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Howard |
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My great-grandfather, Eluzer Finkelstein, was a Founding Member of the
Stuchiner Young Men's Benevolent Association in New York. I inherited a
plaque containing his picture and the society's title. I also inherited a
silver Kiddish cup with the title of society engraved; the cup was used at
my children's Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. |
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Sunday 7/31/2011 9:55:20pm |
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Wendy |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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Too bad my grandfather isn't here to look at this wonderful website.
Thank you so much for putting it together and maintaining it. My grandfather
left Poland in the early 1900's, eventually making his way to NYC. His
father, Velvl Zaborowski was a blacksmith in town. One of the many stories
my father told me was of a metal tree his grandfather, Velvl, sculpted for
the gravesite of a young Pole. I imagine it's still there in the Catholic
cemetery. |
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Sunday 6/19/2011 5:40:01pm |
Name: |
Alan |
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Location: |
Queens, New York |
Comments: |
I could not even start to thank you for this wonderful site you have
created. I am the grandson of Abraham and Tauba Rosengart (Rosengard in the
US). They immigrated to NYC 8 years apart. My grandfather first in 1913,
then my grandmother along with my uncle Rubin in 1921. It is amazing to
connect with their homeland and see where they lived. I only wish that they
and their children were still hear to see this wonderful site.
Please keep up the great site and I will be back often hoping for more fact
and photos. |
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Saturday 9/11/2010 1:06:26pm |
Name: |
Rich Goldsmith |
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Location: |
Pompano Beach, Florida |
Comments: |
Great Site, I have been looking for this town for years. It is where my
great grandparents were from. It is pretty comprehensive considering the
time and history of the area.
Thank you |
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Sunday 6/27/2010 3:25:59pm |
Name: |
Bob Richer |
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Location: |
East Brunswick, NJ, USA |
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Dear Sir:
Have spent more than two hours so far on your site; It is not possible to
estimate the time that it took you to develop and maintain it. I am
extremely excited about many features on the site; only one of which is the
capability to contact other researchers of the same families, in my case the
Szejnberg and Beker families. Thank you so much for this wonderful tool and
source of knowledge.
Bob |
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Tuesday 3/9/2010 3:21:59pm |
Name: |
Diana Harrison |
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Location: |
Hod Hasharon, Israel |
Comments: |
I was very moved by your excellent website. My grandmother's family was
from Szczuczyn, but until I found your site I knew very little. Her parents
were Haim Nehemia Pollack and Miriam Pollack, who had five children, Salman,
Reuven, Beila, Rivka (my grandmother) and Toibeh. All left Szczuczyn for the
UK except Beila. She married twice, each time to a Rabbi and had one child
by each marriage, a daughter called Fruma and a son Moishe Shmuel, but I do
not know their family names. Fruma was about forty years old when Hitler
invaded and letters from her stopped arriving, but my family never found out
what end she or her brother came to. If anyone reading this can tell me
anything about them I would be very grateful. |
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Saturday 2/27/2010 4:30:27am |
Name: |
Eyal Arubas |
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Location: |
Israel |
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Thank you for this website.
My grandfather came from Szczuczyn (Finally i know how to spell it).
I'm now starting to seek some information on his family (Sosnowski), and
this seems like a great place to start.
If anyone knows anything about the Sosnowski family, please contact me. |
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Tuesday 11/11/2008 6:54:50am |
Name: |
Estrean Broyard Cannon |
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Location: |
Edgard, Louisiana |
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I went to see the exhibit at the WWII
Museum in New Orleans, and I bought the book. I have always been interested
in the Jewish people. I had a lot of Jewish people in my life when I was
growing up who I loved dearly. They are no longer with me, and I miss them a
lot. This is a wonderful website, and my life has been enriched just by
clicking a button. Thank you so much. The book is wonderful, and I am
teaching my grandson about The Jewish people. I want him to know how warm
and kind they are. |
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Friday 7/27/2007 8:03:46pm |
Name: |
Lynn Orlowski Cutress |
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Location: |
Webster, MA USA |
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I found your website while searching
for information on my grandfather Stanley Orlowski, son of Peter Orlowski
and Jessee Pablowska. My grandfather also went under the name of John
Drenzek after his biological father, Peter was killed and his mother
remarried. I didn't know the name of his town until recently when I came
across his draft card with Szuzcyn listed as his town. I at least got to see
pictures of where he came from. Very nice website. |
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Saturday 7/21/2007 6:13:31pm |
Name: |
Isaac Tetenbaum |
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Brooklyn, NY ----> Los Angeles, CA |
Comments: |
Wow! To think that all these people around the world have
roots in this Polish town. I'm a pianist and student, son of Abraham
Tetenbaum the playwright. His father is Dr. Herbert Tetenbaum. My great
grandfather Isaac, for which I am named, emigrated from Poland at the turn
of the century.
Great website! |
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Thursday 7/12/2007 11:08:32pm |
Name: |
June Brumer |
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Location: |
Oakland, California, US |
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This is a most helpful website; thank
you, Jose Gutstein! I will be visiting Szczuczyn during the last week of
August of this year, with my daughters. My mother was born in Szczuczyn in
1902; she came to the US with her parents, Jacob Horowitz and Ida Gabelman
Horowitz in 1911. I would be pleased to hear from anyone who has visited
recently, or who may know of this family. Thanks so much. June Brumer,
Oakland, California |
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Sunday 7/01/2007 11:13:19pm |
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Bill Krul |
E-Mail: |
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Location: |
Michigan, USA |
Comments: |
Very nice website--and helpful.
Grandmother (Marianna Bukowski) born in Szczuczyn in 1896 and G-Grandmother,
Jozefa Grajewska in 1870 in nearby Czarnówek. Grandfather, Frank Starzynski
born in nearby Korejwa in 1892. My cousin and I hope to visit Szczuczyn in
Sept. of this year (2007) and hope someone in the area can respond and help
with our visit. |
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Thursday 2/08/2007 1:36:11pm |
Name: |
Brad Rubin |
E-Mail: |
BradRubin@BradRubin.com |
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Location: |
Woodbury, Minnesota, USA |
Comments: |
Jose has done an outstanding job
assembling this website and gathering the information behind it. It is
interesting and informative, and provides a context for my genealogical
facts. My two favorite features are the studies of alternative town names
(which can be a major research obstacle) and the potential to network with
other researchers. Great Work! -- Brad Rubin |
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Sunday 12/31/2006 9:30:38am |
Name: |
Mark Chelchowski |
E-Mail: |
mmcpl@poczta.onet.pl |
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Location: |
Poland/Germany |
Comments: |
Your page is wonderful: content and design. I have found
Chelchovski surname here. Can you or anybody else give me more information
about this family, their history and what they do in present time. I have
found in Ellis Island database Basia Chelchowska. Would be happy for more
information about her. |
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Sunday 10/15/2006 7:28:32pm |
Name: |
Michelle Cohen |
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Location: |
Chicago, IL USA |
Comments: |
My children and I enjoyed viewing your photos. I am the
granddaughter of Lejba (Louis) Awensztern. He was a wonderful man. |
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Monday 8/14/2006 5:38:52pm |
Name: |
Danny Beris |
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Location: |
Jerusalem, Israel |
Comments: |
Hi Jose,
I have just started browsing through the website and found several pictures
of both my grandparents, Chaim Berys and Dvora Tetenbaum, who immigrated to
Australia in 1938. Other relatives I found are the Leizerson and Pikel
families. I'll have to visit again, and soon!
Keep up the good work. |
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Sunday 5/21/2006 6:43:00am |
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Genia |
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Brussels, Belgium |
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truly
congratulations, very well set-out, full of detail..i only wish i could find
the same for the towns where my grandparents came from i.e. Suwalki-Lida-Vasilishki...I
read often about Szczuczyn having read about Vasilishki and finding my
greatgreatgrandfather "yankel the cossak".I shall come back regularly to
this website.well done. |
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Monday 5/15/2006 10:17:58pm |
Name: |
Joelann (Gawel) Smith |
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Location: |
Murphysboro, US |
Comments: |
You have a
very extensive site and I found it very interesting and informative. Keep up
the good work. P.S. my great grandmother is Frances Grabowski. The surname
is on your site but I didn't see any info. |
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Saturday 11/05/2005 5:39:04pm |
Name: |
Russ |
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Location: |
Houston, Texas, USA |
Comments: |
I just saw
the photographic exhibit about Szczuczyn at the holocaust museum in Houston,
which mentioned this website. The museum exhibit was good, and since I am
moving to Poland soon, it was especially interesting and moving. Dziekuje. |
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Monday 5/09/2005 3:39:38am |
Name: |
Clarita Malchi (Wapinski) |
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Location: |
Ramat Hasharon, Israel |
Comments: |
Dear Jose:
I don't stop admiring your work. I signed in a few years ago when you first
started and see now your new job. You are exceptional and I am sure that
each of us, Wapinski descendants, will appreciate forever what you are
doing. Wish I could do more to help or cooperate with you. Please keep
on.... for the sake of all of us who are still here and for the sake of the
future and so our descendants will also know... |
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Monday 3/28/2005 9:43:59pm |
Name: |
Esther Simmonds |
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Location: |
Rockville, MD |
Comments: |
I am the
granddaughter of Yitzchak Moishe Wapinski and the daughter of his eldest
son, Chaim. I am also of the "Vaupen" branch. This is a wonderful
opportunity to have a window on the past - much gratitude for your efforts
in capturing a piece of our history! |
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Sunday 3/27/2005 11:45:17pm |
Name: |
Joanne Prass-Jones |
E-Mail: |
joanne@usjoneses.com |
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Location: |
Fremont, CA |
Comments: |
My
Grandfather, Abraham (Harry) Barres, came to the United States from
Szczuczyn through Galveston and settled in Minneapolis. This website is
great. |
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Sunday 3/27/2005 9:03:21am |
Name: |
Hy Vaupen |
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Friend |
Location: |
Cooper City, Florida, USA |
Comments: |
I am proudly
part of the Wapinski/Vaupen family tree, with large roots from Szczuczyn.
Jose, I want to thank you for your efforts at retaining an important
historical memoir and link for current and future generations. |
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Tuesday 6/29/2004 9:14:52pm |
Name: |
Dianne B. Stillman |
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Location: |
Scarsdale, New York |
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I am the
great-granddaughter of Moyshe David Korzhenkovski (sp.?) The name was changed
to Korenstein at Ellis Island for the American contingent. My brother, David
Stillman, named for him, just alerted me to this website. I am awed by your
work. We will search among my mother's photos for additional ones from
Szczuczyn. Thank you so much for your efforts. I am so curious about what
made you begin this work. |
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Sunday 6/27/2004 7:20:38pm |
Name: |
Margaret |
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Location: |
Joliet, Illinois, U.S. |
Comments: |
Bardzo
ciekawa strona. Jest tyle w niej historii,o ktorej nie mielismy pojecia. Moj
maz Robert D. spedzil w Szczuczynie pierwsze szesc lat swojego dziecinstwa,
mieszkajac z babcia. Bardzo milo wspomina te czasy... |
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Very interesting website. In it there is so
much information about the past that we knew nothing about. My husband,
Robert D. spend the first 6 years of his childhood in Szczuczyn living with
his grandmother. He has very fond memories from that period. |
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Tuesday 5/25/2004 10:18:46pm |
Name: |
Sandra (Kyman) Krystal |
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Location: |
New York City |
Comments: |
What a
wonderful tribute to exceptional human beings. My grandfather Schmul Kyman
and his wife and children all left for the US long before Naziism. But my
Uncle Shimon stayed the longest and your site has a few pictures of him
which certainly made me cry - remembering this erudite, gentle, loving
uncle. He lost his wife and sons in the camps and when Chaya Golding came to
America they married. So the letter that is on your site is from my Aunt
Helen whom I knew as a dynamic, vivacious woman. I
cannot believe she lived through all that is outlined in her letter. We
were very close and she took me shopping in Manhattan until I was well into
my late teens. She was great fun but, oh, my Uncle Shimon - he was such a
fine, soft-spoken man whose heart was broken as he never got over the loss
of his first wife and his sons.
Thank you so much for this excellent site. I wish you were able to gather
more pictures; they are such treasures. |
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Thursday 4/29/2004 0:50:15am |
Name: |
Norm Kayman |
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Melbourne, Australia |
Comments: |
My daughter
Selina told me about you and your research on Szczuczyn. I am grateful to
you; what a rich communal and cultural life existed there! My father would
not talk about Poland and his lost friends and family, but my children and
grand-children need to know what life was like in Szczuczyn. Thanks a
million.
Hope to meet you at the exhibition in New Orleans in 2005. Norm. |
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Tuesday 2/24/2004 4:10:48am |
Name: |
Anna Andersson |
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Location: |
Landskrona, Sweden |
Comments: |
Thanks for
great website. I would like to receive some information about my fathers
Henryk Gierszko Sosnowski family who lived in Szczuczyn before the 2 war:
Lejzor and Jospa Sosnowski.
Please contact me. Thanks.
B.Rgds/Anna Andersson |
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Wednesday 1/28/2004 2:08:16am |
Name: |
Anna Chorosz |
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Location: |
New Britain, CT, USA |
Comments: |
I lived in
Szczuczyn all my life until I moved to us in 98. You did an excellent work,
please feel free to email me. |
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Thursday 1/08/2004 10:39:27pm |
Name: |
Alan J Stern |
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Location: |
Halifax, Canada |
Comments: |
Hello Jose!
I continue to visit the site and admire your excellent work. Of course I
enjoy looking at the Awensztern family in the context of other families from
Szczuczyn.
Best regards, Alan J Stern |
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Tuesday 12/30/2003 7:32:10pm |
Name: |
Phyllis Rosner |
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Dear Mr. Gutstein:
Thank you for doing the site, "In Memory of Szczuczyn, Poland." I am writing
a fictional account of a family that migrated to the States during that
period when so many did and only luck and your hard work had me find this
treasure of a site. Thank you. Fay's story, is it Felice, is by far more
moving than my fiction although my work has a different emphasis. Please
thank the person for me for writing it. Is she still alive? I think her
plight, w/ its realism re the Polish neighbors, and her fantastic Mother,
and equally fabulous young girl that she was, and the pitching in of all the
relatives, would make a wonderful book for Young Adults.
Thanks again.
Phyllis Rosner |
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Wednesday 12/29/2003 11:21:13pm |
Name: |
M Bodenstein |
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Location: |
Brooklyn, NY USA |
Comments: |
My
step-father, Rabbi Avrohom Yitzchok Lincberg born in Shtutsin, just passed
away in Paris France, where he was the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Ohr Yosef.
He is buried on Har Hamenuchos in Jerusalem, Israel. He studied in many of
the famous Yeshivos in Poland including Bialystok, Nevardok. There is an
Avrohom Lincberg living in Israel today who was a cousin to my step-father.
It was wonderful seeing your home page as we really got a feeling of where
he came from. Thank you. |
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Tuesday 12/23/2003 4:48:39pm |
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Peter |
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Szczuczyn, Poland |
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At first I have to say
thanks for such a great website. I live in Szczuczyn, but I didn't know many
of these informations about my hometown. I have a grandma, who was in
captivity for years. Maybe, I could help with bringing some new photos or
some other memorials. |
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Friday 12/12/2003 2:24:54pm |
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Adaire Klein |
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Los
Angeles, CA, USA |
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Referred by Mike Marvins in Houston. Fascinating photographs and a great
website. |
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Sunday 8/03/2003 0:16:03am |
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Flavia Berys |
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Southern California |
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Hello! Great site. I know next to nothing about my ancestry, but I do know
that my grandparents on my dad's side are from Poland. I looked up my last
name on a search engine and your site came up. I'm sure there is some
connection... well, this is a great site and thanks for sharing this info
with the world! |
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Wednesday 7/30/2003 7:09:44pm |
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Linda Berris |
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Chicago, IL |
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My
father, Benjamin Berris (born Berek Berys) was born in Szczuczyn in 1902,
and emigrated to the U.S. with his family c. 1907. I have been enjoying and
learning from this site for a very long time now, and it's time I thanked
you publicly, Jose, for your amazing work. This site, along with the site on
Radzilow, are an amazing portal into a
once-beautiful but now-lost world. Without people like you to help preserve
it, most of us would have no way to trace it. |
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Monday 7/28/2003 2:56:35pm |
Name:
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Michal |
E-Mail:
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E-Mail address if you read this |
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Surfed In |
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Jersey City |
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I
think this is an awesome website of Szczuczyn. I was born in Szczuczyn in
1981 and have migrated to US in 1993. It is great to share these memories
with everyone who visited this website. I think the author did a phenomenal
job in regards to history, pictures, and the information gathered. I tip my
hat to the author. Good luck to all who have visited this awesome website. |
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Friday 6/27/2003 2:09:27pm |
Name:
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Sam
Berry |
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San
Diego, Ca. |
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Was referred to your website by my cousin Audrey Berry Bernstein. My father
Abe Berry (Berys) came from Szczuczyn. His father was Chaim Laibl Berys. My uncle Chatskel Berys (a coppersmith) was killed by the Poles.
Jose, this website is magnificent. Thank you for a great job. |
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Thursday 6/26/2003 6:38:27pm |
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Sandra Barton Bialostocky |
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GREAT WEB SITE! AMAZING INFO! |
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Wednesday 5/07/2003 6:06:35pm |
Name:
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Rita
Hilu |
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Brooklyn, NY |
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Jose, I don't have words of appreciation for all the extraordinary work you
have done, thank you for all the memories. My dream is to go visit my
father's SHTETELE.
My father, BENJAMIN SZEJNBERG was born in SZCZUCZYN in 1909. He was the son
of
ISRAEL MORDECHAI SZEJNBERG and NECHE ELENSZTEJN. He was the only one that
left town and came to Argentina in 1929. My father died in 1964 in
Argentina. In 1982 my husband Leon, my 3 daughters and me, moved to the USA,
and since then we live in Brooklyn, NY. Thanks, Rita (Szeinberg) Hilu. |
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Thursday 5/01/2003 8:19:53pm |
Name:
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Audrey Berry (Berys) Bernstein |
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New York City |
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Referred
by relatives. Your photos add to what we saw at the Jewish Museum exhibition
in NY last summer. I will spend more time at this sight--and refer other
relatives. |
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Friday 4/11/2003 10:26:30pm |
Name:
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Charles Gamson |
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My
parents were at the fifty year party, and I have a picture just like the one
you showed, I will look for it. My family name is Gamzon. |
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Thursday 12/19/2002 10:02:37pm |
Name:
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Shira Muhlstein |
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Valley Glen, CA USA |
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To
my great-uncle Martin Wengrofsky and family. My parents, Herman and Perla
Muhlstein, sent me this website to look at. It is very interesting. I am now
in Israel for my year in Seminary. I will I"YH be going to Poland at the end
of March and will take pictures to hopefully add to the photo gallery. I
think it is very important to have a website like this to keep the memory of
all our relatives alive and see the people who I am named after. Thank you
so much to everyone who was involved in making this website available to be
viewed.
Sincerely, Shira Yael Tzirl Malka Muhlstein |
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Saturday 11/16/2002 10:54:09pm |
Name:
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Susan Romain Speirs |
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Location:
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Paradise Valley, Arizona |
Comments:
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It
is fascinating to know more about our family's history. |
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Wednesday 10/02/2002 5:00:40pm |
Name:
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Dafna Furst |
E-Mail:
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Location:
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Jerusalem/Israel |
Comments:
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After viewing the web, we felt we have to go back, and see it all... for the
first time, my mother who is now 85, wanted to go back! She left when she
was 17, to come to Israel. We went there, not much changed!!! The same
streets and houses are standing there... and no Jews.
We
took some photos, they will arrive soon, through Ellen Massie, my cousin's
wife, her mother-in-law, Felice Massie and my mother Hana Mazor are the
Ozorowitch sisters: Fela and Hanka.
Thank you for the great work you have done. |
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Thursday 09/05/2002 2:25:05am |
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Dorothy Leivers |
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Dorfleiv@aol.com |
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Search Engine |
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UK |
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I
have been visiting this site regularly since it first went on-line and I am
still learning from it. It is a treasure- like a good book which you reread
and always find something you've missed. Thank you so much Jose....the hours
you put into creating this page and to helping other researchers is an
inspiration.
Dorothy |
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Saturday 08/31/2002 11:39:27am |
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Mark Gerson |
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UK |
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Very impressed with the
website and all the painstaking research you have put into it. It is a
wonderful piece of work. The information is greatly appreciated.
My father was born in Szczuczyn in 1876 and left for South Africa in the
late 1880s. I'd be interested to hear from anyone who knows about the Gerson
family in Szczuczyn, in particular my aunt Raitsa Gerson, who we know little
about. |
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Saturday 08/17/2002 5:28:10pm |
Name:
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Lisa
Schwartz ,Sandy Cohen, Carol Romoff |
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Friend |
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New
City, NY USA |
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Our
mother and grandmother was from Szczuczyn. Her name was Chana Frydman. She
and her sister, Dora, came to America around 1927. Their brother Jack came a
few years later. Their mother and younger sister were murdered by their
Polish neighbors. Their sole surviving first cousins, Dov and Minna Ben
Itzchak live in Ramat Efal in Israel. |
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Wednesday 08/14/2002 7:10:14am |
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Leo
Sawicki |
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Friend |
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Sydney, Australia |
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My
late father Chaim was born there and his father was Isaac the grain
merchant. Chaim and his sister, Chaike are on the cover and rear plate of
the book "Lives Remembered - A Shetl through a photographer's eye. |
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Tuesday 08/06/2002 3:55:51am |
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Ashley Kissin |
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ash1951@aol.com
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Friend |
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Ilford Essex, England |
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My
Grandmother Sarah Rosenbaum daughter of Rabbi Yitzchok Hershl Rosenbaum came
to England just before WW1. This web site takes us back to those time and is
a 1st class insight to what it was like before WW2. |
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Saturday 07/27/2002 1:36:24am |
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Moshe Karmin |
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mkarmin@bezeqint.net
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Search Engine |
Location:
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Rishon Le Zion, Israel |
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Very
important contribution to our knowledge. Is your next project will be
Grajewo? Keep On doing your great historical works. |
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Tuesday 07/09/2002 4:32:22am |
Name:
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Ivan
(Yitzchak) Kaiman |
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ivanNbob@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location:
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Boynton Beach, Florida USA |
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My
father and his family come from this shtetl. My mother and her family come
from Lomza. Father's name:Yaakov Yeshua Mother's name: Fruma Malka
Alperovich |
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Saturday 07/06/2002 11:26:15pm |
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Howard I. Edelson |
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Hedelson22@aol.com
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Just
Surfed In |
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Plainview, New York 11803 |
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My
faher Saul edelson was born in Szczuczyn in 1894, his parents were Mordecai
Edelson and Sheina Magit ,his brothers Morris, Louis, Issie and sister Jane
came to he U.S. between 1912 & 1920. He came here in 1910.I found your site
very interesting. |
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Wednesday 05/22/2002 9:56:05am |
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David Herson |
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herson@tesco.net |
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www.herson.co.uk |
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Friend |
Location:
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Cheltenham, England |
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Delighted to find this most interesting site at last. Well done! We're
trying to find out more about the Gersons (last known address 5 Church St.)
Particularly Harris (Zvi Meir) Gerson and his sons Isaac and Joseph (my own
great-grandfather.) Our main interest is in the family during the 19th
century. |
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Monday 5/20/2002 3:16:51pm |
Name: |
Chris Parypa |
E-Mail: |
rypson@tenbit.pl |
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http://www.chrisparypa.com |
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Just Surfed In |
Location: |
Szczuczyn |
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Hallo every one I'm Chris I live in Szczuczyn I'm 20 years old man and now I
study in Bialystok. I born in Szczuczyn in 1982. I was very happy when I
find this page because I never see site about my family city. I was in New
York City because there live my grandfather. I know many Jews, I Love Jewish
culture and I Love Israel... If someone want know anything about present
Szczuczyn please write me mail... PEACE, LOVE, EMPATION !!!! |
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Saturday 5/11/2002 10:07:26pm |
Name: |
Stanley Bernstein |
E-Mail: |
No1dds@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Syosset, NY 11791 |
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Excellent. Son David told me about it. I hope he sent you the disk with the
picture of my mother's house as well as her memoirs. |
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Tuesday 4/30/2002 4:51:01pm |
Name: |
Bruce Zatz |
E-Mail: |
bzatz@iopener.net |
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Friend |
Location: |
Monsey, NY USA |
Comments: |
You've done it again. The site is truly fantastic. I expect to re-visit the
site many times in the future. What a treasure! |
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Tuesday 4/30/2002 8:18:41am |
Name: |
Galila-Clarita Malchi |
E-Mail: |
galmal@netvision.net.il
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Friend |
Location: |
Ramat Hasharon, Israel |
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Dear
Jose:
I am
so sorry that it has taken me so long to sign in and express my admiration
and gratitude for the exceptional work you have done. I am so happy that I
am in touch with you and that I could contribute with the photos of my dear
Wapinski family. I am sure that all of us descendants of Szczuczyn and
Grajewo ancestors - the Wapinskis - will treasure the work done. |
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Monday 4/29/2002 1:46:57am |
Name: |
Nathan Kronenberg |
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nkrone7551@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Bellingham, WA |
Comments: |
My
son located your site. My Father was born and spent the first part of his
life there before immigrating to the U.S Born in 1886 and his Father Shimon Kronenberg was born there in about 1857. Still researching. Thanks for the
opportunity to view all this history. |
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Sunday 4/28/2002 11:59:29am |
Name: |
Linda Saegert |
E-Mail: |
linda.saegert@verizon.net
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Friend |
Location: |
Valley Stream, NY USA |
Comments: |
What
a wonderful piece of work. To see where all of my relatives were from and
how they lived is priceless to me. Thank you. |
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Friday 4/26/2002 6:30:57pm |
Name: |
Judith Kubran |
E-Mail: |
jkubran@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Brooklyn, New York |
Comments: |
Jose, what you have provided here is an extraordinary visual and tangible
access to our roots. Words spoken by my mother, Lea Amrofel, have come to
life. Thank you for your dedication to this enormous task. Beyond fabulous! |
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Sunday 4/21/2002 0:36:11am |
Name: |
Mina
Goodman (Gutman) |
E-Mail: |
linder@ozemail.com.au
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Friend |
Location: |
Sydney, Australia |
Comments: |
I am
the little girl on the right of a picture on page 2 of the photographs. I
was aged 4 in that kindergarden picture of 1923. Thank you for the
opportunity to revisit my friends nd hometown. |
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Sunday 4/21/2002 0:15:54am |
Name: |
Felice Oserowicz Massie |
E-Mail: |
Ellenm626@aol.com
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Friend |
Location: |
San
Mateo, CA |
Comments: |
Dear
Jose,
I
thank you very much to give me a chance to look through the past inhabitants
of Szczuczyn where I was born, raised, and went to grammar school, and
enjoyed my close, warm friends, who if alive, would remember me well. Alas
most of the young and old no longer inhabit our living world. Time heals all
suffering from the past and it was a joy to contemplate the photographs of
these people. Thanks to you, dear Mr. Gutstein, your well documented and
aesthetically arranged work gave me great pleasure for which I thank you
immensely. With best wishes and gratitude, Felice Massie |
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Wednesday 4/17/2002 7:36:18am |
Name: |
Saul
Marks |
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saulmarks@hotmail.com
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Friend |
Location: |
Northern England |
Comments: |
First Radzilow, then Wizna, now Szczuczyn - where next for this man?
Jedwabne?! Jose - you're a legend! |
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Tuesday 4/16/2002 11:54:39pm |
Name: |
Rena
Panush |
E-Mail: |
rapan@optonline.net |
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E-Mail |
Location: |
Florham Pk, NJ and Arlington, VT |
Comments: |
How
nice that the Forward mentioned the photo exhibit. My daughter noticed it
and let the large Panush clan know about it and the website. We've heard
about this stetle for years and even visited it maybe 10 years ago. Thanks
for the hard work on the site.
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Tuesday 4/16/2002 8:29:00pm |
Name: |
Phyllis Blumenfeld |
E-Mail: |
Pblumenfeld@msn.com |
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E-Mail |
Location: |
Brooklyn, NY |
Comments: |
I just
went through all the pictures and I have to tell you that they brought tears
to my eyes just for the fact that most of them are not here and did not live
long enough to enjoy the life they had in Poland. I
have similar pictures from Wisnicz where my father's uncles and children &
grandchildren that he never saw or knew lived. One of the surviving
grandchildren out of the 40 sends me pictures from Israel where the lucky
ones live.
Whenever I see these pictures all I can think of is that a way of life which
was so beautiful has been lost forever.
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Sunday 4/14/2002 7:59:25pm |
Name: |
Rachel Panush |
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Just Surfed In |
Location: |
Los
Angeles, CA |
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My
grandfather and his family emigrated from this town prior to the Holocaust.
I visited with my family several years ago. |
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Friday 4/12/2002 4:08:04pm |
Name: |
Mike
& Mickey Marvins |
E-Mail: |
marvins@pdq.net |
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Friend |
Location: |
Houston, TX |
Comments: |
Dear
Jose,
The
Szczuczyn website is a real historical document and a major accomplishment
on your part. The pictures will give everyone an important insight into the
way their ancestors lived. I'm sure many people have found "new" relatives
already or now know what long lost relatives looked like! I'm even prouder
that almost all the pictures were made by my Grandfather, Zalman Kaplan,
Szczuczyn's photographer from 1895 until 1941. Congratulations and sincere
thanks for all your help. |
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Friday 04/12/2002 1:35:18am |
Name:
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Lisette Datnow |
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shain@global.co.za |
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E-Mail |
Location:
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South Africa |
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Jose,
All
your wonderful work. Thank you so much and so many people have been
inspired by your work.
Lisette |
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Thursday 4/11/2002 6:33:56pm |
Name: |
Yitzchok Panitz |
E-Mail: |
kpanitz@sylmark.com |
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E-Mail |
Location: |
Los
Angeles, USA |
Comments: |
Hi
Jose. This is a wonderful web site! Congratulations for a job well done, and
keep up the good work. |
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Thursday 4/11/2002 7:48:00am |
Name: |
Liz
Goodman |
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Search Engine |
Location: |
Palmerston North, New
Zealand |
Comments: |
My husband and I have
spent this evening travelling through Szczuczyn on your wonderful website -
and have much yet to read. We can not believe how much information you have
gathered to share with those of us who have links to this town. The photos
are a treasure. We are so grateful and excited that the few stories we have,
are being confirmed through your meticulous research and we can begin
through the maps and pictures and stories to visualise and enlarge the
stories we have. Thank you so very much for your dedicated work to preserve
our history for us, our children and grandchildren. |
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Wednesday 4/10/2002 4:15:59pm |
Name: |
Gene
Cooper |
E-Mail: |
genecoopers@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
New
York, NY |
Comments: |
Dear
Jose, My family and I want to thank you for your Szczuczyn website. The
sensitive and comprehensive presentation generated an excitement in
accessing and appreciating my mother's roots. My mother, Esther Kyman Cooper
and her sister, Lily Kyman Goldberg, came to America from Szczuczyn in 1930
when they were in their early 20's. Your website filled in much of what
their early life was like. Have been to the museum exhibit as well. Saw
photos of family and friends of my mother. All this has opened much for me
and my family. Was able to find out about all of this through the help of
Carolyn Kaiman Rosenstein. Many thanks again. Gene Cooper (Grandson of
Shaiyoudell and Rachel Kyman) |
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Friday 4/05/2002 11:21:34pm |
Name: |
Kay Denmark |
E-Mail: |
kdenmark8@hotmail.com
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Just Surfed In |
Location: |
NY, NY |
Comments: |
Thank you. I already knew that the Denemarks were vital in the town
(especially Yankl Denemark) but your site only reinforced that fact in all
its sadness. I have one small photo of Yankl Denemark and another relative
taken in 1932 (or 37 -- his handwriting was kind of messy to decipher) on
what appears to be an Hakshara. I will try and get a copy to you. I'm still
trying to learn how Yankl earned a living. He seemed to be very busy on
committees, etc. Thank you. |
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Friday 4/05/2002 7:56:00am |
Name: |
Susana Zaritzky |
E-Mail: |
susz@barak-online.net |
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E-Mail |
Location: |
Mevaseret Tzion, Israel |
Comments: |
Thank you so much Jose, for creating this tribute to our past. My son is
doing in these days a school work named "shorashim" that means "roots", and
your web site will be added to his work. You have honored my Sztern family
including them into your touching work. Thank you again. |
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Tuesday 4/02/2002 3:24:29am |
Name: |
Geoffrey Cohen |
E-Mail: |
glcohen@actom.co.il |
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Friend |
Location: |
Raanana, Israel |
Comments: |
Thanks for an
excellent web site. Have been told about your site by sister-in-law. My Grandfather - Yankel Moshe Dumai (Dumaj) came from Szczuczyn but changed his name to
Silverston when he emigrated to England (his wife didn't like the name
Dumai). |
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Monday 4/01/2002 4:11:13pm |
Name: |
Phyllis Smith |
E-Mail: |
eastonsre@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Hamden, CT, USA |
Comments: |
What a wonderful site. We just returned from seeing the marvelous
photographic exhibit of Szczuczyn and were delighted to see two family
members Chaim and Chaike Sawicki included in the photographs. The other
family name was Schwartzberg. This is a wonderful site. |
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Sunday 3/31/2002 3:49:31am |
Name: |
Nava
Shenkman |
E-Mail: |
navas@zahav.net.il |
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Friend |
Location: |
Tel-Aviv, Israel |
Comments: |
Dear
Jose, marvelous and excited to read the stories and memories (specially my
aunt's Felice Ozerowich) and to look at the photos that give a view of my
family's history to my generation. |
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Sunday 3/31/2002 1:27:27am |
Name: |
Shirley Holton |
E-Mail: |
RandSHolton@cs.com |
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E-Mail |
Location: |
London UK |
Comments: |
I
have heard of Szczuczyn all my life - from my grandfather and later from my
mother-in-law whose father came from there. Our family names of interest are
Ajminski, Sendzin and Dumaj. Many many thanks for all your hard work in
assembling this wonderful compilation. |
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Friday 3/29/2002 6:52:10am |
Name: |
Hadasa Nachman |
E-Mail: |
hadnac@yahoo.com.au |
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Friend |
Location: |
Israel |
Comments: |
This
is a fantastic effort. My mother is from Szczuczyn and I have heard stories
from her of what a rich (not necessarily in the monetary sense) life the
community had, the destruction of which is a blight on mankind. Keep up the
great work of never letting the memory die. |
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Wednesday 3/27/2002 1:26:45am |
Name: |
Naomi Gustafson |
E-Mail: |
readnspeed@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Irvine, California |
Comments: |
Thank you for the most wonderful website, photos and information. My family
and future generations will cherish the work and effort you have created
for all of us to share. Thanks to Arlene Wiener Feller...a new found cousin
and Szczuczyn detective ! |
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Monday 3/25/2002 10:05:12am |
Name: |
Arlene Wiener Feller |
E-Mail: |
arlenewiener@comcast.net
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E-Mail |
Location: |
Scotch Plains, NJ |
Comments: |
The
website is wonderful. It transports me to my roots and where I began. The
goosebumps are still lingering from seeing the photographs of my Ajminski
Great-Grandparents in the collection. Thank you. |
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Saturday 3/23/2002 12:22:41am |
Name: |
Rafal Augustynowicz |
E-Mail: |
xaliennycx@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
New
York |
Comments: |
I
want to say hallo to my friends and all people in Szczuczyn! |
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Monday 3/18/2002 7:57:53pm |
Name: |
Buz
and Libby Marvins |
E-Mail: |
LibBuz@aol.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Houston, Texas, USA |
Comments: |
As
the grandson of Zalman Kaplan, who made most of the photographs on this
website, it is a real pleasure to see the work you've done and the
photographs you've collected. We've just returned from the opening of the
related show, Lives Remembered, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New
York. Your website, and this exhibit really bring the town back to life. I
hope many of you will view the exhibit. |
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Friday 3/15/2002 2:13:23pm |
Name: |
Shepard (Szeraszew) Vineburg |
E-Mail: |
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Friend |
Location: |
Los
Angeles, California USA |
Comments: |
Thanks to you Jose I feel like a proud Szeraszew descendant from the towns
of Szczuczyn and Radzilow. Perhaps one day I'll even be lucky enough to
travel there and see for myself! |
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Thursday 3/14/2002 11:55:09am |
Name: |
Roy
Warshawsky |
E-Mail: |
roywar@juno.com |
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Friend |
Location: |
Lombard, IL |
Comments: |
Jose, You have created another winner here. The detail is unprecedented.
Keep up the good work. |
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Saturday 3/09/2002 8:06:07pm |
Name: |
Carolyn Kaiman Rosenstein |
E-Mail: |
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Friend |
Location: |
Los
Angeles, CA |
Comments: |
Dear
Jose,
Your
Szczuczyn website is fantastic!!!! Thank you for making it. I especially
appreciated your list of names from Ellis Island. I'll use it to
double-check
whether or not I found everyone that I was looking for.
Carolyn |
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Saturday 3/09/2002 5:03:56pm |
Name: |
Jessica Workman |
E-Mail: |
glyph.monkey@verizon.net
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Friend |
Location: |
Burlington, Vermont, USA |
Comments: |
Beautiful job! This site is a gift to all of those researching Szczuczyn
(including myself). Your hard work, dedication, and love for the region come
out in this project. Thank you!!! |
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Friday 2/01/2002 11:32:14pm |
Name: |
Ellen Massie |
E-Mail: |
Ellen626@aol.com |
Referred By: |
Friend |
Location: |
Mill
Valley, USA |
Comments: |
Absolutely magnificent Jose!!! I give you a million thanks for all the
care, hard work, and wonderful dedication to all those who lived in
Szczuczyn and their descendants. This is a wonderful tribute to their
lives. All because of your hard work and care. A million thanks!!
I just have to add that the entire layout and construction of the web site
is magnificent. It is organized beautifully, clearly and is easy to
read and access!!! You are a master at this! Much gratitude,
Ellen Massie |
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