sadagora
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Schmil Schmatnik, born 1826 in Rohozna
In the mid-1800s, Schmil Elias (Samuel) Schmatnik and his wife Mina Donenfeld both lived in the Sadagora community north of Czernowitz. According to the 1869 Czernowitz Census, Schmil (born 1826 in the town of Rohozna and working as a self-employed… Continue reading
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Josef Schmatnik and his family: Sadagora to the Struma
Josef Schmatnik was born in 1868. He is my second great uncle. Josef Schmatnik, Tischler A 1898 Czernowitz business directory shows a Josef Schmatnik working from #23 Schulgasse (view in Google maps). His profession was “Tischler” or a carpenter – a… Continue reading
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Regina Blei Honigsberg
Regina was born in 1900 or 1899 in Sadagora, and in 1921 married Filip Hoenigsberg. הויניגסברג She had three children with Filip: Carl (b 1920, killed in 1943 ) Henriette (b 1924) Fritzi (b 1926, killed in 1943) According to Yad Vashem,… Continue reading
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Ettel Blei and her Family
My paternal grandmother, Ettel Blei, was born on 15 December 1902 in Sadagora, Bukowina, in what was then the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Her parents were named Gusta Sandberg and Salomon Selig Blei, with siblings (from oldest to youngest) Mina, Regina, Ettel, Samuel,… Continue reading
