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Found Treasure
Cousin Daniel Stanger has helped me to locate my father’s naturalization papers in the Israeli State Archives. Dated 4 July 1947, they show me a familiar-looking young man I’ve never seen before — I’ve only seen photos of my dad… Continue reading
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Strada Romana
In a 1936 Czernowitz business directory (Source: ehpes.com), Samuel Blei, my great-uncle, is listed as a Frizer (Barber) working at Strada Romana #92. In the Austro-Hungarian period, the street was named “Russische Gasse” and in the Soviet and Ukrainian eras, it… Continue reading
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Schmil and Mincze Schmatnik
In the mid-1800s, Schmil Elias (or Eliahu) Schmatnik and his wife Mincze Donenfeld both lived in the Sadagora community north of Czernowitz. Schmil & Mincze had at least three children. Isaac (1866 unknown), Joel (1864) (see my post Galanterie Schmatnik for… Continue reading
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To Tell the Truth 6/23/59
My dad appeared on To Tell the Truth on 6/23/59. The host was Bud Collyer, and the panel was Jayne Meadows, Don Ameche, Kitty Carlisle and Tom Poston. Scroll to 16:28 to start his segment. The four camps he mentions… Continue reading
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Mordko Schmatnik: St. Polten, Austria
I first became aware of the Austrian branch of the Schmatnik family courtesy of a member of the Czernowitz-Ehpes research listserv. In 2016 I reached out to the new-to-me-then list in an email, explaining my relation to Czernowitz and my… Continue reading
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Postcard to Sigmund Schmatnik
The origin of this story is an image of a postcard sent to Sigmund Schmatnik in Bershad from Herman Lieb Stummer at return address Avram Iancu Nr 6 – discovered on one of my periodic crawls through the online archives… 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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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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Bershad Ghetto Economy
Odesa Oblast Archives The State Archives of Odesa Oblast are located at Zhukovs’koho str. 18, Odessa Ukraine. In 1920, the archives were founded as the Odesa Historical Archives. The earliest documents are dated as early as 1572. A collection specifically covering… Continue reading
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Samuel Schmatnik Israeli Passport
The State of Israel has begun the process of publishing its collection online. You can visit the site at http://www.archives.gov.il. This is no small task, as the archive houses more than 400 million documents, video and audio clips, many of them… 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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Galanterie Schmatnik
In 1936, at General Zadik #4 in Cernauti stood Galanterie Schmatnik, a dry goods store and haberdashery. The proprietor in 1936 was Joel Schmatnik, my great-grandfather. Continue reading
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Samuel Schmatnik to Samuel AlRoy
Early Life Samuel was born in Sadagora (then in Austria) on 30 May, 1897. His parents’ names were Joel ben Schmuel Schmatnik and Rosa (Gittel) Engler. His siblings were Rifka, Sabine, Sigmund, Jenny, Judah, and Mordechai Aron. Samuel married Etel/Esther Blei/Bley… Continue reading
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