By Elizabeth Rynecki
Moshe continued to paint after the Nazi invasion, but as conditions for Jews worsened, he became worried about protecting his body of work. At that point my great-grandfather made the fateful decision to divide his paintings and sculptures into bundles and to ask friends and acquaintances to hide them.
By Eli Rabinowitz
“All I ever knew was that I am named Eli Moshe (Eli Moses, Hebrew name Eliyahu Moshe) after my great-uncle Moshe. Moshe died in a motor accident, six weeks before his planned wedding. The date of his death was unknown, but it was sometime between the late 1920s and early 30s. That was the sum total of my knowledge of Moshe until a photograph given to me in 2011 changed everything.”
By Martin Tompa and Siva German
“I have been a JewishGen member for more than 13 years. Over the years I have been contacted by many other members looking into similar surnames or villages, but there has never been even a hint of successful connection. Until this past May…”