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Who Am I? What Is My Name? Part XI – Berlin, Warsaw, and the German Soldier
I recently traveled to Berlin and Warsaw to personally research in the various German and Polish archives. My hope was to find more information about Gertrude Priess-Spiro and her circle of acquaintance and friends, towards the goal of finding the … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries
Tagged Albert Lotterer, Berlin Bundesarchiv, Berlin Landesarchiv, Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, Einwohnermeldekartei, Gertrude Priess-Spiro, Gertrude Spiro, Leo Spiro, Martin Luchtenhandt, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Serbia, Sonia Spiro, Warsaw Ghetto, Zentral- und Landesbibliotek, ZLB
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For Immediate Release – Grant from the Elie Wiesel Jewish Studies Center, Boston University
The Center for Professional Education at Boston University has been awarded a competitive grant from Jewish Cultural Endowment Fund of the Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies to hold a one-day workshop “Holocaust Survival and Reunion Stories: Separating Fact from … Continue reading
Posted in About Me, DNA Testing, Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Unsolved Mysteries
Tagged Boston University, Elie Wiesel Center for Jewish Studies, Forensic Genealogy, Holocaust, Jewish Cultural Endowment, JewishGen, JRI Poland, The Mascot, Yad Vashem
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Who Am I – What Is My Name – Part X – Gertrude’s Marriage and Divorce
By now, everyone who reads this should know Gertrude Priess-Spiro, the woman who arranged to have Pnina Gutman smuggled from the Warsaw Ghetto in August or September 1942. New information about her has recently been discovered that provides details about her … Continue reading
Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized
Tagged Alfred Roehrs, Anklamer Strasse, Auschwitz, Brunnenstrasse, David Leo Spiro, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Priess-Spiro, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Landesarchiv Berlin, Leo David Spiro, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polish State Archives in Warsaw, Unidentified, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto
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Who Was Joseph Smith – Close Calls and Possible Candidates
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
Who Was Joseph Smith?
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
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