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Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part XII – Taking Stock

Posted on December 8, 2016 by identifinders

INTRODUCTION As with all research projects, there have been so many zigzags in this story, it’s only reasonable to take a break to take stock of where we are in solving the puzzle of Pnina’s identity. We haven’t solved all … Continue reading →

Posted in DNA Testing, Finding Birth Parents, Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project, Uncategorized, Unsolved Mysteries | Tagged Albert Lotterer, Archives of New Records in Warsaw, Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, Badische Landesbibliotek Wurttemberg, Berlin Bundesarchiv Lichterfelde, Berlin Landesarchiv, Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw, Charlotte Rebhun, Deutsche Dienstelle, genealogyindexer.org, Gertrude Priess-Spiro, Gertrude Spiro, Institute of National Remembrance, International Tracing Service, ITS, Jewish Historical Institute, JewishGen.org, JRI Poland, Landkreis Barnim, Leo Spiro, missing-identity, Museum of the Warsaw Uprising, Pawiak Prison Museum, Pnina Gutman, Polish State Archives in Warsaw, Sonia Priess-Spiro, Sonia Spiro, Stadtarchiv Leipzig, U.S. Library of Congress, U.S. National Archives, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USHMM, Warsaw Ghetto, William Bremen Jewish Heritage Museum, Więżniowie Pawiaka, Yad Vashem, Zentral- und Landesbibliotek, Zentral- und Landesbibliothek Berlin (ZLB) | 3 Comments

Who Am I? What Is My Name? Part XI – Berlin, Warsaw, and the German Soldier

Posted on November 8, 2016 by identifinders

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 | 5 Comments

Who Am I – What Is My Name – Part X – Gertrude’s Marriage and Divorce

Posted on November 6, 2016 by identifinders

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 | Leave a comment

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

Posted on August 24, 2016 by identifinders

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 | 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 | 2 Comments

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 | 4 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 Am I? What is My Name? – Part VII – Gertrude’s Other Children?

Posted on October 30, 2015 by identifinders

Last week we received surprising new information about a woman who may be Gertrude Priess-Spiro. Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Identifications, Holocaust Project | Tagged Alt Iwiczna, Auschwitz, Barbara Weglinski, Berlin Police Prison, Birth Parents, Chylice Poland, Deutsche Reichsbahn Gesellschaft, Forensic Genealogy, Generalgouvernement, German Court in Warsaw, Gertrude Spiro, Gertrude Spyra, Identifinders, Jewish Historical Institute, Leo David Spiro, missing-identity, Nowa Iwiczna, Pawiak Prison, Pnina Gutman, Poland, Richard Gryzak, Stefan Grycak, United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum, Vincent Slatt, Warsaw Ghetto, Zdislaus Gryczak | 10 Comments

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part VI – Our Search for Gertrude Spiro

Posted on January 2, 2015 by identifinders

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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DNA Pilot Study on Missing Identity Holocaust Children – 2013 IAJGS Conference

Posted on May 9, 2014 by identifinders

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 →

Posted in Holocaust Project | 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 | Leave a comment

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part V – Gertrude and Sonia’s Escape

Posted on March 7, 2014 by identifinders

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 | 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 | 4 Comments

Tag Archives: Pnina Gutman

Who Am I? What is My Name? – Part XII – Taking Stock

Who Am I? What Is My Name? Part XI – Berlin, Warsaw, and the German Soldier

Who Am I – What Is My Name – Part X – Gertrude’s Marriage and Divorce

Extreme Genealogy – Arrival in Berlin and First Visit to the Berlin Bundesarchiv

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 Am I? What is My Name? – Part VII – Gertrude’s Other Children?

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part VI – Our Search for Gertrude Spiro

DNA Pilot Study on Missing Identity Holocaust Children – 2013 IAJGS Conference

Who Am I? What is My Name? Part V – Gertrude and Sonia’s Escape

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