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Category: Translation - German
Approval Date: 6/14/2026 4:26 PM
Family Surname: Oliwa
Country: Germany

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It talks about my mother Henia Oliwa. I’m having trouble translating it.

Response

6/14/2026 5:33 PM

Here you go Barbara. This was written by a Yiddish speaker who (I presume) didn’t know standard German orthography – it’s an interesting specimen.

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25 Jan 1948

Tracing service

To the Hannover Jewish Committee
Ohestr. 8

We request to be informed whether this person is located in Hannover:

Oliwa Henia, daughter of Feli Kotek from Warsaw, place of birth Sosnowiec,

and to provide her exact address. If Oliwa Henia is still residing in Hannover, please notify her that her relative

Max Oliwa, born 1909 in Warsaw,

is located in Saulgau (French Zone), and that he is looking for her.

If Henia Oliwa is no longer in Hannover, please let us know when she left and what her destination was.

Thanks in advance for your efforts. Please [unclear: “entfern” – perhaps “respond to”?] us at once.

Respectfully,
Central Committee
M. Segal, head of [unclear: “opt.”]

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Translated by Robert Rosenbaum (Ashland, Oregon)
Freelance translator and interpreter
M.A. in Translation and Interpretation (German-English), Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
rosenbaum.robert@gmail.com

ViewMate Posting VM 114706

Submitted by Barbara Switzer

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ViewMate Posting VM 114706

Submitted by Barbara Switzer