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Category: Translation - Hebrew
Approval Date: 10/18/2026 5:28 PM
Family Surname: IGIEL, POLIWODA, EGIEL
Country: Germany
Town: Weiden (Oberpfalz)
Date of Image: Tishrei 5706 (Oct 1945)

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Ketubah of my grandparents, Holocaust survivors in a DP community: groom Chaim Aryeh son of Naftali Yosef (IGIEL), bride Leah daughter of Avraham Mordechai (POLIWODA). I believe it was written in Weiden, Germany, in Tishrei 5706 (autumn 1945). Source: the original, in my family's possession.

The standard text is fine. I only need these details:
1. The day of the month (the word before "ועשרים"). I think 25 Tishrei = Tuesday 2 Oct 1945.
2. The place name after "למנין שאנו מונין כאן".
3. Both witnesses' names at the bottom (one may be "Nachum ben ... Shlomo"), plus anything written in the corners.
4. Any surnames that appear anywhere.

Thank you very much!

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Submitted by Mark Alan Ferdman

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