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Sunday, August 23, 2026

WHO ARE THEY? ARE THESE YOUR RELATIVES? (#27)


Can you identify any of these individuals?

1. 1932 Kielce Denunciation Document: Kalma Frydman

A denunciation of the Communist Union of Polish Youth (State Police, Kielce).


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2. 1919 Zhytomyr- Certificate of 1st Jewish Gymnasium: Feige Moshkovna Bronstein


3. 1831 (14 Oct.) Polish Transport/Deportation Order: Majer Nachsatz

Szub-pass issued in the Free City of Krakow for a 38-year old Jewish man, Majer NACHSATZ. He was ordered to be escorted under strict guard back to his hometown of Wisnicz, Galicia. The order was by the Police Directorate.

Physical description: Average height, oblong face, dark eyes, long nose, black hair, unshaven beard.
Travel was to be from Krakow, through Podgorze, to Wisnicz.

4. 1746 Prussian Passport: Abraham Salomon
Passport was issued 28 July 1746. Granted permission to travel from Nauen via Brandenburg to Halberstadt & Frankfurt/Main for Abraham Salomon & his son Marcus. Document showed Salomon was in Frankfurt/Main on 27 Sept. 1746 & in Berlin on 28 Aug. 1748.



5. 1870 Chisinau, Bessarabia-Pass for Free Stay in the Russian Empire (for 1 year): Izik Akkerman, a Turkish citizen from Bileck.
Widowed. Average height, dark brown hair, eyebrows, eyes, chin unshaven, face clean. Illiterate. The document is found in the Book (?) under No. 70, Akkerman. Lived on Preobrazhenskaya St. in Tyunyaev's house. Papers were presented at the Office of the Kharkov Police Chief and recorded in book # 310. 12 July 1871.





 





Thursday, August 13, 2026

BELARUS: JEWISH BURIAL SITES

 SITES IN: Bragin, Yelsk, Kalinkovichi, Kopatkevichi, Loev, Mozyr, Narolya, Petrikov, Rechitsa

https://dapamoznik.blogspot.com/2021/04/blog-post.html   

Information included: Names, DOB, DOD,  Birth Place.

Use your favorite translator as needed.

Thursday, August 6, 2026

1915-1918 LODZ: ASYLUM FOR THE MENTALLY ILL [Part #2]

  

Other Records on Same Subject [from 1918]: https://yourjewishgem.blogspot.com/2026/07/1918-archival-information-asylum-for.html

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From the State Archives in Lodz, 

          Fond: Lodz Jewish Religious Community.

          Reference code: 39/228/0/-/22

          Year: 1915-1918

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/de/jednostka/-/jednostka/11314527



1. Scan #12  Dec. 31, 1915--Nuta Neissbard

    To the Jewish Asylum for the Mentally Ill: Request for this mentally ill person, who resided at Francisz St. 26, could be admitted to the institution.

2. Scan #13
    Request for admission of Jaraelowitsch into the beggars' asylum 

3. Scan #15
   Ruchle Lisner, born Ajzner. Mentally ill.  Moved to Lodz in 1895. Passport # 80728. Relatives in Batuty. (translated by Claude Sonnet 5, AI)

4. Scan #17
This is possibly a log recording the route and timing of Ruchla Lisner's transport as she was moved from community to community en route to Lodz.

5. The letter is from the Imperial Police headquarters in Lodz to the representative board of the Jewish community asking about institutions for neglected Jewish children. Also asked if there was such institutions at another location in the Lodz county, in the Lask district, or in the Brzeziny district. (Claude Sonnet 5)

6. Scan #27
Father requested, in writing, that daughter Pesse Sch. be institutionalized for mental illness free of charge. He was too poor to pay for the service. The request had been made verbally, at first.

7. Scan #
    Dated 5 Apr 1916. Medical certificate issued by a doctor, certifying that a man named Hersz Majer Goldstein/Oldstein, suffered from mental illness (indicated a form of early-onset dementia; what was later known as schizophrenia). requested that he be admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

8. Scan #33
Request for the Community Board to arrange for Hersch David Dawidowicz's immediate admission/transfer into a mental hospital for a recurring mental illness (previously treated successfully at a psychiatric hospital).

9. Scan #50
Adam Rode, 11 year old homeless boy. Taken into custody because he was homeless. Police requested the Jewish community take charge of Adam to prevent neglect.



This is only a partial listing. Continue on to the additional scans for additional names & other information, using your favorite translators as needed. I used ChatGPT, Claude, & Perplexity Pro, & Google Translate. I can't guarantee the accuracy of the translations.