Yiztchok yaakov! Not Takov. Is there a way of contacting members? Also
> have the revision lists become public in English? What country was
> Krivichi in? I guess I should rephrase that- in what year was it which
> country?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Yosepha Krohn
> ________ >>
> Subj: katzowitz
> Date: 1/29/02 6:17:40 PM Pacific Standard Time
> From: suekane@umich.edu (Susan D. Kane)
> To: eilatgordn@aol.com
>
>
> Greetings. I happened to find your web page on Krivichi, and was very
> surprised to find the name of my grandmother, Corinne Katzowitz from
> Flushing in the list of the Young Kivitzer Benevolent Association. I
> don't know much about geneology -- can you tell me more about what this
> group was? My grandmother doesn't remember where specifically in Europe
> her family was from (she was born here) -- does this mean they were from
> Krivichi? Yours, sk.
> Krivichi is in Belarus today. It was in Poland from 1921 to 1939. It was part
> of Russia from 1793 until the first world war.
> and again part of the Soviet Union from 1944 to the 1990's. It is between
> Minsk and Vilna. and some of the time it was in the Vilna district (Vilna is
> now in Lithuania) but for the last 200 years Krivichi was not part of
> Lithuania. <A
> HREF="http://www.users.voicenet.com/~cherlin/Cherlin/Maps/pale.html">Pale of
> Settlement Krivichi is next to Vileyka.
> Thank you . Eilat
>
IDA KATZOFF Request Information (SS-5)
SSN 053-38-2429 Residence: 11365 Fresh Meadows, Queens, NY
Born 2 May 1889 Last Benefit:
Died Feb 1985 Issued: NY (1963
h Info I have on the Katzoffs was from my cousin,whoI think has passed
away, Sophie and Mac Rosen. Sophies mother was Ida Katzoff(1888-1985)
Ida married Yitzchok Katzoff --he was a butcher. Her parents were
Aidelle ette(Zelinsky) and Yitzchok YAakov KAtzovitz. Now for the
connection:::: MY gg granmother, Shimka ( Zelinsky) Fisher and Aidella
Etta were sisters.
I am really looking for Zelinsky's and Fishers. Perhaps there is another
connection.
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Subj: donors list
Date: 1/21/02 1:55:26 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: rubinlj@netvision.net.il (RUBIN LEON)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com (eilat gordn)
21 of January 2002
Here is an updated list of donors for the Dolhinov Cemetery Project:
1. Alperovich Tova Ramat Gan, Israel $250
2. Blum Bushke Givataim, Israel $250
3. Berzam Chaya Ramat Gan, Israel $250
4. Baranovski Chava Ramat Gan, Israel $250
5. Gitlitz Yecheskel Tel Aviv, Israel $250
6. Gitlin Avi Ramat Hasharon , Israel $375
7. Grosbein Chaim Petach Tikva, Israel $250
8. Golan (Goltz) Yechezkel Rehovot, Israel $185
9. Dr. Goltz- Doytch Miryam Haifa Israel $250
10.Chafetz Asya Tel Aviv, Israel $250
11.Chafetz Gutman Tel Aviv, Israel $250
12.Cheres Yehuda Herzelia, Israel $500
13.Finesilber Beny Haifa, Israel $250
14. Lenkin Nachum Holon, Israel $250
15. Norman Shimon Petach Tiqva, Israel $250
16. Norman Yitzhak Givataim, Israel $250
17. Fridman Moshe Kfar Saba, Israel $250
18. Koton Levi Ytzhak Holon, Israel $250
19.Kravchinski Rachel Petach Tiqva, Israel $250
20. Kremer-Sosenski Batya Ashdod, Israel $250
21.Dimshtein Lev Alfey Menashe, Israel $250
22.Perevoskin Aharon Ganey Yochanan, Israel $250
23.Shlechtman (Sosensky) Sima Ashdod, Israel $250
24.Shinuk David Rishon Lezion, Israel $250
25.Shulman Hinda Ramat Gan, Israel $250
26.Shamgar (Smorgonski) Shlomo, Givataim, Israel $250
27.Sosenski Yehuda Ganey Yochanan, Israel $250
28.Rubin Leon Ramat Efal, Israel $250
29.Rubin Arye Givataim, Israel $250
30.Rubin Victor Chedera, Israel $250
31.Rubin Israel Neveh Mivtach, Israel $250
32.Rapson/ Ekman Michael Avichail, Israel $250
33.Radashkovich Gideon Givataim, Israel $250
34.Radashkovich Mordechay Givataim, Israel $250
35.Radashkovich Roni Givataim, Israel $200
36.Podshivalov (Shpreregen) Fanya, Nesher; Israel $ 200
37.Fridman Eli Argentina $250.
38.Griner Chasya Brazil $375
39.Drewiacki Max Berlin, Germany $375
40.Mr. & Mrs. Jack Diamond Omaha, U.S.A $250
41.Eilat Gordin Levitan, Studio City, Ca U.S.A $250
42.Shmilovich Avraham Kvar Saba Israel $125
43.Tych Raja (nee Bronshtein) Ramat Gan Israel $275
44.Zolotov Zipora Lahavim Israel $250
45.Markman Sonya New Haven U.S.A. $100
46.Yofe Sima Ramat Gan Israel $125
47.Labunski Fanny(nee Ruderman) Haifa Israel $125
48. Radashkovich Eliyahu Ramat Gan Israel $100
49. Radashkovich Arie Tel Aviv Israel $125
50. Gayer Rita Petach Tiqva Israel $250
51. Rapson Dov (Melamed) Avichail Israel $250
52. Rapson Avigdor (Ekman) Herzelia Israel $250
53. Paz Yosef & Dvora Haifa Israel $250
54. Sosenski Yaakov Ashdod Israel $125
55. Sosenski Sima Ganey yochanan Israel $125
56. Ben Barak Gallia Rechovot Israel $125
57. Shor Maya (nee Sosenski) Bizaron Israel $125
58. Sosenski Eli Ashdod Israel $125
59. Kaplan Klila Tel Aviv Israel $125
60. Kanter Laura (nee Libe Rubin)Boca Raton Fl. U.S.A $500
61. Schuster Riva Kvar Saba Israel $125
62. Brant Sara Navei Mivtach Israel $100
63. Aminetsach Yehuda Herzelia Israel $125
64. Aminetsach Avraham Jerusalem Israel $125
65. Dr Shmilovich Zelig Omer Israel $125
66. Ruderman Florence New York U.S.A. $150
67. Chalifa Raya(nee Rubin)Navei Mivtach Israel $125
68. Shap Gerald & family (Grosbein)Cape-Town,South Africa $650
69. Harcavi (Furman) Meier Ramat Hasharon Israel $250
70. Harcavi (Furman) Chanan Ramat Efal Israel $250
71. Rosen Lester & Debby Glencoe , Chicago U.S.A. $250 + $50
72. Susan M. Goldsmith of Piedmont, CA ,U.S.A. $500
73. Jacob Chevlin, Florida, U.S.A $250
74. Simon Chevlin, New Haven, U.S.A $250
75. Shifra( nee Chevlin) Zamkov, New Haven, U.S.A. $500
76. Ester Telis (Dockshitzki) Cheshire, Con. U.S.A. $500
77. Prof. M. Shapiro Hod Hashron, Israel $100
78. Zipi Asafi (Grosbein) Kfar Saba, Israel $125
79. Dr. Orania Yanay Tel Aviv, Israel $250
80. Dr. Dimenshtein Victor Tel Aviv, Israel $250
81. Liberman Batya & Esar Fridman Kvar Saba, Israel $125
82. Rabani Ziva Jerusalem, Israel $125
83. Evalyn Krown New York,U.S.A.$100
84. Shamgar Giora ,Ramat Gan,Israel $125
85. Lechterman Chaim Tzahala,Israel $125
86. Malerevitch Batya (nee Lechterman) Tel Aviv,Israel $125
87. Gitlitz Orah & Tzipi, Givataim, Israel $125
88. Bronshtein Chana Ramat Gan , Israel $250
89. Doytch Israel, Petach Tiqva, Israel $125
90. Dr. Bronshtein Michael Tel Aviv ,Israel $250
91. Gutman Palant, Moshav Magshimim,Israel $250
92. Radashkovich Viera, Ramat Gan,Israel $125
93. Holland Nate, Winetka, IL,U.S.A. $125
94. Holland Bill , Chicago, U.S.A. $125
95. Garson Charllotte, Atlanta,Georgia,U.S.A. $250
96. Ben-tov Chaya, Ramat Gan, Israel $75
97. Gitlin Mordechy, Haifa, Israel $50
98. Kagan (Gendel) Malka, Haifa Israel $50
99. Adin (Eidelman) Dov, Beit Avot Efal, Israel $75
100. Rubin Elyakim, Givataim, Israel $50
101. Dr Pryss Leon, Natanya, Israel $60
102. Even Bila,Ramat Yitzchak,Israel $50
103. Prof Samuel Kassov, Hartford,USA $100
This is a list of donors who participated financially so far in the restoration
of
the Jewish Cemetery in Dolhinov.
The project is estimated to cost 30000 US dollars . 23000 of the sum has been
already collected.
For address of people on the list - email:
rubinlj@netvision.net.il (RUBIN LEON)
For letters:
Leon Rubin, 2 Hartsit str.,Ramat Efal, 52960, Israel
Tel. 03-6356469
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Today I talked with Sara (From the
Norman, Kooperstooch/ Baskind family of Vileyka) and Boris Klor (from Michalishek
near Vilna.) The Klors have homes in Hamden, CT and in Delray Beach, FL.
Boris was born in Michalishek in 1921. Sara was born in Vileyka. her mother
was from the Norman family (a relative of Shalom and Moshe Norman) Her father
was from the Baskind/ kooperstooch family of Ilja and Dolhinov. The original
last name was Baskin but some of the family changed their last name to Kooperstooch
to avoid serving in the Russian army prior to the first World war. I found some
Information on the Baskin family by using a search engine. I will post it in
the next note.
Saras' family moved from Vileyka to Michalishek when she was still a young child.
She practically grew up with Boris Klor. As they grew they fell in love. Sara
moved to Vileyka during the rule of the Soviets (1939-1941) It was easier the
get a job in Vileyka that had many official Soviet offices.
In the summer of 1941, the day before the German invaded the Soviet Union, one
of Saras' sister came for a visit in Vileyka as summer vacation started. Both
sisters were able to get on a train to Russia during the first days of the German
invasion. they survived the war somewhere in the eastern regions of Russia.
Unknown to them a brother was also able to arrive in Russia. Two sisters were
in German camps. One Perished and the other survived.
Boris klor is the only person who survived the war from his entire family. He
was taken to ghetto Vilna with most of the Jews of his shtetl. He was able to
escape in 1943with a group of 27 young people mostly from Grodno, who were helped
by some Jewish partisans from the Narootz forest.It took them five days to reach
the forest. they were able to bring nine pistols. He later joined Warshilov
Brigade under markov. he served there with many from Kurenets, Svir, Myadel,
Postov, Krivichi and more. he knew many families from Kurenets who hid in the
area. for a short time he also served in the jewish unit under Yosef Glazman.
He told me about rivka Gvint, Rivka Alperovitz, shimon Zimerman, Sara and Moshe
Alperovitz (Rashkas'- my great grandmothers' sister) Ester Reich (Chaya Gurevitz
the daughter of Israel- my great grandfathers' brother)and Zalman, Gershon,
Lea and their father- Natan Gurevitz, the brother of my grandfather)
After the war Sara and Boris found each other. They came to Germany via Poland
and tried to get papers to settle in Israel. Saras' grandmother from the Baskin
family- was in the U. S for many years. she looked for survivors and when she
found them she was able to get papers for them and they all came to America.
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I found a site with relatives of Sara; BASKIND FAMILY HISTORY
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jlevinson/moearticle.html
By Moe Baskind
As I at last begin writing a history of our family, my greatest regret is that
my sister Rose is not alive. She would have given me much information of an
interesting nature that I only possess slightly.
Our family came from what is now either Poland or Lithuania.(now Belarus) We
are classed however as Litvoks. My fathers family lived in a village called
Ilya. If you can find a large map of Russia or Poland you might spot it. I once
saw it on a map, but I don't recall what book. It is somewhat south of the larger
city of Vilna.
My father, born about 1861 was the second oldest of a family of six boys and
one girl. The oldest although in my cousin Joseph Baskind's book he calls him
Menachim Mendel. Next was my father, Avrum Pesach, then David "Cooperstock,"
followed by Hirschl, Itche, Rivka (who became an Arian) and Shmeul. In Russia
the eldest son was exempt from army duty so somehow David was made the eldest
son of a Cooperstock family. They were the only family that never came over,
although some of the children came here, and some landed in Israel.
How they all made a living before coming to America, I can't tell you. Their
parents names were Berel and Rashi. Their father died rather young, and they
were all out on their own when youngsters. Their mother died about 1904 or 1905,
and I believe at the time, only my Aunt Rivka was living in Europe.
How well I remember the peculiar custom prevailing then that when a letter came
from Europe announcing the death of a parent or close relative, the news was
kept from the immediate family member. Sometimes, for a year. It would seem
that this would have an effect on saying kaddish, and why a death was kept secret,
I don't know.
Chai Mendel who landed and stayed in New York was a shammes and part reverend.
He was the father of Joseph, a prominent member and General Secretary of the
ARBEITER RING, the national Jewish Labor organization. His other children were
Louie, who has some children living in Miami Beach. Tillie Broida, who lived
in Pittsburgh for awhile, and then moved to New York, and Fannie, who also lived
in New York. The other son who stayed in New York was Uncle Schmuel. The was
the father of Rose Somberg, now living in Cleveland.
I believe Uncle Hirshel, the father of Dinah Slavin, Minnie Baskind, Beckie
Minister, Rose Kohl, and Manny was the first to arrive in the United States.
His wife, Tante Sarita, was distantly related to the Brudno family of Cleveland
and perhaps that is why they came to Cleveland. The Brudno's already had a large
stogie factory in Cleveland. I remember it on lower Broadway. It must have been
five or six stories high. When Uncle Hirschel came to Cleveland, he immediately
went to work for the Brudno's. My Aunt Sarita was very proud of her ancestor,
Menasseh of Ilya, who is mentioned in the Encyclopedia Britanica as one of the
five famous pupils of the Vilna Gaon. That is why there are so many Emanuel's
in their family.
Tante Rivka married an Arian who was either a first or second cousin to the
Baskind's. They were the last of my fathers family to come over and consisted
of Ida Newmeyer, George who lived in California, Rose, now with the Blonder
company and retired. Harry a druggist who passed away early in life, and Ben,
the only one born in this country Ben passed away in 1973. The reason they came
later was due to the inability of my Uncle Isaac Arion to enter this country
on his first attempt. How well I remember his efforts, only to be turned away
at Ellis Island in New York because of weak eyes. I don't remember how many
times he tried but finally made it.
My Uncle Itche came over as a single man, and then brought over his future wife
Sarah. I vaguely remember their wedding, although Minnie Baskind says she remembers
it well. I think it about 1901 or 1902. They had four sons and one daughter.
All the sons became the famous druggists of Cleveland. Harry, the oldest became
the first Jewish Chairman of the State Pharmacy Board in Ohio. Perhaps the first
Jew in that capacity of any state. Harry died in 1975. Next was Jack, now retired,
who recently celebrated his 75th birthday. Then came Al and David, who passed
away early in life, and last, the only girl Florence. Of course all of these
cousins of mine have numerous children. There were many other cousins from Uncle
Schmuel's family as well.
Now some information of my mother's family. She was born about 1863. They were
not poor as my fathers. Her father and mother, Beritche and Pia, lived in Kablonka,
a small village not too far from Ilya. My grandfather inherited the rights to
the lease of a grain mill plus some small acreage of land. I call it rights
because they were not allowed to own any land. However their ancestors received
that right from the Poretz or Count who owned the land for many miles around.
My mother had an older sister Shana who married a specter and had one son, Abe.
None of Abe's children survive today. Other children of Shana are Dinah Kline,
who had several children. Gute Friedland, who had Dorothy and other daughters
and sons whom I don't remember.
A younger brother of my mother Moshe Hirschel Alpert had to leave a daughter
in Europe because of illness. Another daughter was Freda Rubenstein who lived
in Denver and passed away in 1976. Freda had a son and a daughter. Her daughter
lives in Denver and is called Mrs. Mosco. Abe, a son of Moshe Hirschel was a
druggist, now passed away. How many children, I don't know....
to
read the baskind story click here;
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I am the grandson of Abe Deutsch
who emigrated from Dalhinov with 2 brothers Chaim Rachmeal Deutsch and Nathan
Deutsch and settled in New York and Chicago. Two sisters came also and all contact
has been lost with them and more probably their descendents. Anyone related
to a "Deutsch" in Dalhinov, please contact me.
Manifest for Leviathan
Sailing from Southampton July 21, 1924
Deutsch, Nathan M 63y M Chicago, Ill. passport # 330046.
Manifest for Noordam
Sailing from Rotterdam July 31, 1906
. Deutsch, Abe M 32y W Russia, Hebrew Jalowof
Deutsch, Juda M 9y S Russia, Hebrew Jalowof .
Manifest for Zieten
Sailing from Bremen March 05, 1910
Deutsch, Lime F 18y S Russia, Hebrew Dokoschitz going to brother; Harry in New
York
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In Krivichi on 28th April 1942, as
reprisal for a train having been derailed, the Jewish community was kept in
the square all day: "In the square the doomed people were forced to strip naked
and were then driven out into a field. There was a large barn there which the
Germans set on fire. The people were driven into the flames. The sight of children
burning alive was terrible!" (Rayak in Ehrenburg & Grossman 1981, p.199).
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I called Michael Gibelman (Gable)
in Florida.
Michaels’ maternal grandfather was Velvel Alperovitz of kurenitz. Velvel
had thirteen children (with more then one wife) most of his children came to
the U.S c 1900 and settled in New York. Some if his children were:
1. There was a son Motel — Morris Alperovitz who lived in New York and
changed his last name to Alpert. He had two children.
2. A daughter Chaya Zipa married .. Taryevitz. They had four children. Two of
them never came to the U.S. —Motka and Zalman lived in Gorki after the
war. 3.
3. There was a daughter Ester Goss who lived in New York and had a son and a
daughter.
4. Another daughter was liza Dimond of New York
5. Michaels’ mother was Gitel who was born c 1895. She married Chaim Gitelman
and moved to Krivich to open a shoes manufacturing business. In Krivich Michael
and his sisters were born. (Michael 1920?). Later own the family returned to
Kurenitz. From 1934- 1937 michael attended the "Tarbut" School in
Dolhinov. In 1939 Michael left the Kurenitz area and lived in Gorki. During
the war he was in the far southeast region of the Soviet Union. After the war
ended he was in germany and tried to get papers to go to Israel but was not
able to. During that time he found out that both his mother and his father had
a large family in the U.S that was looking for any relatives who survived.In
1949 he came to the U.S. The only other relatives who survived were the Norman
brothers (Tuvia and Reuven).Tuvias' and reuvens' Grandfather was;
6. Meir Aharon Alperovitz, died in Kurenitz before the war. see end of next
post for information about his family.Michael also told me that I should get
in touch with Mike Silver who was born in Krivich.
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Today I called Shalom Norman in Israel.
He told me that every year he attends the memorial meetings for the Jews who
perished in Vileyka. The meetings are held during Purim since most of the residents
of Vileyka and other Jews who worked there from near by shtetls, were killed
during Purim of 1942. In 2002 the meeting will be held on the 28 of February.
Most of Shaloms' family was able to escape from Vileyka by train to Russia during
the first days of the German occupation. Shalom thinks that hundreds of people
from Vileyka were able to escape by trains, and most of the towns’ Jews
survived.
From reading the Yizkor books of other communities in the area and talking to
people I know that it is not so in other communities. At the most about 10%
of the Jews survived and very few of them were able to escape during the first
days. Most who tried were turned back when they reached the old Polish-Russian
border. Many did not try because they had no idea of the coming horrors.
In 1939 when the Russian invaded they sent people to Siberia but did not kill
any.
So most people in other communities were then under the impression that only
the communist Jews would be in danger from the Germans and others, especially
women and children would be safe.
Later I called Reuven Norman in Israel. Reuven was about sixteen in 1941. I
asked him if he knew if most of the Jews of Vileyka were saved. He said that
hundreds escaped by taking trains and others (like him) later on, but more Jews
from Vileyka perished then escaped. He said that he would try to find the numbers.
He told me that hundreds escaped because Vileyka had a train station and two
trains were able to go deep in to Russia during the first days of the occupation
by Germany. I asked Reuven why his family did not try to escape. He told me
that his father was a guard at the palace in St. Petersburg in 1914. At the
start of World War I he was sent to the front and was captured by the Germans.
He was a P.O.W for four years and felt that the Germans treated him very fairly
during that time. He truly disliked the communists- and said "The Germans
are very civilized people as far as my experience goes- why would they be different
now?"
The family did not question his decision. At that time the father ruled.
A few weeks later, some time in July of 1941 he immediately volunteered to work
when the Germans gave an order to all the Jewish man to come.
With another about fifty Jewish men from Vileyka he was a taken to work. All
day they dug holes in the ground and at the end of the day they were shot and
fell in the holes they dug. Some local Christians, who watched it, later told
their families about it.
Reuven told me that he was hiding in Kurenets with his grandfather’s family
during the first months of the war.
His mother was the daughter of Meir Aharon Alperovitz of Kurenitz. She was a
sister to Yermiyau, herzel, Shlomo and Feyga Michla Shmukler. Meir Aharon had
a sister who married an Eidelman in Krivichi and had a son Michael who now lives
in Florida. Yermiyahu and Hertzel Alperovitz died in the Vileyka camp. Both
were very helpful to the other people in the camp and hertzel was one of the
organizers of the escape. Hertzels’ wife Leyka survived the escape, Her
sister Liba was killed and her husband Mordechai and the two children survived.
After the war Leyka married Mordechai Alperowitz (the father of Yeoash). The
youngest brother Shlomo was a prisoner of war since 1939. (He was in the Polish
army). The family received letters from him for two years until the Germans
started the war with Russia. They do not know where he perished.
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KRIVITSKY Family
First Generation
1. Motel1 Krivitsky (#675) was born on (birth date unknown).
He married Fraydl Narotzky. (Fraydl Narotzky is #674.) Fraydl was the daughter
of David Eliezer Narotzky and Fage Ethel Cohen.
Motel Krivitsky and Fraydl Narotzky had the following children:
2 i. Fayves2 Krivitsky (#723) was born on (birth date unknown).
3 ii. Luba Krivitsky (#724) was born on (birth date unknown). She married Chaim
Swintelsky. (Chaim Swintelsky is #725.) He resided Florida. (See Chaim Swintelsky
for the continuation of this line.)
She resided Florida. Zvi Krivitsky
Harry Kay:
I Was My Brothers Keeper
by Gad Nahshon
The fate of his people during the Holocaust era motivated Harry Kay to volunteer
to the Israeli army in the 1948 Israel's Independence War. Harry Kay, who lives
in Las Vegas with this great family is 75 years old. He served as a Marine Sargeant
in the U.S. Army and fought in the Pacific as one of the many Jewish soldiers
who served then in the U.S. Army. But he was also a brave fighter. After World
War II, he learned about the Holocaust and about the struggle to establish a
Jewish state. He did not hesitate and joined the North-American volunteers who
came to fight in the war which was from Nov. 1947 to July 1949, when Syria signed
the last cease fire agreement. The story of this American volunteer still is
looking for an author.
It is a unique saga of a tribe of fighters, a story of a small minority who
volunteered out of a million Jews who lived in America. These volunteers saved
the prestige of the American Jewry since they were ready to give not just support
or donations, but their own blood. Indeed, their story, because of many reasons,
has been forgotten. They have not received the proper recognition in our historiography,
perhaps because 90% of these American volunteers returned to their native land.
Perhaps this is the reason why the unique heroism of Harry Kay, or Zvi-Ben-Ami
Krivitsky, was exposed only at the ceremony which took place (April 6, 2000)
at the Plaza Hotel, Manhattan.
Harry Kay himself, is a very modest person. He did not tell his story to many
people. He viewed his volunteerism and heroism as a simple commitment to his
people. He was a military leader. He taught the Israelis how to develop tank
warfare. He told them how to fight as a modern army. He fought in Latrun. He
fought in the Negev. But his heroism helped the Israeli army to stop the advancing
Egyptian Army who was stationed an hours distance from Tel Aviv. In his last
fight in Nov. 1948, Harry Kay, a hero, lost an eye. His unique contribution
to the Israeli army and his heroism in the battles were recognized by his commanders
and by David Ben Gurion. But only after 51 years, the Israeli officials came
to the conclusion that Harry Kay deserved two special decorations. After the
Israeli defense ministry approved these decorations, Maj-Gen. Zeev Livne, Israel's
military attache in the U.S., informed Harry Kay and his devoted friends, some
of them were also volunteers in 1948, that they planned this touching ceremony.
Many celebrities attended such as: Israel's Consul-General in New York Shmuel
Siso, New York D.A. Robert Morgenthau, who is a friend of Kay's, David Onn of
the Israeli Aircraft Industry, Doron Cohen of Fidelity Holding, and many others.
At the ceremony, Maj-Gen. Zeev Livne honored Kay with the decorations and said
that Israel is looking for peace since 'cold peace is preferred to hot wars.'
At the ceremony friends such as Jerry Oren told the audience about the contribution
of Kay to the Israeli victory. They explained that the Israeli army was poorly
equipped and lacked the experience of a modern army. It is very important to
listen to these soldiers because, today, the new post-Zionist Israeli historians
teach the Israelis that the Israeli army was superior to all of the Arab's armies.
We were not a weak, small minority. According to them, we were a military superman
fighting against weaklings. So how come 6,000 soldiers were killed in this war?
"I heard someone speaking English. I thought that this is an enemy soldier.
But someone told me that this is an American volunteer who came to help us.
This volunteer was Harry Kay," said Jerry Oren. It is very important to point
out that the contribution of these volunteers was not just their military experience,
like in the case of Col. Micky Marcus or Paul Shulman, or the fact that they
fought and died in this war, but also the psychological effect of the feeling
that they came to fight, that the Israelis were not ignored by the world. By
the way, many volunteers were gentiles!
The story of Harry Kay and the story of other volunteers should be taught inside
the American Jewish community. These heroes and their heritage is the best bridge
between Israel and American Jewry. They should be presented as role models of
the American Jewish solidarity with Israel. "We fought in the Negev. Suddenly,
we had to deal with something new for us in the battlefield: Egyptian Tanks.
Were were shocked! What to do? Then came our saviors from America, a 24 year
old ex-marine, Tvi Krivitsky, today Harry Kay. He told us exactly what to do.
He developed the anti-tank combat. He trained us. He wrote a special manual
of how to deal with the tanks. His contribution and heroism pushed us to win
the battles in the Negev," said Jerry Oren, today a businessman from Encino,
California, who was born in Israel and was also a great fighter in 1948.
Harry Kay is still a very modest person. He is a great optimist. In the ceremony,
he spoke about peace, not about wars. He loves Israel. He loves his great family
which escorted him to this event. Kay's herosim has been recorded by some writers
such as Dan Kurzman in his classical book "Geness 1948" (p. 580-590). In November
1948, David Ben Gurion sent him a letter in which he wrote to 1st Lieut. Zvi
Krivitsky (Kay), the following: "I hereby express my gratitude for the valuable
contribution you have made to the defense of our country." He related Kay's
herosim "to our noble chapter of honor and valor..."
The story of Kay's heroism was recorded by Gen. (Res.) Matitiahu Peled, a commander
in the second battalion, 'Givati' (Shimon Avidan was the commander of Givati).
Gen. (Res.) Peled wrote in his "Report on Zvi-Ben-Ami Krivitsky" the following:
This man who served in the Givat Brigade for over 7 months both as a 2nd lieutenant
for 3 months and within a month he was promoted to 1st lieutenant. Zvi Ben Ami
came into my company at my request. Prior to that he had served in another sector
teaching tank warfare. He also served as a leader of a group of American volunteers
in the Haganah in the same regiment.
His experience as a Marine Sergeant in the American Forces serving in the Pacific
revealed itself in every battle he participated in and made a valuable asset
to our Army, and gave him the designation as a fearless, level headed fighter
and organizer with great knowledge. He thus became a symbol and an inspiration
for all our soldiers. Soon it became evident that our military leaders needed
to gain knowledge of tank warfare because the enemy was equipped and attacking
with tanks. We sent men from each company for training in tank warfare under
Zvi ben Ani. They returned with confidence that they would be able to overpower
the tanks of the enemy, Zvi pointed out to the men the deficiencies and the
handicaps of the tanks and assured them that with the proper knowledge of the
enemy's weapons and with determination together with their inspired belief in
their cause they could overcome all tank attacks. His art of teaching and methods
of training coupled with his knowledge of tanks and methods of fighting tanks
was entirely different from anything we previously had known. After a short
while his company became the best informed and trained in all the regiments.
He also taught his men how to handle themselves during battle, and how to spread
out and encircle the enemy and utilize their weapons in every crisis. He also
knew how to inspire his men with self confidence in their cause, and with confidence
in him and themselves. He was also very cheerful.
He taught the men how to get into the enemy's territory and ferret out their
positions and secrets without being observed and return to tell. He accompanied
them personally on many such a mission and showed them how it was possible to
detect their strength and observe their positions without being seen and to
bring the proper report back to their headquarters. Through all his accomplishments
he won the acclaim of all the men and all the leaders. Under fire and during
battle he was unusually calm, level headed and fearless, inspiring all the men
who served under him with confidence. Because of all these outstanding qualities
in the battle against the Egyptians his advice was sought by the highest military
command on how to deal with bazookas, grenades, and flame throwers. Although
he lacked knowledge of the Hebrew language, he was able to make himself understood
by gestures and at no time was his language deficiency a handicap to conveying
his knowledge of the type of warfare necessary.
The character and adaptability of Zvi's ability as a military leader revealed
itself to its fullest extent on the night of October 17, 1948 in the battle
of the Negev. There were military observers who had witnessed Zvi's courage
previously at Ltrun and Asaud. But in my company, I was the only one who had
been with Zvi in these earlier battles. However, the men had all heard tales
of his courage and fearlessness. He led the men personally into the enemy lines.
He was the first of two to get into the enemy lines, and when his superior officer
was killed, he immediately assumed leadership and re-organized the men, serving
as a symbol of courage and fearlessness to them. They followed him with complete
confidence.
When they reached their position on the hill the battle began. Under his great
leadership they overtook the enemy positions, and enabled the second company
to fulfill their mission. Because of his quick thinking and quick decisions,
it was possible for his company to keep the hill and repulse the Egyptians instantly
in their attempt to regain their strategy which ordinarily would have taken
hours of planning. In this attack many men were lost, but through it all he
inspired his men to continue the battle with courage and confidence until a
third company came to their aid. During this attack Zvi lost his left eye and
for a few moments he was unconscious, but almost instantly he regained consciousness
and encouraged the men to continue fighting. He lay in a trench this way, and
though he was seriously wounded and bleeding he continued to urge his men to
continue the battle against the enemy. After withstanding the attack, they repulsed
attacks all the following day and Zvi, unable to see what was going on, was
still able to command his men and advise them upon the method of attack. Not
until that evening were they able to contact headquarters and were relieved
by another company. The wounded, including Zvi, were taken to the hospital.
The loss of Zvi to his company because of his wounds was a great one, and the
entire military command hoped that he would return to them soon.
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News
Walter G. Krivitsky
General Walter G. Krivitsky was found dead in the Bellevue Hotel in Washington,
D.C., on February 10, 1941. Krivitsky was the former head of the Soviet Military
Intelligence in Western Europe. Although his death was declared a suicide, some
people were suspicious that the Soviets may have murdered him. No information
was ever uncovered to prove his death was anything other than suicide
Walter Krivitsky (1899-1941)
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Nancy Holdan wrote;
My Svir website is up. It is just for a preview until I get more
information.
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/Svir
nholden@interserv.com
I am pasting here some information from the site;
Our Small Town - Swir
Extracts from a book from the Yivo Institute in New York written in Yiddish.
The extracts (ca. 8 pages on the description and history of the town Swir) were
sent to Belarus SIG by Arnold H. Wolfe, who had them translated into English
by a friend.
The town of Swir, where we saw for the first time in our lives the rays of the
sun: the town that first heard our childish delight; the town where our first
tears dropped: the town in which we played and joked throughout our childhood;
this was the town that became a part of ourselves like our own flesh and blood.
A long street with two squares and a few small alleys actually made up the whole
of Swir, and despite the description it was, in our eyes, the children of Swir,
nicer than any other town. Truthfully speaking there were no brick houses in
Swir. It was only one side wall and all the other parts of the house were built
of wood. The roofs were covered either with shingles, metal or plain straw.
Throughout our lifetime many houses grew old. There were houses which were practically
sunken in the earth up to the windows. Some homes did not even have wooden floors.
It was a rarity to have plumbing in the town of Swir. Most of the water was
derived from a well quite far away, and yet it seemed a wonder that no one hated
this place. On the contrary, everyone was tied to this town with their very
lives.
Anywhere a person of Swir was to be found, be it in New York or Los Angeles,
in Buenes Aires or in Cuba, in Paris or in Brazil, in London or Tel-Aviv, in
that place the one same heart was beating. All of them are bound like brothers
and sisters, their lives like one, and all this because of the forlorn little
town in a section of Vilna.
The town was very friendly. Even the nature around us was a witness that our
grandparents knew where to build their homes. From one side a stream, and from
the other side a lake, and the stream actually flows out of the lake near the
houses of the town. Around and around were forests, fields and small towns.
The town was not dipped in milk and honey, rather in green fields and flowers
and as far as the eye could see were various fruit trees. There were apple and
pear trees, plum and cherry trees, and blueberries without end.
During the summer the town was surrounded by ears of corn and stalks of wheat.
In the winter is was covered with a big white blanket of snow. The Jews of Swir
, therefore, lived a very contented life. In the old huts there lived good people
and devoted friends. Everyone felt secure in their homes, like a bird in its
nest, that is, until the wild barber came and the nest together with is birds
was broken and destroyed. Woe! Woe unto the faithful and devoted birds of Swir!
Woe! Woe unto their burned and destroyed nest.
Highlights of the History of Swir
Unfortunately, a lot of historical material and documentation is missing, thus
making it difficult to relate the exact history of Swir. Not only was our whole
city destroyed, but also our cultural and social life was uprooted. We were
physically uprooted from our very origin, as well as geographically lost. The
sources for further basic knowledge are lost to us today. Unfortunately, the
generation that could have enriched us with its knowledge has perished. Yet
we made an effort to relate the history of this town in a concise form.
It is clear that the town carries the name of the great Duke Swerski. His dynasty
ruled for hundreds of years over all the surrounding areas. It is also said
that on the peak of the mountain there stood a beautiful castle. In his honor
not only was the town named after him, but also tens of families named themselves
after the great Duke. It was extremely difficult for us to confirm with certainty
if the families today named Swirski spread throughout the world originated from
Swir.
According to all estimations the Jewish community was is existence for hundreds
of years. The old cemetery can be a witness to this as most graves are sunken
in the earth. The few monuments whose engraving was still legible dated back
one hundred and fifty years. The ledger that had all the deaths recorded on
it, and their place of burial was passed from one generation to the next, and
was an important historical document.
Most Jews of the town wandered in from surrounding towns or close cities. It
is difficult to know today whether they came of ther own free will or because
of the decree from the Czarist regime that Jews must leave the towns. Therefore,
many families who were forced to leave carried the name of their town. The Fuzileher,
Shpialer, Dubnikirer according to the origin of their town, for example, the
Kurgatkes originated from the town of Kureniaz, Miadler and Shuentzianer. The
big fire that broke out at the end of the century practically wiped out the
city. Therefore there are no old historical buildings or antiques left. The
synagogue was rebuilt after the fire in a modern style.
The town endured many wars. Napoleon and his army reached there. There is a
legend that the Swirer hills thinned out through him. Through the First World
War the town practically remained unharmed because the fighting front was further
away by several kilometers. Later however, by the Polish-Bolshevik War in 1920
there was a battle before the town was captured.
The stronghold of the Polish Army was on the hill of Swir, while the yet stronger
Bolshevik Red Army was located at the other side of the river. During the fierce
battle between the two armies which heavily destroyed many homes, the Jews escaped
to the cemetery. The cemetery was in close proximity to the city. The day after
the surrender of the Polish Army the Jews returned to their homes.
They later found out that it was a coincidence that they were saved because
they all hid behind the trees of the cemetery. The Russian Army saw that there
were large groups of people hiding there and mistook them for the Polish. They
were prepared to fire with their artillery when they heard the cry of a child
and the sound of animals. They realized then that they were only civilians.
In that war an eleven year old boy was wounded. He was Velvel, the son of the
Chassid.
The people who remained alive claimed that after the Second World War the greatest
majority of the town was destroyed. The synagogue became level with the earth.
The whole area was virtually uprooted. The Christian neighbors made the area
into gardens. No vestige of Jewish life, as it was, remained. Most tragic of
all, was that from approximately 200 families who lived there, remained only
100 survivors. These people were scattered all over the world, but the majority
of them are in Israel.
Geographical and Economic Situation
Even from a distance of 5 to 6 kilometers the contours of the town are visible
in the blue sky and extend long and narrow. Especially visible is the hill,
the Swir Everest in the middle of the market place, and the Swirer skyscraper
the Yedes wall.
The German occupation of the First World War extended the railroad to Constantine.
Swir is geographically located in west White Russia. The neighboring towns and
distances are as follows:
Kabilnik - 20 Kilometers
Michlisbak - 21 Kilometers
Sventzion - 37 Kilometers
Kurenetz - 49 Kilometers
Smargon - 42 Kilometers
Aside from the fact that the town was above sea level and the paths were cemented,
it was still very muddy on rainy days.
In back of the town there were lots of mud puddles. The farmers used to go to
town through the mud as a short cut. In a dry summer they picked up their pants
to their knees and splashed through the mud. During the fall and Spring it was
impossible to pass through the mud.
On the other side of town the ground was normal.
There were 1900 people in the town of Swir - 1100 Jews and 800 non Jews. Among
the gentiles there were White Russians and Poles. It was difficult to differentiate
who belonged to which nationality, because many rich people found it below their
dignity to admit they belonged to the White Russian nationality. They broke
their teeth in order to speak like Poles and claimed they belonged to the Polish
nationality. They let these people have their way, in letting them think they
were Polish.
The Jews lived in "The Street of the Third of May", which starts at the cloister
and goes till the horse market, a length of about one kilometer. That marked
the boundaries of the town. Many Jews also lived in smaller streets.
The people called Staravieren and tens of families built a village at the side
of the river and called Sloboda.
Most of the Jewish people in Swir were merchants. In front of every house on
the main street where goods were sold, there were many different types of stands.
There were textile, dry goods, hardware, building materials, bakeries, butcher
and other stands as well. For many people these stands were not their only means
of sustenance. In many families it was the job of the wives and daughters to
take care of these stands.
The men were the dealers, and dealt in many different trades. Some dealt with
wheat in large scale production. They used to purchase the wheat at the market
and exported large quantities to Vilna. Another dealt in the same manner with
potatoes, with fruit, with poultry, with eggs, with leather skins, with pig
hair and many others. There were many merchants who were occupied only during
certain seasons of the year, like fruit gardeners. Besides this, there were
many peddlers, and those who worked with their hands like shoemakers and tailors.
The Jews of Swir received the main financial help from the bank and the town's
Jewish Charity Organization. According to a report from Vilna, there were a
total of 140 members who belonged to the Jewish Charity Organization.
The greatest majority of the Jewish congregation lived very modestly, and yet
they were very satisfied and happy. Unfortunately, when the Second World War
broke out this contented life was utterly destroyed......
for beautiful moving pictures
of Svir click here;
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Today I decided to call the Normans
who wrote to the Vileyka site.
I called the information in Israel and asked for the number for Shalom Norman
in Rishon LeZion. I was told that there are two Shalom Niormans in Rishon LeZion!!
I took both numbers and one of them kept ringing busy (always on the net!).
I called the other number and the young man who answered as Shalom Norman said
that he had never seen the Vileyka site but his father Eli was from Vileyka!!
I called Eli Norman from Rishon and he told me that he was born in Vileyka but
he does not know; Shalom or Moshe or Avi Norman. he left Vileyka as a young
boy in July of 1941 when the Germans arrived. he left for Russia with his family
and in the last few years- all who are still alive from his Norman family live
in Israel. his fathers name was Shalom Norman and since he left vileyka as a
very young child he could not give me much information.
Since the other Shalom Norman was still unavailable and it was getting to late
to call in Israel, I called Shalom's brother; Moshe Norman
Woodbridge, CT USA.
Moshe had a "huge" amount of information to tell;
His father; Zvi Hirshel Norman was born in 1924 in vileyka. He was the son of
Shalom and Rosa Norman. (Rosa's family owned a hotel prior to 1939.) Zvi Hershel
had a sister who died of illness long before the war. He had a brother named
Izik who was born in 1929.
sometime after Vileyka became part of the U.S.S.R (September 1939) Rosa took
her youngest son to Moscow, to visit her brother; Leyzer, A General!!! in the
Red Army.
They found themselves in Russia when Germany invaded the Vileyka area. Zvi Hirshel
Norman took a large amount of money from the store he worked as soon as the
invasion started and boarded a train to Russia. The soviets were very suspicious
of him for his last name that sounded German to them and for the large amount
of money that he had. They decided that he was a spy for Germany and sent him
to Siberia.
Later he Joined the Red Army and after the defeat of the Germans he moved to
Vilna near his uncle; Zusman Norman who also survived the war by escaping to
Russia.
Later zvi Hirsh Norman Married Asia and had; Mosahe who is 54 years old and
Shalom who is 48 years old. Moshe remembers that during the Jewish holidays
his uncle Zusman Norman took him to the synagogue in Vilna.
The uncle; Izik norman(born in 1929 in Vilyka) fell into a bad company and in
his youth lived the live of a" Russian hooligan" robbing trains. As I understand
now he lives in Israel with some of his children; Mote, Rya (in Moscow) and
another daughter.
Other relatives of the Normans; Lived in Haifa; Chanania and his brother Zev
norman,
Their cousin, Yosef Norman who owned a printing house.
Cousin Zila Navon born in Vileyka in 1911- died in Israel last month.'Children;
Sara in California; Zohar, Amnon and Arik in Israel.
Zila"s sister ; Gita Ben Shem Meishi Bezprozvani Z"L had a son; Zohar.
Zusman Norman ( Batia Norman was his wife) was the brother of the
grandfather, Shalom. Their son Peisl Zentechovski (Norman born 1922) lives in
Israel as well as the
daughter Sara gazkes and the grandchildren
relatives in the U.S.; The Kopershtook family; David was a barber and married
Chana, his brorher reuven changed his last name to Cooper.
A sister; Sara married Boris Clor.
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The "Melamed from Krasne" had his
heder in a room in Reb Yehoshua Avraham Itche's house. It was a lopsided house
built on a slope, supported by beams set on an angle. His students couldn't
resist these beams; they loved to climb, hang from them and do all kinds of
simple exercises on them. The melamed suffered from these beams when his students
sneaked out of heder to enjoy some physical exercisehttp://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/radoshkovichi/rad025.html
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Eilat - Hi !
Saw your Vileyka page.
Eda Rosengaus Feldbaum was born in Vileyka in 1902.
Parents : Hirsh Rosengaus and Rivka Rivlin
During WW1 the family fled to Samara and after the war returned to
Vileyka . By 1921 they were in Mexico. In 1930 Eda married Sol Feldbaum
in NY.
Eda is still alive and apparently with a good memory and living in
Brooklyn in her own home. She is a little hard of hearing and has live
in help.
A list of questions I sent to her daughter did not elicit a reply but I
intend to try again.
Eda's phone :
(718) 434-3373
Her daughter Greta (called Babsie by all) Martin lives in Long Island .
(516) 5469527
Eda is a first cousin of my father in law Ben Ami Rivlin and visited us
here in Israel in about 1983.
Hopefully you know someone who lives nearby who would be willing to
interview her.
If you do have - I have some family questions I would like to add.
Has Shimon Kristal been in touch with you?
Keep up the good work,
Jules Feldman-------------------
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We have many Zelvins in the USA descended
from Lazar Zelvin who left Orsha about 1890.I am interested in learning more.
Norman Zelvin <n.zelvin@verizon.net>
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I would like to congratulate Nancy
Collier Holden nholden@interserv.com and Chaya Lupinsky mailto:lupinsky@netvision.net.il
for the most beautiful and informative job they have done in creating a site
for Myadel
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/myadel/index.htm
From the site map;
Myadel ~ Stary Myadel ~ Miadel ~ Miadelai ~ Miadziol ~ Miadziel ~ Stary Miadziol
~ Nowy Miadziol
in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ~ Poland ~ Russia ~ United Soviet Socialist
Republics ~ Belarus
The Myadel Region: Myadel ~ Stary Myadel
1. Region of Calm and Dreaming Lakes Part I (Three part article from a biography
of Rabbi Eliahu Gordon)
The Myadel Region (links to maps and locators, geology, geography, industry,
architecture and travel)
Aerial Map of Myadel Landscape
Print enlarged Aerial Map
2. How Miadziol adopted Family Names Part II
Surnames in Myadel
1923 Myadel Business Directory
Households in Myadel
Printable Map
Lithuanian State Historical Archives
Supplemental Lists
Miadziol 1765
Miadziol 1784
Stary Miadziol 1765
3. Jews and Lithuanians Part III
History of the Jews in the Myadel Region (links to history, timelines, Jews
in the Pale of Settlement)
Life in Myadel by Arye Geskin
Rabbi Avraham Shmuel Kosczevsky of Myadel
Pandemics 1800-1900 in Myadel Region
Deaths in Myadel 1811-1831
The cemetery in Myadel 30th of August, 1941
Memorial 1993
To my dear friends Miadler (An open letter from Sarah and John Alper of Canada)
Memorial and names from the murder site, September 21 1942
Deaths in Myadel 1941-1944
4. Photographic Portraits of the Myadel Region
5. Contacts
From the Visitors Journal;
I have always tried to form a picture of the towns in the Myadel Region, especially
Myadel and Kobylnik.
I wanted to walk on the streets of our past. I longed to see the stream where
the fish were caught; the river where my great great grandfather set the cut
trees adrift; the lake when the sun set; the dusty roads that led to Vilna and
the forests where the wolves howled. My grandmother was born there. My great
grandfather ran the mill nearby. My great great grandmother had a store on the
Jewish Street. My great great great grandfather was the box tax collector. My
family lived in Myadel for at least seven generations before coming to America
in 1894.
This site is my patchwork. It longs for your stories and your family names.
It will be richer for the memories of all our ancestors. In hopes that I have
been able to bring you some of what I longed for, please contribute your comments.
What kind of comment would you like to send?
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/myadel/Journal.htm
Please visit
the site at http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/myadel/index.htm and click here
to write a note to Nancy.
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FROM;
http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/myadel/How%20Myadlers%20chose%20Names.htm
HOW MYADSIOL ADOPTED FAMILY NAMES
Part II
One of the Myestetchkos in that region is that of Myadsiol. Its history goes
back more than eight centuries and is quite prominent on mediaeval geographical
maps. Local legends ascribe to it great prominence in the period of the ancient
Lithuanian monarchy. Its Jewish community, numbering about 200 souls, is also
of very remote beginnings. Most of them bear the family name Gordon, while the
remainder of the surnames are Hodosh. Gordon and Hodosh are still predominating
names in the membership list of the Myadsiol Benevolent Association of New York
City, the president of which is Mr. L. Gordon, a brother of Rabbi E. Gordon.
According to local tradition the surname Gordon was suggested for adoption by
one of the Jewish burghers of Myadsiol, a business woman, who on her travels
met venerable merchants by that name. But, as a matter of fact, the Gordons
seem to be related to the reputed Gordons of Bialystock. The surname Hodosh
is said to have been bestowed upon the latter settlers of Myadsiol to denote
their recency; Hodosh, meaning "new" in Hebrew.
ELIAHU’S PARENTS AND CHILDHOOD
One of the most esteemed citizens of Myadsiol was David Zeeb Gordon (d. Oct.
24, 1913),*(all dates are according to the Gregorian Calendar) who with his
wife Esther Hayah (d. April 12, 1917) represented the ideal type of Lithuanian
Jewry. Well versed in the Bible and Rabbinical lore, virtuous and upright above
all praise, with almost saintly piety and meekness and with the ever hopeful
endurance that sweetened and gladdened their toilful life, they were living
examples of the righteous and pious eulogized in the Psalms. On February 27th,
1865, Esther Hayah gave birth to her first child, Elijah, who was immediately
consecrated to a divine life. Elijah entered one of the local Heders at the
age of five and his unusual intelligence very shortly won for him the fame of
a prodigy. The facility with which he acquired the difficult parts of the Hebrew
Bible and the keen pilpul (casuistry) of the Talmud, was above any precedent
in his birthplace and in the neighboring Jewish towns. After he had been transferred
from one Melamed (teacher) to the other, they finally decided that he exhausted
their erudition and by their advice he was sent to the Rabbinical school of
Smorgoni, about 60 viersts north of Myadsiol, under the presidency of Rabbi
Loew Lichtmacher, His preciosity amazed his new masters and when he reached
the age of thirteen he was transferred to the Mayleh Yeshiva of Vilna, founded
in 1832.
CLICK
HERE FOR THE SITE
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Hello Eilat,
I saw your query on the Latvian GenForum,
.Although
I have a great number of maps, I don't have one for
the Soviet period, hence I don't know whether any
of the following live (or lived) on Red Army Street
(which would be Sarkanarmiijas iela, in Latvian).
Good luck!
Elizabete
Eilat, the following 8 individuals have a complete
address, which includes the apartment building number
and apartment number. They're listed in the current
Riga phone directory and I've supplied the apartment
number from a (for pay) on-line database of the 1995
directory. So a letter sent to any of them should be
delivered by the post office.
GORDINS ALEKSEJS
DAMMES 48-51
RIGA
Ph: 7425275
GORDINS IVANS
KEGUMA 43-25
RIGA
Ph: 7593076
GORDINS SERGEJS
KURZEMES PROSPEKTS 142-92
RIGA
Ph: 7429359
GORDINS SOLOMONS
DEGLAVA 152/1-59
RIGA
Ph: 7136416
GORDINS SOLOMONS
BARONA 90-22
RIGA
Ph: 7278197
GORDINS VOLDEMARS
STIRNU 19-11
RIGA
Ph: 7576389
GORDINA HAJA
DAINAS 3-7
RIGA
Ph: 7273268
GORDINA LIDIJA
SALASPILS 18/2-10
RIGA
Ph: 7259136
*****
The following 9 individuals are also listed in the
current Riga telephone directory, but not in the 1995
database, which unfortunately means that an apartment
number is not included. It's unlikely (but not
impossible) that the postal service would deliver a
letter to any of them. However, the phone number is
correct.
Galina Gordina
Patversmes 24/26
Riga
Ph: 7 394 466
Inese Gordina
Liksnes 16
Riga
Ph: 7 112 594
Irina Gordina
Zemes 5
Riga
Ph: 7 178 486
Jelena Gordina
Pavasara gatve 6
Riga
Ph: 7 178 810
Natalija Gordina
M Keldisa 28
Riga
Ph: 7 171 876
Sofija Gordina
Elizabetes 35
Riga
Ph: 7 228 394
Tatjana Gordina
Bebru 4
Riga
Ph: 7 414 022
Arkadijs Gordins
Auskela 3
Riga
Ph: 7 321 764
Igors Gordins
Tinuzu 8
Riga
Ph: 7 171 931
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http://www.gfh.org.il/partizan/EPD_FrameQuery.htm
Partisans found from your query: Town of Birth: Dolginovo;
Noach Alperowicz
Diadia Misha Belorussia
Awraham Fridman
Diadid Vasia (Mstitel) Belorussia
Levi - Icchak Koton
Diadid Vasia (Mstitel) Belorussia
Icchak Radeszkewicz
Diadid Vasia (Mstitel) Belorussia
Jakow Segalczyk
Diadid Vasia (Mstitel) Belorussia
Partisans found from your query: Kurenets;
Lea Shogol (Gurevitsh)
Private Initative Belorussia
Icchak Ajnbinder
Hamaavack (Borba) Belorussia
Zalman Alperovitsh
Belorussia
Moshe Alperowicz
Suvorov Belorussia
Mordechaj Alperowicz
Nikolayev Belorussia
Elija Alperowicz
Voliniets Gr. Belorussia
Israel Alperowicz
Suvorov Belorussia
Jakow Alperowicz
Belorussia
Nahum Alperowitz
Za Sovietskuyu Beloruss Belorussia
Rivka Dodik (Gwint)
Family Camp Belorussia
Rivka Gilat (Alperowicz)
Bielski Belorussia
Gershon Gorev (Gurevitsh)
Markov Belorussia
Zalman - Uri Gurewicz
Za Sovietskuyu Beloruss Belorussia
Moshe Kremer
Slava Belorussia
Jakow Orczyks
Local Underground Belorussia
Shimon Zimerman
Voroshilov Belorussia
Benjamin Shulman
Za Sovietskuyu Beloruss Belorussia
click for the partisans
site;
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Subj: Re: namelist
Date: 11/27/01 8:36:29 AM Pacific Standard Time
From: EilatGordn
To: JSelig3460, EilatGordn
In a message dated 11/27/01 6:31:53 AM Pacific Standard Time, JSelig3460 writes:
<< Did any of the surnames I researched ring a bell ?
the most common name in the shtetl was Katzowitz. You had;
Katzowitz, Sam, Treas, Bx
Katzowitz, Corinne, Flushing LI
Katzowitz, Selig, Miami Bch, Fla
Katzowitz, Frieda, Bx
Katzowitz, David, Bx
Katzowitz, Harold and Toby, Fairlawn, NJ
Katzowitz, Dorothy, Bx
>>
I have a story from the late 1800s' by Yisrael Yisar Katzovitz I would love
to let the family know
A PLACE OF THE TORAH
...Its already the end of summer. I feel refreshed, energetic and content. I
sleep deeply and soundly, I devour my food, I like my job and I am never idle.
My uncle is very happy with me, so you might ask, "What's the problem?" Out
of nowhere these negative thoughts started penetrating my peaceful existence
- "You are bound to stay an idiot and a simpleton!" What does it mean to be
an idiot, you might ask? The entire summer I did not touch a book, and in no
time the little knowledge I have gained will be erased. I find myself being
pulled back to my days of torah studies, but every time I remember Minsk and
its yeshivas' I get a bad taste in my mouth and my skin shivers. I want to go
to Kurenitz where I could study the torah on my own.
In my childhood I spent some time there studying in the cheder. Kurenitz is
a very short distant from my fathers' home in Krivichi and I can see my folks
as often as I like. In Kurenitz I can study as I wish and I'll be rid of the
arrogant, rooster-like heads of the Yeshivas and their police-men type aids,
and all the Ta Ra Ram! My father and my uncle like the idea. My uncle paid me
twenty rubbles that he owed me and I gave some of the money to my father. I
had the tailor make me some clothes with the rest, and immediately after "Sukkot"
I walked to Kurenitz...
you could read the entire story at..;
http://eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/stories_torah.html
Gitlin David, Bklyn
Gitlin,Rose, NYC
Gitlin, Sylvia, Bklyn
Gitlitz, Jacob and Mira
both last names are written about in the Krivichi yizkor book and the Dolhinov
yizkor book- i talked with a few family members who live in Israel.
Kayden, Ettie, Flushing LI
Kayden, Warren, Huntington LI
Jerry kaidanow wrote in the Krivicho guest book;
I left Krivichi in 1945. I have an older brother, Howard.He and his family live
in Baltimere
jerry kaidanow
newrochelle, ny USA
here is what Jay Rabunski (jays' father was first cousin of Shimon Peres) wrote
about jerry kaidanow (it is taking place during the holocaust when they hid
in the forest);....Looking back on this time, I believe I have an angel following
me and looking after me. Perhaps it was this angel that brought me to Jerry
Kaidanow. I still couldn’t walk at this time. Jerry took it upon himself
to attend to me on a daily basis. He would carry me to a little fireplace, cover
me with a blanket. During my illness with typhus he would administer the medicine
that my mother made and be sure I drank fluids. He collected the crumbs that
were leftover from eating bread, and he would put them into an empty can of
sardines. Then he would distribute this to the other children and me, always
in equal shares. I doubt that he even took any for himself.
He appointed himself guardian of the community. As people returned to the forest
from a night of begging for food, he would light the end of a stick and use
the lighted end as a beacon so people could find their way "home."
Jerry was intuitively knowledgeable about the woods. He used this knowledge
to place markers around our community of zemlankas. These markers looked innocent
from a distance. However, they marked a path to follow that led through the
maze of trees to our hiding place.
http://eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/stories_memoir_infancy.html
I am from the Shulman family of whom you also had names.
http://eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/stories_memoir_infancy.html
click
here for Jay Rabunski story
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From: JSelig3460
To: EilatGordn
Young Kivitzer Benev Assn 1964-76 Pt I
Ledger Book with minutes in English and separate pages for dues payments of
individuals with home addresses, name changes, date of death, etc. The great
majority of burials take place at Montefiore.
Officers
Katzelnick, Sam,Pres, Riverdale
Kayden, Leo, VP,Flushing
Katzowitz, Sam, Treas, Bx
Kneiberl, Sam, Sec'y, West Palm Beach, Fla
Dues Payers
Alpert, Michael and Lila, NYC
Dorfman,Sol, W Palm Bch, Fla
Fishman, Ben, Bklyn
Fishman, Harry, Bklyn
Gottlieb, Pincus Philip, Bklyn
Pincus, Ruth
Gitlin David, Bklyn
Gitlin,Rose, NYC
Gitlin, Sylvia, Bklyn
Gitlitz, Jacob and Mira,
Herman, Harry and Fay, Flushing LI
Herman, Beverly, Flushing
Herman, Donald and Marylin, Bayside
Einhorn, Lillian, LA, Calif
Kashinitz, Abe and Lena, Bklyn
Kashinitz, William, Bklyn
Katz,Ida, Bklyn
Katzelnick, A, Bklyn
Katzelnick, Frank and Rhoda, Glen Oaks, LI
Katzelnick, Mary, Bklyn
Katzowitz, Corinne, Flushing LI
Katzowitz, Selig, Miami Bch, Fla
Katzoff, Ida, bklyn
Katzowitz, Frieda, Bx
Katzowitz, David, Bx
Katzowitz, Harold and Toby, Fairlawn, NJ
Katzowitz, Dorothy, Bx
Katz, Jack, Bklyn
Katzowitz, Max, Easchester, NY
Katzowitz, Max, Bx
Katzowitz, Rubin, Bx
Katzowitz, Irene, Bx
Gottlieb,I.
Kroll, H
Kroll, M
Kirshner, June,Bx
Kayden, Ettie, Flushing LI
Kayden, Warren, Huntington LI
Landowitz, Jack and Tilda, Bx
Landowitz, Philipand Ethel, Bklyn
Lieberman, Al, No Mi Bch, Fla
Lieberman, C
Lazaruk, Yetta, Howard Bch,LI
Nagler, Henry, W Palm Bch, Fla
Pollisky, Sally, Bklyn
Pollisky, Norman, membership terminated
Rosensweig, Louis, Springfield, NJ
Roth,Louis, Bayside
Rebold,Morris, Bklyn
Rosensweig, Abe, Elizabeth, NJ
Schulman, Herman, No Babylon, LI
Schulman, Irving, No Babylon
Schulman,Norman and Sara, Huntington, LI
Schulman, Morton, Bellemore, LI
Seiden, L
Seiden,Mollie, Bklyn
Shapiro, Sam and Ida, Bklyn
Sorin,Michael, Bklyn
Spindell, Lillie, Bklyn
Weinberg, H
Zerlin,Sara, Far Rockaway,LI
This completes my research. Yet to come is a prologue and the names offered
by the Krivitzers who are currently maintaining their landsmanshaften organization.
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My grandparents ran an inn near the
forest. The village was Krivichi...My grandfather had eye surgery in Lida. They
speak of Novogruduk also. Would love any information...My grandmother and several
children remained in Krivichi until after WWI. My mother, Dinah lIFSCHITZ came
to this country in 1913. Settled in lower east side. Uncle of my mother's had
a hotel in Far Rockaway called Genadeen..Other uncle owned Ocean Crest in Long
Beach, L.I. Any relatives around????
sylvia levine (lifschitz) <bubbeepa@worldnet.att.net.>
Boca Raton, fl USA -
the winter of 1942
...During that point of time, we all saw the Vostok as a haven from the brutal
life in the forest, here in the forest we were hiding from the Germans and their
collaborators, we had been living in little huts exposed to the elements, while
winter was approaching. The Vostok we were told, was controlled by the Russian
partisans. People prepared for the departure for days, both emotionally and
physically. The partisans gave each group a few guides and the Jews stated preparing
bread, toast, salt, shoes, and especially lapses(type of Shoes the farmers wore).
The ones that could afford the lapses prepared two or three pairs for the very
long walk. There was a Jewish shoe maker from Krivichi, he was sitting in his
hut in the forest all day preparing shoes.
I was among the very first group to depart the Pushtza. With us, there were
fifty-four people, most of whom were from Kurenets. Some were also from Molodetchna.
The Shochet from Krivichi, the Rogovin family from Vileyka. We had a guide,
a partisan with a rifle. We came to say good-bye to our dear neighbors, Zadok,
and the girls. That proved to be very emotional parting.
http://eilatgordinlevitan.com/kurenets/k_pages/stories_vostok.html
to
read the entire story
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MOLODECHNO (the nearest city to Krivichi
with population of near 100,000) Jewish Religious Community " Hevra Tegilim"
Head of the community: Gennady BASKIN Total number of Jews: 1,000 . The community
was formed in September 1998, registered in March 1999. Activities:"Kabbalat
Shabbat". There is 1 synagogue.
http://eejhp.tripod.ca/map.htm#write
click here to write to the community
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Subj: Re: Krasne
Date: 11/12/01 1:02:03 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: donjein@mediaone.net
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)
Eilat,
I have Einbinders and Ainbinders in my family tree, but no Anbinders that I
know of. I do have an uncle from Krasne who I am researching, Peter Wiener.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Don Einbinder
EilatGordn@aol.com wrote:
Shalom,
I am starting a shtetl page for Krasne, Belarus.
in the eidb I found; "Anbinder,Chaje Krasne, Russia 1913 63y
54 Anbinder,Schame Krasna 1906 35y
55 Anbinder,Zyzic Krasne, Russia 1913 18y
Also my relatives are the Einbinder family of New Haven who came from Kurenets
in the 1920s'(next to Krasne, in the area of Vileyka). Is you "Krasne" in today
Belarus? . Thank you.
Subj: Re: Krasne
Date: 11/12/01 1:02:03 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: donjein@mediaone.net
Eilat,
I have Einbinders and Ainbinders in my family tree, but no Anbinders that I
know of. I do have an uncle from Krasne who I am researching, Peter Wiener.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
Don Einbinder
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Subj: Your e-mail reply of 5 Nov.
01 re: Komarin and Doctorowitz
Date: 11/7/01 1:37:19 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: adocton@redrock.net (Alvin Docton)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
Want to thank you for the great information you provided in regard to my
query. I will carefully research all the web sites you were kind enough to
hyperlink in your e-mail. Number 9 of the first listing is my father and is
99.9% correct. It took me six years to figure that the script writing said
Komarin, Russia and yet you listed the information fairly correct.
Can you tell me how I can bring up on my computer the other information you
provided below the hyperlink for Ellis Island
>%2Eexe%3FT%3DH%3A%5C%5CT715%2D2083%5C%5CT715%2D20830746%2ETIF%26S%3D%2E5&pI
D=1 and>
00637110070&name=Judko%26nbsp%3BDoktorowitz&doa+May+++++++22%2C+1913&port=Br
em ?
Do I type the above link information after I get on the Ellis Island site?
I am not that great in the DOS vocabulary so I would appreciate any advice
that would help me get to the names and information you provided.
I really appreciate the time and effort you put in to provide me the
information of your e-mail. All the Doctorowitz names you listed encourages
me to try to contact their descendants and see if they are willing to share
their DNA information with me.
Thanks again,
Al Docton
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Subj: Re: Shrebnik of Radoshkovich
notes
Date: 11/6/01 6:24:21 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: cmazzeo@si.rr.com (cmazzeo)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
Thank you so much for sharing this with me. Unfortunately, I have been
unable to go that far back but would be happy to correspond with the sender
to see if we can come up with a connection. For the most part, all the
Srebnick's or Srebnik's don't have an "H" but that seems to be the way
people pronounce it if they didn't grow up with it as I did. You may
provide me e-mail address as you see appropriate. I am always happy to
share information even if it only serves to eliminate a possiblity.
Caryn Mazzeo (Srebnick)
----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2001 9:30 PM
Subject: Shrebnik of Radoshkovich notes
> n a message dated 10 06 2001 1:43:26 AM, <A
>
HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/radoshkovichlist/post?protectID=11417623
42
>
>
37229153169057031077172165094145149034234099031150166091061">dinaglatter@h..
.
> writes:<< Dear Mr Botwinick,This evening I was searching the Jewish
> Geneological Society's website and looking for information regarding
> Radoshkovich, my grandmother's shtetl, and I found your name. My
> grandmother's maiden name was Asha (Alice) Levine; her mother's maiden
name
> was Shrebnik; and her mother's mother's (my grandmother's grandmother)
maiden
> name was Botwinik. I'm not sure of the spelling but it was such a small
> shtetl that I'm sure we have some common ancestors. I apologize for the
> limited amount of knowledge that I have of my family. Right now, my
mother
> is in Israel but, as soon as she returns on Tuesday, I will ask her for
first
> names and more information and send them to you. She is actually meeting
her
> first cousin who still lives in Radoshkovich for the first time.I would
love
> to hear about the information you have about your family from Radoskovich.
> In case you are interested, my name is Dina Glatter and I am from Toronto,
> Ontario, Canada.I wish you and your family a healthy, happy and prosperous
> year full of joy and peace. Chag Sameach.Looking forward to your
> response.Sincerly, Dina Glatter>>
> DinaNice to hear from you.We must be related but i dont know how.I have
> almost no info on the botwinick clan in Rado.I am the son of Yussel the
son
> of Nuchem gerson the son Yankle AAron the son of Moshov. Yankle died in
Rado
> never coming to USA Philadelphia. thye family were carpenters and boat
> builders, timber merchants. Moshov supposedly had 9 kids .I have a mailing
> list for rado and botwinick that has many messages in the archives.The
only
> distant botwinick I know of was nathan botwinick fm nyc who immigrated
to
> Palestine with his family. He may have been a brother of
> Yankle.Cordially,miltbGroup name 8thusinfantryreg Group home Subj:
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Dear Fellow Researchers,
I don't know how I missed this the first time around, but I just found the following
posting. We just might be related. I also have WISHNIATSKY and YELLIN from Grodno
Gub. in general, and Porozowa in particular. The latter was too small a shtetl
for people of the same name not to be related.
1. I have an Irving LEVITAN who married Leah WISHNIATSKY in ~ 1888; children
Fanny and Mollie.
2. I have 11 YELLIN's, including one Nachman who married Hodel WISHNIATSKY
in ~ 1850.
3. I have dozens upon dozens of WISHNIATSKY people including my paternal grandmother,
all from Porozowa and vicinity.
Is it time to compare notes? I look forward to your reply.
B'shalom,
Susan Pearlman, Northridge, CA
~~ From: EilatGordn@aol.com Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001
In a message dated 10/11/01 josephandemily@mindspring.com writes:
<< I am looking for; WISHINSKY, YELLIN, from Grodno. Also for KRIEGMAN,
BOD, PATZ, POVERMAN from Novograd Volynskii and area. Thank you, Joseph >>
Eilat's reply, from which I've culled pertinent names:
~ Wichnewski, Chane F 18y S Hebrew Grodno July 09, 1907
272 Wischnacki,Peisach Grodno 1904 23y
273 Wischnewski,Lore Grodno, Russia 1913 18y
274 Wischnjatzky,Mowscha Porosow, Grodno 1908 22y
275 Wischujatzky,Ewel Porosow, Grodno 1908 17y
Wishnatzky,Burach Torosawa, Gradno 1908 11y
277 Wishnatzky,Ewel Torosawa, Gradno 1908 17y
Wistanctzki,Chaim Grodno, Russia 1910 59y
284 Wisznacki,Jozef Grodno 1905 23y
Leiser Wishinsky Lomsa 1902 35
Yeller,Perl Grodno, Russia 1911 17y
Suire Yellin Kobryn,Grodno Russia 1912 27
Snul Mordehc Yellin Kobryn, Russia 1912 5 .
Eilat Gordin Levitan Los Angeles. >>
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USA -
I left Krivichi in 1945. I have an
older brother, Howard.He and his family live in Baltimere
jerry kaidanow <kaidaj@aol>
newrochelle, ny USA -
Kostrul, Israel
Russian/Hebrew
Zwil
December 05, 1904
24y
M
M
Ultonia
Triest, Austria, Austria-Hungary
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USA -
we drove to a different part of Belarus
- Molodechno, Vileka and Iliya. This is the northwestern part, close to the
Lithuanian border. After WWI, it was transferred to the new Poland. This area
is connected to the family of my friend, Avraham Chesekov. His relatives from
Minsk volunteered to drive us around for the entire day, so we did not need
our hired driver anymore. In Molodechno, there is an archive of the area, where
one can request a search for one's relatives. They have a list of voters for
the Polish Saim. Although there wasn't much point in requesting a search for
the Tavger family here, I did so anyhow, and after some time, I received an
answer in the negative.
In Vileka there is a Jewish cemetery surrounded by a fence. Some of the older
graves remain. I wrote down all the family names that I could read there. Someone
made some cement fillings for the gravestones in a totally different style (the
gravestones instead of standing were lying). But here too, the hand of vandalism
reached. Here and there vodka bottles were left over from drunken nighttime
parties. At the entrance to the cemetery is a general monument in memory of
those killed in the holocaust. Outside the fenced off area, at the bottom of
the hill and below, are scattered a large number of gravestones. Probably the
cemetery was once much larger. Next to the cemetery was a non-Jewish lady who
was in charge of watching the place; this is what her father did, and this is
what she does. There is someone in Vilna who keeps in touch with her and is
responsible for the care of the cemetery
The lady brought us to a Jewish women, almost the only one in the town, a smart
and intelligent woman. We met her digging in her garden, but this did not keep
her from remembering even the smallest of details, telephone numbers and addresses
of people. My friend Avraham asked her numerous questions about his family,
and as always I asked if she had ever heard of the Tavger family. To my surprise,
she answered in the positive. It became clear that she had known in her youth
(today she is 70 years old)the sisters of Chaim Touger who lives in Herzliya,
in Israel. He and his family did not live in Vileka but in Krivitchi, about
50 kilometers to the northeast. Each time Mrs. Chodos produced a new detail
of information, all those standing around jumped with admiration. This knowledgeable
woman even brought us to an army quarters building whose walls were constructed
of gravestones from the Jewish cemetery. She had found this out by chance when
some of the plaster crumbled from the wall and the Hebrew letters showed through.
Afterwards, we visited at the home of the partisan, Safonov. He had received
from Yad Vashem a certificate for the "Non-Jewish Righteous of the World" for
saving Jews. I must say truthfully that I never met before a non-Jew who saved
Jews, and when I stood next to him, I was deeply moved. When he asked me to
translate for him what was written on the certificate and on the medallion,
I read and translated with tears in my eyes and my voice trembling.
We drove with him to Iliya, about 40 kilometers from Vileka. There we saw a
monument to the martyrs of Iliya with the names of those killed. The monument
was erected through the efforts of someone who was saved by Safonov and now
lives in Israel - his name is Degani. Safonov is responsible for the monument.
Afterwards, we found the cemetery. On the flat, open plain, far from the road,
a sight which appears strange among the surrounding farms is suddenly seen -
many gravestones standing straight. The cemetery is not fenced off, but fortunately
is kept in fairly good condition. Again I copied all the names which I could
read from the gravestones.
We returned Safonov to Vileka. When we parted, I felt I couldn't just say good-bye
simply to a "Non-Jewish Righteous of the World" who had saved Jews. I dared
to hug him with all of my heart and thanked him in the name of all the children
of Israel.
Towards evening we returned to Minsk, and here ended our trip to the land where
our fathers lived. I returned home with my thoughts in turmoil about care for
the neglected cemeteries. It is impossible to leave things in their present
state. What must those villagers, whom I met everywhere, think about us, those
smart Jews, filled with incentive and means!? How have they left their fathers
who are buried in the land they lived in!? I see their houses and their eyes
staring at us, the Jews, and I am filled with shame for my nation. But the burning
enthusiasm I felt then has already managed to be cooled by the pragmatic words
of people who reacted to my ideas. There is a need for a huge monetary investment,
they said, and also a need for organization. Who can undertake all this? And
so I returned in the meantime to the course of everyday life.
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8 226 1.51% 191 1.68% 6779 1.10% France
9 131 0.88% 113 0.99% 6590 1.07% Poland
10 91 0.61% 88 0.77% 3575 0.58% Switzerland
11 49 0.33% 43 0.38% 1979 0.32% Australia
12 43 0.29% 40 0.35% 3755 0.61% United Kingdom
13 39 0.26% 22 0.19% 994 0.16% Non-Profit Organization
14 32 0.21% 31 0.27% 1154 0.19% Denmark
15 30 0.20% 30 0.26% 2353 0.38% Spain
16 28 0.19% 28 0.25% 2182 0.35% United States
17 27 0.18% 27 0.24% 1326 0.21% Finland
18 20 0.13% 20 0.18% 813 0.13% Luxembourg
19 19 0.13% 19 0.17% 1638 0.26% Italy
20 17 0.11% 17 0.15% 747 0.12% Russian Federation
21 16 0.11% 14 0.12% 436 0.07% Netherlands
22 14 0.09% 14 0.12% 1965 0.32% US Military
23 14 0.09% 11 0.10% 599 0.10% Japan
24 13 0.09% 13 0.11% 1299 0.21% US Government
25 10 0.07% 10 0.09% 938 0.15% Belgium
26 10 0.07% 10 0.09% 589 0.10% Mexico
27 9 0.06% 9 0.08% 402 0.07% Estonia
28 8 0.05% 8 0.07% 107 0.02% Ukraine
29 7 0.05% 7 0.06% 2333 0.38% Germany
30 7 0.05% 4 0.04% 138 0.02% Taiwan
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Subj: HELBERG genealogy
Date: 10/18/01 8:31:50 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: DanDyckman
To: EilatGordn
CC: helberg2@netvision.net.il, goren@hadassah.org.il
CC: DanDyckman@post.harvard.edu
CC: avkaps@unilib.chel.su, jhelberg@econophone.be
CC: ilanalevitan@yahoo.com
Sorry for the late reply. Thank you for the HELBERG information! It's been a
while since I've looked at genealogy (it took up too much time!) Nothing rang
a bell in the information sent by EilatGordn a while ago, but in case this rings
a bell with others, here is info about my Helbergs (as you can see I haven't
done much research -- I have zero info on dates/years!)
--- highest generation
Lemi Helberg m. to Elka (I'd guess born 1850 to 1875)
they had 8 children, no idea what order:
Nechama, Kalman, Merril, Fegie, Aaron, Mottle, Pessel, Esther
--- about those children
Nechama married Yaakov Bielous (?Belaus?), & their various children
changed last names (to avoid Russian draft, e.g.) to Fuchsman, and
in the U.S. from Fuchsman to Dyckman. This branch grew to be a
fairly large family. My only clue to ANY of the ages in this tree is
that at least 2 of Nechama's 6 children were born early 1890's,
from which I figure her parents were born 1850 - 1875 or so.
Kalmen married twice in Russia, no other info
Merril & Fegie, I have no info
Aaron had at least 2 daughters, Elka and Nechama, both married/in Israel,
no idea what their last names would be
Mottle had at least 3 children, incl a daughter Nadia, married in Israel
and a son Lema or Lemiel
Pessel had at least 5 children, Chashka, Elka, Gittel, Muma, Yaakov,
Elka married & in Haifa w at least 2 children (on in Canada),
Gittel married & had at least 2 children
Aaron, Mottle, and Pessel each had at least one child who went to Israel:
Aaron --> Elka, Nechama, both of whom married (no idea whom)
Mottle --> Nadia, married (no idea whom)
Pessel --> Elka married in Haifa, had a son, and a daugher Penina now
in Canada
Esther married Lifshitz, had 3 children of whom 1 survived, came to US:
Elka Lifshitz married Barinoff, had 3 children.
Hope this helps someone! Note several Helberg descendents went to Israel,
and I know decades ago my family was in contact with some of them -- at
least, my relatives knew basic bio info about them. I have very little
info other than what I've written above -- I haven't cracked Russian
genealogy yet, because it's still so hard to get records.
Regards,
Dan Dyckman
dandyckman@aol.com
(long-term can be reached at: dandyckman@post.harvard.edu)
P.S. to goren@hadassah.org.il I know a Harriet Goren here in New York City,
she's about 30, single, works as an artist for websites. Of course, Goren is
a common name.
.
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Subj: RE: [belarus] Kopatkevichi
and Fronton
Date: 10/15/01 9:55:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: rfisher@CJH.org (Rachel Fisher)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com ('EilatGordn@aol.com')
Mr.Gordon,
Thank you so much for your kind help. It was very generous of you to take
the time to search the EI database! I have done a search before as well, but
not as comprehensive as yours. And of course, some other family names were
on your list, so this will be very helpful to me.
I am in New York near the National Archives, so if I can ever do a small
favor for you (getting a ship record or census record) please let me know.
Best wishes and thank you again,
Rachel
Rachel Eskin Fisher
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Subj: Zapatinsky/Jabotinsky/Zapadinsky
Date: 10/9/01 10:05:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: EilatGordn
To: belarus@lyris.jewishgen.org
In a message dated 10/9/01 7:37:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, szabelinski@hotmail.com
writes:
<< I´m looking for any info. on the following families:
ZAPATINSKY >>
could be Jabotinsky/Zapadinsky
In the Ellis Island database I found the well known Zionist leader Ze'ev (Vladimir)
Jabotinsky.;
Manifest for Aquitania
Sailing from Southampton November 11, 1921;
Jabotinsky, Vladia Male 41y Married Palestine, Jewish London, England
going to the Zionist organization for three months; 55 Fifth Ave, New York born
in Mariapol
Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky was a classisal liberal (liberterian)Zionist leader.
He was born to a Jewish family , in Odessa on October 18, 1880 and died on August
4, 1940 in New York.
others;
January 10, 1905 Port of Departure Cuxhaven
. Jabotinski, Jephrom M 33y S Russia-Hebrew Alexandrowsk
dentist going to father in Brooklyn
Manifest for Scandia
Sailing from Hamburg July 21, 1894
. Zapadinsky, Joseph M 18y Russia
0079. Zapadinsky, Rebeca F 16y Russia
June 08, 1897 Manifest for State of Nebraska
Sailing from Moville;
Zabatinsky, Israel M 40y Russia Ykturnoslav
Manifest for New York
Sailing from Southampton February 24, 1901;
. Zabatinsky, Israel M 25y S Russian last residence; London going to cousin
in New York.
.January 12, 1912 Manifest for Lituania
Sailing from Libau, Russia
Zabatinsky, Basse F 3y S Hebrew Pinsk, Russia .
Zabatinsky, Chane F 30y M Hebrew Pinsk, Russia . going to husband; Ch. Zabatinsky,
324 E.110 St. New York.
Zabatinsky, Rose F 11m S Hebrew Pinsk, Russia .
June 13, 1913
. Zabatinsky, ...zer M 19y S Russia, Hebrew Ykatrynoslaw
going to brother Chaim 57 Canan, New York
Manifest for Astoria
Sailing from Glasgow April 13, 1906.
Zapadinsky, Abram M 29y M hebrew, Russia Priluki
. Zapadinsky, Ueni F 27y M hebrew, Russia Priluki
0026. Zapadinsky, Zuve Perl F 2y 6m S hebrew, Russia Priluki
. Zapadinsky, Aisik M 10m S hebrew, Russia Priluki
December 28, 1913 Port of Departure; Liverpool
. Zapadinsky, Mottel M 26y M Russia, Hebrew Priluk, Russia
going to brother in law ; golob Harris 141 Chelsea, Boston
Eilat Gordin Levitan
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Subj: Re: [belarus] Kopatkevichi
and Fronton
Date: 10/11/01 11:27:48 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: EilatGordn
To: rfisher@CJH.org, belarus@lyris.jewishgen.org
In a message dated 10/11/01 8:19:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rfisher@CJH.org
writes:
<< I recently met the president of the Kopatkevitch Society here in New
York
City. He would like to encourage more people to join the society. We also
discussed creating a shtetl website for the town.
If anyone has an interest in joining the society, helping create the
website, or knows anything about the Fronton family of Kopatkevichi, please
contact me at rfisher@cjh.org >>
Using http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html for the name Fronton
I found;
Manifest for Finland
Sailing from Antwerp March 06, 1912;
. Fronton, Simon M 20y S Russia, Hebrew Kofatkewitz going to uncle; ... Kaplan
327 Riverdale Ave, Brooklyn
Manifest for Belgenland
Sailing from Southampton November 03, 1923
Franton, Jente F 16y S Russia, Hebrew Kopotkewicz going to uncle;Nathan Prauton
4106 Westminister Ave. Philadelphia
Manifest for Canopic
Sailing from Danzig September 05, 1923 Danzig
. Franton, Leib M 61 M Russian, Hebrew Kalemkowice (Kopotkewicz in the original
manifest ) Russia, going to son; Charles Frantom, 2nd and Fitzwater St.
. Franton, Nechama F 59 M Russian, Hebrew Kalemkowice,(Kopotkewicz in the original
manifest )Russia going to son; Charles Frantom, 2nd and Fitzwater St. Philadelphia
0011. Franton, Elka Ruchlja F 20 S Russian, Hebrew Kalemkowice (Kopotkewicz
in the original manifest )Russia
Manifest for Nieuw Amsterdam
Sailing from Rotterdam September 20, 1909
. Franton, Scholem M 30y M Russia Tapuskewicz going to brother in law; S. Gollat,
117 Hunter Street Shamokin, Pa.
Manifest for Birma
Sailing from Libau April 07, 1912
. Franton, Tesse F 25y M Russia, Hebrew Ptiez, (Kopotkewicz in the original
manifest) Russia
. Franton, Benny F 3y S Russia, Hebrew Ptiez, Russia
using http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellisjw.html for a town that sounds
like
"Kopatkevichi" I found;
Name------ last Residence--- Arrived to the U.S- at the Age of
Cfasman,Asna Kopatkiewiczi, Russian 1923 21y
2 Cfasman,Chaim Kopatkiewiczi, Russia 1923 26y
3 Cfasman,Motel Kopatkiewiczi, Russian 1923 24y
1 Dreyer,Dweire Kopitkewicz, Russia 1913 23y
2 Duchon,Leiser Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 50Y
3 Duchon,Styka Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 17y
1 Epstein,Hinde Kapetkewitz, Rus. 1906 17y
1 Farber,Hirsch Kobatkowicz, Russia 1914 25y
2 Framan,Chaje Riwe Kaputkewiz, Russia 1914 19y
3 Franton,Jente Kopotkewicz, Russia 1923 16y
4 Friedman,Hersch Kopatkiewicz, Russia 1910 20y
5 Fronton,Simon Kofatkewitz, Russia 1912 20y
1 Gelod,Schmuel Jankel Kopatkewitzky, Russia 1913 22y
2 Gillin,Mottel Kapitkwitz, Minsk 1907 36y
3 Gitlin,Bencze Kapitkewitz 1906 21y
4 Gitlin,Broche Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 7y
5 Gitlin,Leibe Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 17y
6 Gitlin,Liebe Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 19y
7 Gitlin,Mowscha Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 11y
8 Gitlin,Schlome Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 9y
9 Gitlin,Sora Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 46y
10 Gitlin,Zimel Kopatkewitz, Russia 1912 5y
11 Gittlin,Dine Kipitkewitz, Russia 1914 58y
12 Gold,Masche Kopotkewec, Russia 1914 55y
13 Gold,Schefre Kopotkewec, Russia 1914 17y
14 Goled,Elke Kapitkwitz, Minsk 1907 18y
15 Golod,Aisik Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 11
16 Golod,Chonon Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 5
17 Golod,Peisach Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 7
18 Golod,Schifra Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 37
19 Gomon,Chamon (Chanie) Kopitkewicz, Russia 1913 42y
20 Grubenszik,Moische Kopitkewicz, Russia 1910 17y
21 Gutermann,Efraim Kopodkewiz, Russia 1909 17y
22 Guttman,Lore Kopotkewitz, Minsk 1907 24y
Hochman,Broche Kopatkewizy, Russia 1911 14y
2 Hochman,Feiga Kopatkewizy, Russia 1911 19y
3 Hochman,Feike Kopetkewitz, Russia 1912 19y
4 Hochman,Jache Kopatkewizy, Russia 1911 22y
Jankel,Zurawel Kopatkiewicz 1905 38y
1 Kagan,Rivka - Beila Kopatkevicz, Russia 1914 30y
2 Kaplan,Dawid Kopatkiewicze, Russia 1922 16y
3 Kaplan,Judes Kopatkiewicze, Russia 1922 50y
4 Kaplan,Szejna Kopatkiewicze, Russia 1922 18y
5 Kaplan,Wulf Kapatkewicz, Russia 1906 2...
6 Kaplan,Zelik Kopatkiewicze, Russia 1922 13y
7 Kaplan,Zlata Kopatkiewicze, Russia 1922 17y
8 Katzman,Chaie Kapitkewicz, Russia 1913 18y
9 Katzman,Zente Kapitkewicz, Russia 1913 16y
10 Katzmann,Dawid Kapatkewicz, Russia 1910 33y
11 Katzmann,Eter Kapotkewicze, Russia 1910 25y
12 Katzmann,Frade Kapotkewicze, Russia 1910 11y 11m
13 Kaufmann,Chaie Kapitkewitz 1907 20y
14 Kaufmann,Jankel Kepitkewiz, Russia 1914 22y
15 Klugman,Ester Kopatkewicsi, Russia 1912 51y
16 Klugman,Zalel Kopatkewicsi, Russia 1912 69y
17 Kofman,Arija Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 11y
18 Kofman,Chasja Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 10y
19 Kofman,Echiel Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 7y
20 Kofman,Feige Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 8y
21 Kofman,Kasriel Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 5y
22 Kofman,Leiser Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 11y
23 Kofman,Reisa Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1910 38y
24 Komisarzik,Schleime Kopatkewitz, Russia 1911 34y
25 Kurewitz,Jasel Kopotkiewicz, Russia 1914 21
1 Lewin,Boruch Kapatkiewicz, Russia 1911 19y
2 Livowitz,Leiser Kapitkewicz, Russia 1911 7y
3 Livowitz,Rochel Kapitkewicz, Russia 1911 30y
4 Lulew,Ida Kopatkiwiczi, Russia 1923 18y
5 Lulien,Abram Kobatkewiczi, Russia 1923 15y
6 Lulien,Lea Kobatkewiczi, Russia 1923 12y
1 Margolin,Chawe Kopitkewitz, Minsk 1909 27y
2 Margolin,Judel Kopitkewitz, Minsk 1909 30y
3 Matlyuk,Freida Kopetkevichi, Russia 1923 20
4 Matlyuk,Morduch Kopetkevichi, Russia 1923 13
5 Matlyuk,Nochim Ischia Kopetkevichi, Russia 1923 15
6 Matlyuk,Zirl Kopetkevichi, Russia 1923 50
1 Ofengendel,Mowscha Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 17 Passenger Record Text Manifest
Scanned Manifest
2 Offenhand,Minni Kapitkowitz 1905 20y Passenger Record Text Manifest Scanned
Manifest
3 Ouretszky,Bassia Kopatkewitz, Russia 1923 15y Passenger Record Text Manifest
Scanned Manifest
4 Ouretszky,Benjamin Kopatkewitz, Russia 1923 58y Passenger Record Text Manifest
Scanned Manifest
5 Ourstsky,David Kapetkevich, Russia 1923 12 Passenger Record Text Manifest
Scanned Manifest
6 Ourstsky,Feyga Kapetkevich, Russia 1923 16 Passenger Record Text Manifest
Scanned Manifest
7 Ourstzky,Rive Kapetkevich, Russia 1923 38
Rasowsky,Schlioma Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 39
1 Saiczuk,Jossel Kopitkewitz, Russia 1909 21y
2 Sarietzky,Aron Kapitkewicz, Russia 1914 40y
3 Schabaszowicz,Israel Kapitkewitz 1904 35y
4 Schapiro,Chiene Kapitkewitz, Russia 1911 20y
5 Schapiro,Hene Kapitkwitz, Minsk 1907 21y
6 Schapiro,Hirsch Kopatkewiz, Russia 1912 22y
7 Schapiro,Roche Kopatkewitz, Minsk 1907 17y
8 Schenderowitch,Clana Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 18
9 Schenderowitch,Evsei Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 60
10 Schenderowitch,Gita Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 16
11 Schenderowitch,Linba Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 14
12 Schenderowitch,Pesia Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 15
13 Schenderowitch,Tauba Kopatkewitch, Russia 1923 57y 7m
14 Schuchmann,Jankel Kabatkewicz, Russia 1907 8y
15 Schuchmann,Judel Kabatkewicz, Russia 1907 7y
16 Schuchmann,Leah Kabatkewicz, Russia 1907 32y
17 Schuchmann,Libe Kabatkewicz, Russia 1907 5y
18 Schuchmann,Meier Kabatkewicz, Russia 1907 11y
19 Schulman,Denia Kopotkevitz, Russia 1923 17y
21 Sherman,Gessie Kopotkewitz, Russia 1923 9
22 Sherman,Golde Kopotkewitz, Russia 1923 35
23 Sherman,Taube Kopotkewitz, Russia 1923 7
24 Shulman,Aron Kopatkevitch, Russia 1923 55
25 Shulman,Rochel Kopatkevitch, Russia 1923 55
26 Shulman,Schmul Kopatkevitch, Russia 1923 13
27 Steinbuch,Chana Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 18
28 Steinbuch,Freida Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 15
29 Steinbuch,Nisson Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1911 45
30 Steinbuck,Abram Kapitkewitz, Minsk 1907 16y
31 Steinbuck,Chaie Kopitkewitz, Russia 1912 8y
32 Steinbuck,Ester Kapitkewitz, Minsk 1907 19y
33 Steinbuck,Hinde Kopitkewitz, Russia 1912 15y
34 Steinbuck,Jassel Kapitkewitz, Minsk 1907 17y
35 Steinbuck,Mine Kopitkewitz, Russia 1912 45y
36 Steinbuck,Scholem Kopitkewitz, Russia 1912 5y
37 Steinbuck,Zalel Kopitkewitz, Russia 1912 11y
38 Szapira,Hinda Kopetkewiez 1906 18y
Tomaschow,Jtte Kipitkowitz, Russia 1914 23y
2 Tomaschow,Riwe Kipitkowitz, Russia 1914 2m
Uretzkaja,Basche Kopitkewitzci, Russia 1910 22y
2 Uretzkaja,Mere Kopitkewitzci, Russia 1910 19y
3 Uretzky,Feiga Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1912 20y
4 Uretzky,Feiga Kopatkewicsi, Russia 1912 20y
5 Uretzky,Srol Kopatkewiczi, Russia 1912 21y
6 Uretzky,Srol Kopatkewicsi, Russia 1912 21y
Weiner,Golde kapethicwicz, Russia 1912 18y
2 Winik,Golda Kopitkewiczi, Russia 1910 17y
3 Winik,Josif Kopitkewiczi, Russia 1910 28y
4 Wirmik,Golde Kopatkewitz, Russia 1911 18y
5 Wirmik,Ruwin Kopatkewitz, Russia 1911 49y
.Eilat Gordin Levitan
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In a message dated 10/11/01 8:15:13
PM Pacific Daylight Time, josephandemily@mindspring.com writes:
<< I am looking for; WISHINSKY, YELLIN, from Grodno.
Also for KRIEGMAN, BOD, PATZ, POVERMAN from Novograd Volynskii and area.
Thank you,
Joseph >>
Using http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html I found;
. Wichnewski, Chane F 18y S Hebrew Grodno July 09, 1907
Wischeiski,Jossel Grodno 1904 28y
270 Wischeisky,Choie Grodno 1902 19y
271 Wischmenski,Czeme Gradno, Russia 1912 22y
272 Wischnacki,Peisach Grodno 1904 23y
273 Wischnewski,Lore Grodno, Russia 1913 18y
274 Wischnjatzky,Mowscha Porosow, Grodno 1908 22y
275 Wischujatzky,Ewel Porosow, Grodno 1908 17y
Wishnatzky,Burach Torosawa, Gradno 1908 11y
277 Wishnatzky,Ewel Torosawa, Gradno 1908 17y
Wistanctzki,Chaim Grodno, Russia 1910 59y
284 Wisznacki,Jozef Grodno 1905 23y
Wizonska,Sara Grodno, Poland 1921 57y
289 Wizonska,Simon Grodno, Poland 1921 15y
Wolochnianski,Alter Liachowitzi, Grodno 1921 25y
Leiser Wishinsky Lomsa 1902 35
Yeller,Perl Grodno, Russia 1911 17y
. Suire Yellin Kobryn,Grodno Russia 1912 27
. Maryanna Patz Lomza, Russia 1907 19
. Snul Mordehc Yellin Kobryn, Russia 1912 5 .
Helena Patz Lomza, Russia 1907 16
149. Ignatz Patz Pilky, Lomza, Russia 1910 20
Manifest for Caronia
Sailing from Liverpool June 13, 1906.:
Paverman, Golde F 27 M Russian Novigrod
. Paverman, Leibe M 6 S Russian Novigrod
Paverman, Mendel M 11 mos. S Russian Novigrod
. Paverman, Judel F 3 S Russian Novigrod
Manifest for Russia
Sailing from Libau July 28, 1908;
. Powerman, Sura F 33y M Russia, Hebrew Nowograd, Wolyn going to husband; Mr.
B Man Chelsea, mass.
Powerman, Jacob M 9y S Russia, Hebrew Nowograd
. Powerman, Marya F 7y S Russia, Hebrew Nowograd
. Powerman, Henriette F 11y S Russia, Hebrew Nowograd, Wolyn
Powerman, Beile F 3y S Russia, Hebrew Nowograd
. Powerman, Marim M 6y S Russia, Hebrew Nowograd, Wolyn
Bote,Rise Nowogorod 1904 17y
Krigman,Hesse Nowograd, Wolyn 1908 43y
137 Krigman,Mordche Nowograd, Wolyn 1908 56y
Leiser Patz Nowogrod, Russia 1907 31
Eilat Gordin Levitan
Los Angeles.
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Date: 10/12/01 5:33:25 AM Pacific
Daylight Time
From: cfairman@bellsouth.net (Carol Fairman)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
I have a Pesah Wishneski who married my grandmother's aunt Malka Karapesky.
I am not sure where in Belarus they actually came from. They had Ralph,
Yache, Moshe, Meir, and Miriam.
carol
cfairman@bellsouth.net
carolfla@yahoo.com
Subj: Re: [belarus] ; WISHNISKY, Karapesky
Date: 10/12/01 8:36:22 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: EilatGordn
To: cfairman@bellsouth.net
Using; http://home.pacbell.net/spmorse/ellis/ellis.html I found;
Manifest for Patricia
Sailing from Hamburg May 14, 1904
. Wischnacki, Peisach Male 23y Single Russian, Hebrew from Grodno
also;
Ludwig Wischnecki Nowograd 1892 40 going to Mew York
2. Adam Wischneski Strzegowo, Russia 1907 40
1. Dmitro Karopeczky Zabien, Austria 1912 45
2. Maryna Karopeczky Zabien, Austria 1912 14
3. Michal Karopeczky Zabien, Austria 1912 15
4. Janos Kerepeczky B. Csaba, Hungary 1906 34
5. Janos Kerepeczky B. Csaba, Hungary 1906 14
6. Maria Kerepeczky B. Csaba, Hungary 1906 35
7. Maria Kerepeczky B. Csaba, Hungary 1906 9
1. Kazimin Krapski Shibska, Russ. 1907 19
2. Martin Krapski B...drovet 1906 30
3. Alexandr Krepsky Chworostin, Russia 1910 32
4. Anton Krepsky Kolosvwezis, Russia 1912 18
5. Franz Krepsky Kolosowczina, Russia 1912 18
6. Franz Krepsky Sitzomeji, Russia 1910 27
7. Itzchok Krepsky Smily, Russia 1908 43
8. Kasimir Krepsky Blony, Russia 1911 33
9. Konstantin Krepsky Kozelnik, Russia 1910 22
10. Neck Ame Krepsky Smily, Russia 1908 39
Hermann Krapsky Kalish, Russia 1907 28
2. Pamel Krapsky 1892 46
Kazimin Krapski Shibska, Russ. 1907 19
4. Martin Krapski B...drovet 1906 30
Using http://ancestry.com/ I found;
MIKE KARPESKY SSN 181-18-7286 Residence: 15650 Latrobe, Westmoreland, PA
Born 24 Oct 1920 :
Died 3 Jan 2000 Issued
JOHN KARPESKI
SSN 177-03-1123
Born 11 Dec 1893 :
Died 1 Apr 1991 Issued: PA (Before 1951)
GRACE M KARPISKI on
SSN 012-01-6643 Residence: 01230 Great Barrington, Berkshire, MA
Born 5 Mar 1917 :
Died Dec 1995 Issued: MA (Before 1951)
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Subj: Re: [belarus] Re: Kopatkevichi and Fronton
Date: 10/12/01 1:22:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: BABYCAT3
To: EilatGordn
my mother's maternal side's surname is kaflowitz. came to the usa from the bialystok
area of poland. have you ever come close to that name?
thanks
barbara
Subj: Re: [belarus] Re: Kopatkevichi and Fronton
Date: 10/12/01 3:18:54 PM Pacific Daylight Time
From: EilatGordn
To: BABYCAT3
Manifest for Kaiserin Augusta Victoria
Sailing from Hamburg September 26, 1910
Name Gender Age Married Ethnicity Place of Residence
Kaflowitz, Berl M 17y S Russian, Hebrew Bialystok going to father Yankel (Jakob)
Kaflowitz
67 Ludlow St. New York Manifest Enlarger
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Ftif2gif%2Eexe%3FT%3DG%3A%5C%5CT715%2D1563%5C%5CT715%2D15630694%2ETIF%26S%3D%2E5&pID=101443040156&name=Berl%26nbsp%3BKaflowitz&doa=September+26%2C+1910&port=Hamburg&line=0006
Manifest for La Savoie
Sailing from Le Havre April 30, 1923
. Kaflowicz, Benjamin M 28y S Poland, Hebrew Bialystok going to father Jakob
Kaflowicz 167 Suffolk Street. N.Y.C
You should try other spellings for Kaflowicz.Manifest for Cameronia September
14, 1913
Sailing from Glasgow
Koflowitsch, Moisey M 25y S Russia Hebrew Bialestock going to the same father
as Berl and Benjamin; Jacob Koflowitsch Jacob Kaflowicz 167 Suffolk Street.
N.Y.C
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Ftif2gif%2Eexe%3FT%3DH%3A%5C%5CT715%2D2176%5C%5CT715%2D21760320%2ETIF%26S%3D%2E5&pID=100743080054&name=Moisey%26nbsp%3BKoflowitsch&doa=September+14%2C+1913&port=Glasgow&line=0024
Most likely the same as; MORRIS KAFLOWITZ
SSN 155-20-5236 Residence: 07015 Clifton, Passaic, NJ
Born 30 Aug 1888 Last Benefit:
Died Jan 1976 Issued: NJ (Before 1951)
click here for Manifest Enlarger
first came; September 26, 1910
Name Gender Age Married Ethnicity Place of Residence
Kaflowitz, Berl M 17y S Russian, Hebrew Bialystok going to father Yankel (Jakob)
Kaflowitz
67 Ludlow St. New York Manifest Enlarger
maybe; MEYER KAFLOWITZ
SSN 124-07-2847 Residence: 11554 East Meadow, Nassau, NY
Born 15 Feb 1902 Last Benefit:
Died Mar 1985 Issued: NY (Before 1951
then came Moisey
Last came on April 30, 1923
Kaflowicz, Benjamin M 28y S Poland, Hebrew Bialystok going to father Jacob Kaflowicz
167 Suffolk Street. N.Y.C most likely is; BENJAMIN KAFLOWITZ
SSN 046-03-3439 Residence: 11224 Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Born 19 Sep 1894 t:
Died Feb 1987 Issued: CT (Before 1951 )
Manifest for Berlin
Sailing from Bremen September 08, 1913;
. Kaflewicz, Mirl F 23y S born in Lomza
going to brother in law; Danilowitz? 124 Madison St.in New York
Manifest Enlarger
Manifest for Amerika
Sailing from Hamburg December 24 1912;
. Kaflewicz, Itzok M 30y M Russia Hebrew Kele, Russia
going to cousin: Mordeche F..lig..bai.. ? 376 8th St. New York
Manifest Enlarger
Surname Given Name Middle Name Sex Birth Date Death Date Birth Place Death Place
Social Security # Mother's Maiden Name Father's Surname
BERNSTEIN GLORIA F 20 Mar 1910 21 Dec 1983 ILLINOIS LOS ANGELES 573647574 FREEMAN
KAFLOWITZ
KAFLOWITZ RACHAEL FEMALE 1 Nov 1891 23 Dec 1983 OTHER COUNTRY RIVERSIDE 088202112
FREEMAN
KAFLOWITZ SOLOMON MALE 10 Jan 1885 22 Oct 1977 OTHER COUNTRY RIVERSIDE 072289115
RADISCH DOROTHY FEMALE 18 Oct 1912 29 Dec 1980 ILLINOIS RIVERSIDE 051186297
FREEMAN KAFLOWITZ
BEN KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 070-28-0400 Residence: 08840 Metuchen, Middlesex, NJ
Born 15 Feb 1890 Last Benefit:
Died Jan 1975 Issued: NY (1951 And 1952)
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SOLOMON KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 072-28-9115 Residence: 92262 Palm Springs, Riverside, CA
Born 10 Jan 1887 Last Benefit: 92262 Palm Springs, Riverside, CA
Died Oct 1977 Issued: NY (1951 And 1953)
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RAY KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 088-20-2112 Residence: 92264 Palm Springs, Riverside, CA
Born 15 Apr 1889 Last Benefit:
Died Dec 1983 Issued: NY (Before 1951)
ROSE KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 125-40-0619 Residence: 11598 Woodmere, Nassau, NY
Born 4 Aug 1904 Last Benefit:
Died 13 Feb 1994 Issued: NY (1965 And 1966)
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MARY KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 127-18-3414 Residence: 11239 Brooklyn, Kings, NY
Born 1 Jul 1910 Last Benefit:
Died Jun 1987 Issued: NY (Before 1951)
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HARVEY KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 128-24-2248 Residence: 12603 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, NY
Born 4 Dec 1934 Last Benefit:
Died 23 Mar 1993 Issued: NY (Before 1951)
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MORRIS KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 155-20-5236 Residence: 07015 Clifton, Passaic, NJ
Born 30 Aug 1888 Last Benefit:
Died Jan 1976 Issued: NJ (Before 1951)
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MAMIE KAFLOWITZ Request Information
SSN 155-32-3896 Residence: 07514 Paterson, Passaic, NJ
Born 31 Jul 1892 Last Benefit:
Died Apr 1973 Issued: NJ (1958 And 1960)
Ancestry.com - Social Security Death Index Search Results
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Subj: Re: Kobryn
Date: 10/11/01 11:52:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time
From: ogus@impact.xerox.com (Roy Ogus)
To: EilatGordn@aol.com
CC: ogus@impact.xerox.com
Dear Eilat,
Many thanks for this wonderful collection of information! Most
appreciated. You found a couple more Ellis Island entries for me! I
believe that all the Ogus/Oguz people are related to me.
> ... if you want the rest email me.
Yes, I would appreciate the complete Kobryn list. I have several
family branches from the town. Thanks!
Regards,
Roy
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From: EilatGordn@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 00:00:09 EDT
Subject: Kobryn
To: ogus@impact.xerox.com
CC: EilatGordn@aol.com
Kobryn
Clickable
map of Belarus
http://www.belarusguide.com/as/heritage/clickmap.html
Kobryn is in the south- west
are you relater to;
Manifest for Rotterdam
Sailing from Rotterdam June 09, 1903
. Oguz, Chaje F 20y M Russia, Hebr. Kobrin going to husband; Sam Oguz in New
York
. Oguz, Feige F 4y S Russia, Hebr. Kobrin
Manifest for Zeeland
Sailing from Antwerp May 22, 1907
. Ogus, Marien F 20y S Hebrew Kobrin a tailor going to cousin Weinstein in
Chicago
. Glotser, Ebte F 24y M Hebrew Kobrin
http://www.ellisisland.org/EIFile/popup_weif_5a.asp?src=%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Ftif2gif
%2Eexe%3FT%3DG%3A%5C%5CT715%2D0902%5C%5CT715%2D09020634%2ETIF%26S%3D%2E5&pID=1
01977030243&name=Marien%26nbsp%3BOgus&doa=May+++++++22%2C+1907&port=Antwerp&li
ne=0003
Manifest for Paris
Sailing from LeHavre September 10, 1921
. Ogus, Emma F 48y M U S Citizen Chicago naturaliuzed in 1893
. Louis Ogus Chicago, Ill 1921 48 U S Citizen Chicago naturaliuzed
in 1893
Hasidic Tales Once the rabbi of Kobryn said:
"If it were within my power, I should hide everything written by
the zaddikim. For when a man has too much knowledge, his wisdom
is apt to be greater than his deeds."
The Nature of Prayer
Rabbi Moshe of Kobryn