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Submitted by Aleksei Butakov

Information Picture Question
Category: Translation - Yiddish
Approval Date: 5/13/2026 4:11 PM
Family Surname: Kaplan (?)
Country: Germany
Town: Berlin
Date of Image: 29\11\1907
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postcart from family archive of my great-grandmother

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5/14/2026 9:46 PM For my beloved son
Solomon Gershtenzong
A souvenir of [or from] Petersburg
From me Fabian Gershtenzong

[Comment]
I spelled the surname as an English speaker would pronounce it.
A Euroapean (German based) spelling would by something like Gerstensong.

Both G's in the name are hard G's (as in the word "go", and there is no doubt the last character is a g.

Your other VM submission is identical.

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