By Rashi Rosenzweig
“Two yellow Stars of David with the word ‘Juif ‘ are taped to the middle of Paulette’s bureau. She told me that these were patched to her clothes when she was a young girl in Nazi occupied France.”
It Began with a Picture
Clues From an 1876 Hungarian Newspaper
By Martin Tompa
“… the most intriguing part came in the last sentence of the article. It mentions Viennese nephews with the surname Granichstätten, a name that was previously unknown to me.”
How a Posting on The JewishGen Discussion Group Reunited a Family Separated for Generations
By Helene Schwartz Kenvin
“After years of searching for Harris Cohen’s descendants with no success, in 1998 I saw this email on the JewishGen Discussion Group…”
The Nisman Family from Parichi Connecting Through JewishGen’s Family Finder
By Jessica Feinstein
“I have been told that all the family letters and photos they had received were torn up during the period of repression, because they were very afraid that somebody would find them.”