Category Archives: Finding Birth Parents

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Posted on June 15, 2016 by identifinders

Since 2012 we have been trying to discover the birth identity of Pnina Gutman, who as an infant was smuggled from the Warsaw Ghetto with the assistance of a woman named Gertrud Spiro. We realized from the beginning that our best chance at solving the mystery was to find … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Albert Alfred Roehrs, Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berjosowka, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Landesarchiv, Berta Johanna Priess, Birth Parents, Bladiau, DNA Identification, East Prussia, Ernst Otto Gerlach, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gross Lindenau, Heiligenheil, Identifinders, Kaliningrad Oblast, Landgemeinde, Leipzig Stadtarchiv, Martha Maria Priess, missing-identity, Oserki, Paplauken, Pawiak Prison, Pjatidoroschnoje, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Quilitten, Schukowa, Timirjasewo, Tooenhagen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto | 2 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Posted on May 19, 2016 by identifinders

Das Bundesarchiv Trial Records According to Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945 (Resistance in Berlin against the Nazi Regime 1933-1945), Leo and Gertrud Spiro were put on trial in Berlin in 1938. Trying to locate their court records, I contacted the … Continue reading →

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Who Was Joseph Smith – Close Calls and Possible Candidates

Posted on January 19, 2016 by identifinders

We have just a few scraps of information to go on in searching for Joseph Smith’s original identity, many of which are questionable. But we have to make the most of what we have, since that’s all we have. Joseph always said his … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Ashkenazi, Birth Parents, Camp Zachary Taylor, FindaGrave, Forensic Genealogy, Fort Lewis, Fort Slocum, Identifinders, Italiangen.org, Joseph Eugene Smith, missing-identity | 1 Comment

Who Was Joseph Smith?

Posted on January 14, 2016 by identifinders

The early life of Joseph Eugene Smith is a complete mystery. Joseph’s son Morton and Morton’s daughter Karen have researched Joseph for over 20 years, yet they still don’t know who he was. Hopefully by reading his story, someone may come forward with … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Alvin York, Ashkenazi, autosomal DNA, Black Jack Pershing, Camp Zachary Taylor, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Fort Lewis, Identifinders, Joseph Smith, Major Charles Whittlesey, Meuse Argonne Forrest, missing-identity, National Records Center, The Lost Battalion, Unidentified, Y-DNA | 3 Comments

Who Am I, What is My Name? Part III – Gertrude and Sonia Spyra

Posted on October 17, 2013 by identifinders

A mystery within the mystery of Pnina’s identity is the fate of Gertrude Spyra and her daughter Sonia. As the parties responsible for smuggling Pnina from the Warsaw Ghetto, Gertrude and Sonia may have left behind clues about Pnina’s parents. … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized | Tagged Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Charlotte Rebhun, Chorzów, deportation, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, General Government, Georgetown, Gertrude Spyra, Guyana, Identifinders, Katowice, Królewska Huta, Lotar Spyra, Meisner & Co., missing-identity, Myslowice, Nazi Germany, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poniecki, Silesia, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto | 6 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part II – Pnina, Wolfgang, and the Warsaw Ghetto

Posted on December 12, 2012 by identifinders

Convinced that my surname was Rebhun, I contacted Rebhuns around the world. Though the BBC, CNN, and the international press featured my quest, I initially received no responses. Finally in March 1997, the Munich Red Cross relayed a reply from … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project | Tagged Adela Rebhun, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Bogdan Kazcmarek, Charlotta Rebhun, Child Survivor Holocaust, DNA Identification, Eva Floersheim, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust Anniversary Day, Identifinders, Jewish Central Committee, Jewish Historical Institute, Missig Identity, mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA, Munich Red Cross, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sierakow, Sonia Spyra, Survivor, Unidentified, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Uprising, Wolfgang Rebhun | 5 Comments

Who Am I, What Is My Name? Part I – Pnina, Otwoc, and the Kazcmareks

Posted on December 10, 2012 by identifinders

My name is Pnina Gutman. I am 70 years old. I began the search for my biological identity in April 1996. I called this project “Who am I what’s my name?” I came to Israel from Poland at the age … Continue reading →

Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project | Tagged Adela Rebhun, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Bogdan Kazcmarek, Charlotta Rebhun, Child Survivor Holocaust, DNA Identification, Eva Floersheim, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust Anniversary Day, Identifinders, Jewish Central Committee, Jewish Historical Institute, Missig Identity, Munich Red Cross, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sierakow, Sonia Spyra, Survivor, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Warsaw Uprising, Wolfgang Rebhun | 7 Comments

Category Archives: Finding Birth Parents

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial

Who Was Joseph Smith – Close Calls and Possible Candidates

Who Was Joseph Smith?

Who Am I, What is My Name? Part III – Gertrude and Sonia Spyra

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part II – Pnina, Wolfgang, and the Warsaw Ghetto

Who Am I, What Is My Name? Part I – Pnina, Otwoc, and the Kazcmareks

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