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Sigmund (Asher Selig ben Joil HaLevi) Schmatnik
Sigmund (Asher Zelig) Schmatnik was born in 1908 in Czernowitz to Ioil/Joel ben Schmuel (Proprietor of Galanterie Schmatnik) and Rosa Gittel. 1908 in Czernowitz 1908 was the year of the first Yiddish Language conference in Czernowitz, from 30 August to 3… Continue reading
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Centrala Evreilor (CE)
Prior to 1942, there were multiple Jewish organizations in Romania. On December 9, 1940, one of these, the Union of Jewish Communities of Romania submitted a twenty-six-page appeal to Marshal Antonescu, summarizing the abuses thirty-nine Jewish communities had experienced during… Continue reading
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Soundexing/Searching for Bischoff
Today I continue to search for the town of Bischoff, Poland. I discovered the Miriam Weiner Routes to Roots Foundation, which led me to the JewishGen Operational Files. Their database allows you to search by what they term the ‘BMPM… Continue reading
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Kissingerizing (NYT)
http://www.nybooks.com/contributors/gil-carl-alroy/ Kissingerizing Gil Carl AlRoy SEPTEMBER 18, 1975 ISSUE In response to: Good Henry & Bad Henry from the June 12, 1975 issue To the Editors: In a recent speech at Harvard, Alexander Woodside exposed our failure in Vietnam, saying that… Continue reading
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Condolence letter at Gil’s death
http://collection1.libraries.psu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/transaction/id/146559/rec/5 Continue reading
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