1935 Malopolska & Silesia: Names from an Article

1935 Malopolska & Silesia: Names from an Article

( Historical Jewish Press, "Zew Mlodych", 5/1/1935)

Thank you to Ann Rabinowitz, who led me to this resource.

The following names were mentioned in an article in the Historical Jewish Press, related to  “Moaca  Raszit”. (Sorry, I don’t know what this was). No other information was available.

Arje Wortsman..Krakow

Rachel Grad..Lwow

Aszer Weinman..Przemysl

Samuel Reiner..Kolomyja..Lwow

Don Hoch, Chana Schneid..Lwow

Chaim Holz..Rohatyn

Pika Metger..Krakow

Jaakow Menkes..Sokal

Dow Fuss..Tarnow

Icchak Beer..Lwow

Elijahu Goldwerth..Stanislawow

Szmuel Verlibter..Rozwadow

Gerschon Pipe..Sanok..Lwow

Pinchas Stranger...Rzeszow

Chana Bornstein..Krakow

Z’charja Moser..Czortkow

Mirjam Gurfein, Pinchas Weitz, Mosze Sobel, Etka Goldhaper, Jaakow Majus, Jehuda Herschlag, Becalel Choczner..Lwow

Eleazar Ungar ..Lwow..Katowice

Jaakow Biksgorin..Lwow

Hena Grob..Rzeszow

Joseif Herzig..Sanok

Rywka Lifschutz..Krakow

Symche Fischman...Brzez..Broszniow

Jehuda Percowski, Natan Kern…Stanislawow

Rywka Rosenberg..Tarnow

Lea Schudmak..Chrzanow

Elazar Ecker..Lwow

Aszer Grzyb..Ejn/Hamifrac..Krakow (Ein HaMifratz is a kibbutz near Acre in northern Israel)

Jaakow Reich..Merchawja..Lwow (Merchawja is Merhavia/Merhavia a moshav in Israel)

Szlomo Landkutsch…Mizra..Lwow (Mizra, a kibbutz in northern Israel)

REMITTANCE LISTS + OTHER: JDC DATABASE

EARLY REMITTANCE LISTS: NAMES LISTS IN JDC DATABASE

http://archives.jdc.org/explore-the-archives/searchable-lists.html

The site provides a description of lists and a list of names presently searchable in the “Names Database”. The list is fluid with periodic additions.

“The purpose of JDC transmissions was to deliver personal remittances to those areas in Europe and Palestine where normal transmission agencies were incapable of functioning due to war conditions. Relatives from the West were able to deposit small amounts of money.. for JDC to remit to their relatives overseas. The remittance lists include both the names and addresse of remitters an beneficiaries…lists from Poland.., Romania, Palestine, & Russia”.

“Poland Remittances 1, 1915-1917 (PDF 1.70 MB)
Poland Remittances 2, 1915-1917 (PDF 21.5 MB)
Russia Remittances, 1916-1917 (PDF 1.10 MB)
Romania Remittances, 1916-1918 (PDF 1.61 MB)
Palestine Remittances, 1918 (PDF 4.89 MB)
Remittances for Jaffa, 1918 (PDF 604 KB)
Remittances for Palestine, August 1, 1918  (PDF 736 KB)
Remittances for Palestine, July 11, 1918 (PDF 1.55 MB)
Remittances for Saffed, Palestine, 1918 (PDF 200 KB)
Remittances for Poland (“Occupied Territory”), 1918 (PDF 1.20 MB)
Poland Remittances 3, 1919 (PDF 9.29 MB)”

1914-1921: (see the site for a full description)

Jewish Men from Rohatyn, Poland Imprisoned in Siberia, 1916 (PDF 703 KB):

Aid to Rabbis in the Russian Empire and Palestine, 1916 (PDF 2.43 MB)

Jews from the Russian Empire Requesting Contact with Relatives, 1917 (PDF 2.25 MB)

Jews from the Russian Empire Requesting Contact with Relatives, 1917 (PDF 2.25 MB)

Lists of Polish Jews, Grouped by Town, Requesting Assistance from U.S. Relatives, 1921 (PDF 24 MB):

Prisoners of War Released from Siberia, 1921 (PDF 1.57 MB)”

LISTS FROM THE NAZI PERIOD AND AFTER

Refugees in Zbaszyn, Poland, 1938-1939 (PDF 72.5 MB)

Polish Jewish Emigrants in Hungary, 1939 (PDF 2.18 MB)

Refugees on the SS. St Louis who Received JDC Aid, 1939 (PDF 2.07 MB)

Escaped Polish Jewish Officers in Komarom, Hungary, 1939 (PDF 2.18 MB)

Vilna Refugees, 1940 (PDF 27.4 MB)

Ship Sailings of Refugees from Japanese Ports to the Western Hemisphere, 1940-1941

Jewish Refugees Escaping to Shanghai, China via Yokohama, Japan 1941 (PDF 53.3 MB)

List of Refugees Receiving JDC Aid in Tangier, 1941 (PDF 5.01 MB)

Jewish Refugees Leaving Japan for Other Safe Havens, 1941 (PDF 8.86 MB)

 Please see the site for additional lists under this topic.

DOCUMENTS FROM NORTH AFRICA

List of JDC Aid to Algerian Jews After Earthquake (PDF 12.2 MB)

1956--, Transmigrant Records

Hungarian Refugee Registration Cards, 1956-57

List of Refugees Assisted in Brazil, 1957 (PDF 1.99 MB)

List of Egyptian Jewish Refugees in France Receiving Aid from JDC, 1957-1958 (PDF 1.7 MB

Transmigrants Assisted by JDC in Rome, 1969-1973

1846 ROHATYN TOWN CADASTRAL MAP

A terrific interactive map, “House Finder:Rohatyn Town Cadastral Map 1846” can be viewed at : http://www.rsrg.org/rohatyn/map/hnl/zzz_rhlz7.html.  According to Marla Raucher Osborn, it was created by the Rohatyn Shtetl Research Group. Rohatyn was formerly part of Galicia but is presently in the Ukraine. 

You can click on any building or house number found in the left column—the map will direct you to its location.