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June 2017

A Genealogical Trifecta

June 18, 2017May 10, 2019 successAdmin June 2017

By Jerry Touger
On their ship’s manifest, both of them indicated they were going to a Samuel or Salman Gellmann in Passaic. Here already were two perplexing questions. Why Passaic? And who on earth was Samuel Gellmann?

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Finding Mr. Katz

June 18, 2017May 10, 2019 successAdmin June 2017

By Eli Rabinowitz
I received two emails, totaling 33 pages, of the court proceedings of Rex versus Leo Katz… From the time Morris was picked up until his death was at most 10 minutes; this was the total time that they were together. Such was their fate!

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Chasing Portraits: A Great-Granddaughter’s Quest for Her Lost Art Legacy

June 18, 2017May 10, 2019 successAdmin June 2017

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.

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