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Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv
Flight to Berlin and Arrival Thursday, August 11, 2016 My trip from Los Angeles to Berlin went smoothly with a layover in Keflavik Interntional Airport. It is the cleanest airport in the world. It felt more like an igloo than an … Continue reading →
Posted in Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries
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Tagged 23andMe, Association of Victims of the Nazi Regime, Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Berlin Schoenefeld Airport, Birth Parents, Bundesarchiv, Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Keflavik International Airport, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Resistance, Unidentified, Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das Nazi Regime
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Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part IX – Gertrude’s Sisters!
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
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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
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Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part VIII – Gertrud and Leo’s Trial
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 →
Posted in Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized
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Tagged Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Bernberg, Birth Parents, Brandenburg Prison, Bundesarchiv, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrud Priess, Gertrud Spiro, Gertrud-Priess Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Gunter Wehner, Gustav Urbschat, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Kammergericht, Leo David Spiro, Margarete Kaufmann, missing-identity, Pawiak Prison, Plotzensee, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polizeigefangnis, Ravensbruck, Sachenhausen, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS-Regime 1933 bis 1945
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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
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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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Who Am I? What is My Name? Part VI – Our Search for Gertrude Spiro
Gertrude Spiro must have been well-connected. She was the proprietor of a liquor and cigarette shop at 2 Nowiniarksa St. in Warsaw in 1941-1942. The shop undoubtedly generated a lot of income for whoever owned it; liquor and cigarettes are two of the most … Continue reading →
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Tagged 23andMe, Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Auschwitz, Auschwitz Poems, Barbara Engleking, Barbara Wenglinski, Berlin, Bernburg Euthanasia Center, Birth Parents, Brandenberg Prison, Communist Party, Concentration Camp, DNA Identification, Empty Water, Find-A-Grave, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Preiss-Spiro, Gertrude Spiro, I Survived Auschwitz, Identifinders, International Tracing Service, Jewish Historical Institute, Krystyna Zywulska, Leo David Spiro, missing-identity, Nowiniarska St, Pawiak Prison, Pawiak Wiezienie Gestapo, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Polizeigefangnis, Przeżyłam Oświęcim, Pusta Woda, Ravensbruch, Ravensbruch Gedenkbuch, Regina Domanska, Sachenhausen, Sonia Priess-Spiro, Sonia Spiro, The Warsaw Ghetto: A Guide to the Perished City, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto, Widerstand in Berlin gegen das NS
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DNA Pilot Study on Missing Identity Holocaust Children – 2013 IAJGS Conference
In August 2012, I was invited to give a lecture at the International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies in Boston, MA, on our pilot project to identify two missing-identity child survivors of the Holocaust. Please enjoy the video of my talk that … Continue reading →
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Tagged 23andMe, autosomal DNA, Barbara Weglinski, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, Child Survivor, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Spyra, Holocaust, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, JewishGen.org, JRI Poland, missing-identity, Otwoc, Otwoc Orphanage, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Rebhun, Rozwadow, Stela Walowa, Unidentified, US Holocaust Memorial Museum, Warsaw Ghetto, Weglinski, Wenglinski, Yad Vashem
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Who Am I? What is My Name? Part V – Gertrude and Sonia’s Escape
Gertrude and Sonia Preiss-Spiro’s names are listed on the transport to Auschwitz of 141 women from Pawiak prison in Warsaw on 24 August 1943. Pawiak prison was originally used by the Polish judicial to incarcerate criminals, but after the Nazi … Continue reading →
Posted in DNA Testing, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized
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Tagged 23andMe, Auschwitz, autosomal DNA, Barbara Wenglinski, Birth Parents, DNA Identification, Forensic Genealogy, Gertrude Preiss-Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Identifinders, Nowiniarska St, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Sonia Preiss-Spiro, transport, Unidentified, Warsaw Ghetto, zloty
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