Roots: Tracing Jews
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
If you would like to trace someone, email Samantha Mimeran at the AJN with the details. And let us know if you succeed in tracking down your lost relative or friend.
Baswitz/Baswick, Deutsch, Manasseh,Olivenshtein (Olivestone), Reppen/Rintels.
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AARONS
I have been doing some research on Barton Carter, a young American who worked to protect Spanish children in Puigcerda, Spain, for the Foster Parents Plan for Spanish Children.
I have come across the names of Sam Aarons and Esme dgers, both Australians, and both active in Spain in 1937-39.
I would appreciate any help in contacting Mark Aarons, who is Sam Aarons’ grandson, so that I might ask a few questions concerning his grandfather’s stay in Spain 1937-38, and whether he has any papers or diaries from that period of his life.
NICHOLAS H WRIGHT
wrightnh@adelphia.net
Listed: August 27, 2008
B
BAER
I AM searching for Stephan Baer, son of Paul Simon Baer and Gretel Kirchheimer, who were married in Sydney in 1940.
Gretel Kirchheimer came from Grombach, Baden, Germany in 1939.
She was a distant cousin of mine and I would like to reach Stephan for genealogical purposes. If he is not living any longer, I would appreciate information about any children.
HANNA GROSSMAN
hannakg@optonline.net
Listed: January 20, 2009
BARNETT
I AM looking for a childhood friend that immigrated to Australia with her family when we where kids. Her unmarried name was Loraine Barnett.
I lived in Bellott Street; I think she lived in the next street, Brideoak Street, Cheetham Hill, Manchester, England.
She has a younger brother and will be now in the 60s age group.
CAROL SHAW (NEE GOLDSTONE)
ns_netre@matav.net.il
Listed: July 22, 2008
BASWITZ/BASWICK
I AM trying to find my relatives who emigrated to Sydney in 1948 from London, and prior to that from Frankfurt/Oder, Germany.
The original surname was Baswitz, but I have found a burial record for Herbert Baswick, born May 9, 1911, died November 23, 1973 and buried at Rookwood Cemetery on December 20, 1973. He was married to Betty Czarlinski.
I am trying to locate their two daughters, Barbara Helen and Jennifer Claudette, who should still be alive as they were born in 1940 and 1944, but if they married, they will have different surnames now.
Herbert Baswitz/Baswick and his brother Heinz Baswitz were interned in Australia having arrived by sea on the Dunera.
JUDITH ELAM
elamj@hawaii.rr.com
Listed: November 25, 2009
BAZZAN
I’M trying to find David Bazzan, born in Sydney to Stanley and Raema Bazzan. I am a relative on his father’s side and would like some family history.
brenda@bacitia.com.au
Listed: November 3 2008
BRANITZKY
WHEN Ezra Branitzky, a cousin of my grandmother, left Palestine around 1915 to come to Australia, we lost connection with him.
Ezra was born 1892 and probably changed his name in Australia to Bran or similar.
I know of one daughter, named Devorah. Any information on relatives and descendants would be appreciated.
ITAI MESHULAM
itaim@bezeqint.net
Listed: November 3 2008
BEERMAN
MY grandfather’s younger brother, Maurice Moss, left Hull, England, for Australia in the early 1900s. In about 1915 he married Rebecca Lasker in Sydney. They had a daughter, Naomi Rose Moss.
Maurice is thought to have died in the 1950s and Naomi married Stephen Sato Beerman (or Beherman) in about 1956.
If anyone knows of Naomi and Stephen, please contact me.
DIANE BARNETT
diane.barnett@dsl.pipex.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
BERKOWICZ (WISE)
MY name is Rosine Krovic and I live in Belgium. I would like to know whether one of my aunts, Dora Berkowicz, who lives in Melbourne, is still alive.
She is the sister of my mother, Therese Berkowicz, who unfortunately was exterminated in Auschwitz.
The last letter I received from her is dated April 1988. At that time, she lived at 16 Martin Road, Glen Iris, and she wrote that she was married to Mr Wise.
c/o LIONEL SHARPE
ajgs@exist.com.au
Listed: August 5, 2008
BOR (OR BOHR OR BORATEK)
DR Janos Bonta from Budapest is looking for Martha Bor (or Bohr or Boratek). Martha came to Sydney with her family around 1949.
In Budapest they had a millinery salon. Any information about her would be greatly appreciated.
PETER BONTA
bonta@matra.com.au
Listed: July 22, 2008
C
CRAMER
I AM looking for Leon/Leonard Cramer. He was born in the UK in the early 1920s and left to settle in Australia in 1950. His parents were Barry and Leah.
JACQUELINE DAVIS
jdavis318@rogers.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
D
DEFRIES
I’M seeking the descendents of Samuel John Defries, who was born in London in 1834 and died in Sydney in 1906, and Annie Defries (nee Williams), who died in Sydney in 1889.
Their children were:
Mary Agnes Defries; William Alexander Coleman Defries (married Annie Corrigan in 1884); Julia Flora Defries (married Frederick King Lea in 1887); Jonas (John) C S Defries; George Moss Defries; Samuel Henry Reginald Defries (married Sarah Rose Hannah Piccles in 1898); Leopold Hamlet Defries (married Essie Esther Lehman in 1910); Annie Gertrude Defries (married Leonard Lewis Davis Marks in 1902).
Julia Flora Lea was my great-great-grandmother and I would love to make contact with any other relations.
MEEGAN LEA
Ashbury, NSW
meeganlea@hotmail.com
Listed: August 5, 2008
DENVER
I’M trying to contact a David Denver, who I used to work with in the advertising industry in the UK thirty odd years ago.
I know he went to Perth, Australia. Any help would be appreciated.
VIC DAVIES
vicdavies@btconnect.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
DEUTSCH
I AM trying to find descendants of Friedrich and Gisela (nee Rosenstrauch) Deutsch who married in Sydney in 1939.
RIEKE NASH
Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
society@ajgs.org.au
Listed: November 25, 2009
DOKSHITSY
I’M looking for descendants of Belarus Dokshitsy.
WENDY ATLAS
fawe@iprimus.com.au
Listed: August 19 2008
E
ENGEL
LOOKING for Boris/Yuri Engel, born 1943-1945 in Sinel’nikovo, Ukraine. His father’s name was Benjamin or Alexander Engel.
AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS
(03) 8327 7883 (case number 54319)
Listed: July 22 2008
F
FELLOWS
I AM trying to trace my own Jewish roots in Melbourne through the Fellows family.
I met the family once in 1956 and recently researched the surname through immigration records and believe they may have been Bertha Fellows, Enoch Fellows, John Fellows and Peter Fellows, who arrived in Melbourne from London on September 24, 1929.
KEN STONE
marganken@bigpond.com
Listed: September 23, 2008
FILIPOWSKI
MY name is Yoram Landau and I live in Israel. I am looking for Oscar Fillipowsky or members of his family.
Oscar was born in Lodz, Poland, in 1915 to Yurek and Roza Fillipowsky (nee Landau), survived the Holocaust and came to Australia about 1946.
I would like to get information about him and his family.
YORAM LANDAU
landauy@hotmail.com
Listed: February 24, 2009
FOX
I WOULD appreciate it if any descendants of Mania Kaczor Fox would contact me.
Mania, the daughter of Israel Kaczor and Sara Geszwind, migrated to Australia from Warsaw, Poland, in June 1938, arriving in Melbourne on the liner Oronsay.
In 1986, while living in the Montefiore Home for the Aged in Melbourne, Mania filed Yad Vashem “pages of testimony” for her siblings who were killed in the Holocaust.
HADASSAH LIPSIUS
Kew Gardens Hills
New York, USA
lipsius@verizon.net
Listed:May 8, 2009
FUCHS
PETR Erben from Prague and Israel is looking for his cousin Dr Emil Fuchs, who he thinks arrived in Melbourne around 1938 with his daughter.
DANIELA TORSH
danielat1@bigpond.com
Listed: September 29, 2008
FURST
MY name is Liat Naeh and I am looking for a long lost friend of my grandmother Suzy Luckas.
His name is Andrew, Andre or Andras Furst (or maybe it has changed) and he was born in Budapest around 1927, possibly on March 8.
My grandmother’s name at the time was Zuza (or Szusza) Gabor.
I only know that they were neighbours and good friends, and that around World War II, or perhaps only when the war was over, Andrew managed to move to Australia.
He came back to visit Budapest once after that.
I do realise that I know very little about this person, but my grandmother has recurrent dreams about him, and he is the subject of her paintings. I wish I could track him down for her.
LIAT NAEH
liat.naeh@gmail.com
Listed: December 22, 2008
G
GIANTSOS
MY mother Thomai’s maiden name is Marinos and she was born in Argos Orestikon, a small town about 12 kilometres outside of Kastoria, in north-western Greece.
I was born on December 23, 1963 and I was baptised as a Greek Orthodox Christian.
However, about five years ago I was stunned to find out that Kastoria possessed one of the largest Jewish communities of any city except Salonica (in Greece) until the Shoah.
It has been pointed out to me that the Portuguese Jews who forcibly converted to Christianity were called Marranos.
So I was wondering if anyone had any Jewish roots from Kastoria, Greece and could shed some light on the matter.
THEODORE GIANTSOS
tgiantsos@sdavic.org
Listed: September 23, 2008
GOLDBERG
I AM looking for Harold and Alice Goldberg, who emigrated from Zimbabwe (still Rhodesia then) to Australia in the late ’70s. They would be in their early 60s today.
CECIL GOWER
Cecil@ibex.ie
Listed: July 22, 2008
GOODMAN (WERBITSKI)
I WOULD like to find my cousin Michael Goodman (Werbitski), who migrated to Australia in the late 1950s. His father’s name was Issey and he was a baker who passed away in his mid-50s.
His mother’s name was Marge. His grandfather’s name was George and his grandmother was Sara. He had many uncles and aunts.
I am his cousin Cyril, my mother was Kitty and my father was Max.
CYRIL DAVIS
cy@cytor.com
Listed: August 12, 2008
GOTTLIEB
IRENE Partl of Budapest is searching for Irene Gottlieb. Her mother was Josepha Erunfeld.
She is also searching for Istvan Szanto, whose mother was Aranka Erunfeld.
ERIC SPICER
tomcat2@iprimus.com.au
Listed: October 7, 2008
GRUNBAUM
I HAVE recently been in contact with a Georges Grunbaum who lives in France and who is searching for family with the surname Grunbaum.
His father Lajb Grunbaum came from Kalsiz, Poland, as did by grandfather Solomon and his brother Harry. The family were tailors.
Georges has been able to trace some of his family tree back to 1817. Georges believes that some his father’s family settled in Australia.
DAVID GREEN
davidandsylvia@optusnet.com.au
Listed: January 1, 2009
H
HART
I AM searching for my second cousins, Morris (or Maurice) Hart and sister Joan Brown (nee Hart), who is or was married to Ronald Brown.
They are descendants of Leonard Albert Hart (1893-1970) and Phoebe Leah Blasebalk (1896-1973) who were married in 1922 in Victoria.
TONY BLASEBALK
Prosser5JN@aol.com
Listed: November 23, 2008
HEID
AS part of genealogical research, I’m looking for my mother’s cousin, Sylvia Heid (born Poliacoff/Polacoff).
She was born in Constanta, Romania, in 1928. Sylvia married Leon Heid and they immigrated with their son Alfred to Australia on June 13, 1952.
Their last-known address (in October 1958) was 9 Small Street, Ryde, NSW. If you know the family, please forward my request to the family or contact me.
ELI GREENHUT
greenhut@013.net
Listed: August 5, 2008
I
J
No listing
K
KATZ
I’M tracing cousins of my grandparents who immigrated to Sydney around 1937-38 from Germany. My grandparents were Gerda (nee Josel) and Berthold Katz, and they left Berlin in 1937 for Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Berthold had a kosher butcher in Berlin, which was called Moritz Vogel. Any information would be appreciated.
DEBORAH KATZ LIZAK
dlizak@bigpond.net.au
Listed: July 29, 2008
KAZAKEVICH
I’M searching for descendants of my grandmother’s brother whose last name was Kazakevich and first name is not known.
The name may have been changed to Kass or Kaskwitz. He left Russia around 1917, going first to China and then to Australia.
There is a record of David Kazakevich, a Russian who sailed from Yokohama to Brisbane and arrived in Sydney in March 1918.
Any information about David Kazakevich would be appreciated.
SANDY BURSTEN
California, USA
sandybee1@cox.ne
Listed: August 10, 2009
KLAPPER
I’M looking for Martha Klapper (her mother’s name is Boratek) on behalf of my
father, Dr Janos Bonta from Budapest.
His previous name was J. Blasberger and he is from Miskolc.
They knew each other in the 1940s in Budapest, where Martha’s parents had a
millinery salon. The family settled in Australia about 1949.
Any information about Martha or about her family would be greatly appreciated.
PETER BONTA
bonta@matra.com.au
Listed: June 1, 2009
KRAUS
I AM looking for Paul Kraus, born on October 20, 1944. I believe he was born in a forced labour camp near the village of Viehofen, Austria, and survived the war.
My grandfather, Dr Ernst Balog, was the doctor of the camp and also the unofficial leader of the inmates.
I have reason to believe that he migrated to Australia (as a young boy with his mother and elder brother), later became famous since he was diagnosed with mesothelioma, successfully survived the disease and wrote several books including Faith, Hope, Love & Laughter: How They Heal and A New Australian, a New Australia.
MIKI GRANSKI
mgranski@hotmail.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
KRIEGER
THE Australian Red Cross is seeking inforation on Wilhelm Krieger, born January 6, 1886 in Ostrava, Czech Republic. His father was Adolf Krieger and his mother was Fanny Storch.
If you have any information please contact the Australian Red Cross on (03) 8327 7883, citing case no. 53224
Listed: December 2, 2008
KRIEGER
I AM seeking information on behalf of a relative of Wilhelm and Olga Krieger, who arrived in Sydney on the SS Monkay in February 1947.
Both are listed as holding Palestinian nationality.
There is a record of a burial of Dr Siegmund Wilhelm Krieger in NSW in 1956, but he was not a relative.
Any information would be appreciated.
LIONEL SHARPE
sharpe@aapt.net.au
Listed: November 11, 2008
KROENENBERG
I AM tracing my grandmother’s family from Russia. Her name was Rachel Kroenenberg and she was one of 10 children.
She married Misha Rosenberg and they lived in Brisbane and had two children -— Isadore and Shella Rosenberg.
DENISE
denise@coachingcollege.com.au
Listed: August 12, 2008
KRONEWITZ
THE Australian Red Cross is seeking inforation on Ruth Frieda Hildegard, nee Baum/Ponsong (adopted family) born on May 1, 1931 in Berlin, Germany.
Her son, Klaus Gerhard Wilhelm Kronewitz was born on May 3, 1955.
If you have any information please contact the Australian Red Cross on (03) 8327 7883, citing case no. 54964
L
LAZAR
WE are looking for Victoria (Pnime) Jordan (nee Lazar), born in Israel in 1958, and her sister Aviva Miller (nee Lazar), born in 1955 in Israel. They were last heard of in the 1970s in Australia.
Victoria and Aviva are the daughters of Ethel Soloduchinas, a Holocaust survivor who left Europe in 1948 for Israel.
At a later stage she moved to Australia with Victoria and her sister.
Salvation Army Tracing Service
Ring (03) 8878 4796 quoting reference number 09-8217 Miller
Listed: January 27, 2009
LOSCHITZ
I AM trying to locate Gerda or Steffi Loschitz (their maiden names) or any of their descendants.
Their father, Felix Loschitz, was my mother’s uncle.
I believe that Gerda and Steffi were married to Heinz and Joe — I don’t know who was married to whom — and had children named Renee, Michael and Judy, and grandchildren Vicki and Gavin.
Thank you for your assistance.
ED FREITAG
efreitag@aol.com
Listed: December 8, 2008
LIPSKI
I AM interested in locating relatives of mine from Lodz, Poland, under the family name of Lipski. I live in Israel and immigrated here from San Francisco, California in 1993.
My grandmother was Dora Lipski who died some 15 years ago in San Francisco. Her married name was changed to Samuels. I am interested to know her family.
She immigrated to the US via Ellis Island, NY, in 1924 from Lodz, Poland and was 21 years old at the time. She left her entire family behind.
She came from a wealthy family whose father, Isadore, owned a very large textile factory in Lodz.
Three families from Lodz survived: one went to San Francisco (my grandma), the other Paris and the other Melbourne, Australia.
RONALD DILLER
rd@balkanhomes-eood.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
M
MANDEL
EARLIER this year I found out that I’m adopted. According to a certificate of interview from the Department of Human Services, my mother is listed as Ada Mandel, born 1909, in Coogee, NSW, formerly of 12 Robinsons Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria.
My birth name was Maurice Mandel and I was born on December 13, 1951, in Surrey Hills, Victoria.
Ada Mandel was 42 at time of my birth and she died on June 2, 1974, at Carlton Victoria, aged 64. She was living in Ringwood, Victoria, at the time.
Ada’s parents were Charles Coppel Mandel and Rachel (Morris) Mandel and her sisters were Sylvia and Enid Mandel (all deceased and buried at Springvale cemetery).
I would appreciate any assistance you may be able to give — my life has been a mystery.
RAYMOND ALFRED BYERS
byersray67@yahoo.com.au
Listed: September 8 2008
MANASSEH
I AM trying to track down Mrs Corris Manasseh or any of her relatives, including her son Ephraim. I believe she is related to the Hollywood costume designer Jack Orry-Kelly and has been in possession of the manuscript of his autobiography.
I believe the family was originally from Kiama, NSW, but are probably elsewhere in Australia by now.
LEE TULLOCH
fabnobody@optusnet.com.au
Listed: November 25, 2009
MICHAELSON
I HAD a cousin who emigrated to Australia in about 1946-48. He had two children. I am looking for his offspring.
JACK MICHAELSON
mjayann@bellsouth.net
Listed: July 22, 2008
MENZEL
I AM looking for children or friends of the late Franz Menzel and his wife Rachella (née Hoffmann).
Franz’s 94-year-old cousin Elisabeth remembers Franz and Rachella leaving Britain for Australia in 1947 and would like to find out about their lives since settling in Australia.
I believe that they may have lived with or were related to Abraham Jacob Hoffman, George Kraus, Misa Kraus and Edwin Menzel.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone with information.
TOM HEINERSDORFF
London, UK
tom.heinersdorff@btinternet.com
Listed: May 25, 2009
METZL
I AM wondering if there is anyone in Australia who came from Linz in Austria before or after World War II who remembers a family named Metzl who ran a haberdashery business there.
I am keen to learn more about my great aunts and great uncles and their extended families.
I know Gustav and Ernestina perished in the Holocaust, but there was another brother, Fritz Georg, and a sister Franziska, about whom I can only find brief details.
The third sister, Ella, escaped to the USA and became my paternal grandmother.
FRANKIE BLEI
frankieblei@optusnet.com.au
Listed: March 10, 2009
MIERS
OUR great-great-grandfather Benjamin Leon Miers arrived in Melbourne in 1853 with his mother and siblings. His mother, Jane Meyer (nee Woolf), a widow, married Samuel Flatau in England in 1837.
Samuel had arrived in Melbourne a year earlier in 1852.
Benjamin Miers married Frances Roberts in 1863 in Sydney. After Frances’ death in 1881, he married again in 1894 to Mary Sarah Crawford Bellamy.
His family lived in Melbourne from about 1866 until 1878, then in Sydney until Benjamin’s death in 1907.
ROBYN
arbee52@bigpond.net.au
Listed: October 14, 2008
MUTL (JOSEFA)
SEEKING any information about Josefa Mutl, born in 1915 to Victor and Vally Winter (nee Tuschak) in Straznicein, Moravia.
She arrived in Melbourne on the SS Fairsea on August 18, 1950, with husband, Stan Mutl. Nationality on arrival was Czechoslovakian. They lived at one stage in Elwood, Victoria.
DANIELA TORSH
Sydney
danielat1@bigpond.com
Listed: July 30, 2008
N
NACHMANOWICZ
I AM looking for some information on my missing uncle, Mr Pinkus Nachmanowicz.
He was born in Poland in 1914 and never married, but lived with a friend by the name of Pola. His last known address was in Padstow Heights in NSW.
JOSEPH NEWMAN
josephne@elop.co.il
Listed: July 22, 2008
NOVELTON
DID you know Marcel Novelton, who was born in Austria in 1914 and died in Sydney in 1999?
The Public Trustee of NSW is administering his estate and having difficulty tracing his family.
He was born in the Austrian village of Dobriach on August 23, 1914 and his parents were Polish Jews.
NSW Public Trustee
(02) 9240 0786
Listed: April 20, 2009
O
OLIVENSHTEIN (OLIVESTONE)
I’M enquiring on behalf of my stepfather, Wolfe Olivestone, who lives in Israel and is in his late 70s. He comes from Warsaw, and most members of what was once his very large extended family died in the Warsaw Ghetto or the camps during World War II.
Wolfe recalls his father (Jeremiah) telling him that Jeremiah’s cousin emigrated to Australia in 1923. Wolfe does not know her first name or married name, only that her maiden name was Olivenshtein, possibly anglicised to Olivestone.
She would have been in her 20s or 30s when she came to Australia as she had young children at that time. The family moved to Sydney (or nearby) and had a farm.
The only other information Wolfe can recall is that his grandfather (Jeremiah’s father) was Alec, also known as Eli, and his wife was Miriam; and that Alec/Eli’s father was Velvul.
SUE HOFFMAN
s.hoffman@murdoch.edu.au
Listed: November 25, 2009
ORBACH
MY name is Shlomo Orbach and I live in Haifa, Israel. My parents are from Czestochowa, Poland.
I know that two brothers with the family name Orbach arrived in Melbourne after World War II. They are relatives of my father, Samuel.
Any information about them would be appreciated.
SHLOMO ORBACH
adiragen@netvision.net.il
Listed: June 23, 2009
P
No listing
Q
No listing
R
REPPEN/RINTELS
I AM seeking a family who arrived in Sydney from Germany in 1939. They were Walter Reppen, aged 51, his wife Johanna Reppen, aged 41 and their daughter, Anneliese, aged 11.
They had a permit to settle in New Zealand. Their only relative in Australia in 1939 was Walter’s brother-in-law, Max Rintels, who lived at 44 Bayswater Road, Sydney.
JEANNETTE TSOULOS
jjtsoulos@hotmail.com
Listed: November 25, 2009
ROSENFELD
I AM searching for Frieda Rosenfeld, originally from Wien, Austria.
She was born on May 22, 1927, and immigrated to Belgium in 1938-39. She then fled with a group of children to southern France in May 1940 and was part of the children’s refugee colony at Seyre, France and at Chateau de La Hille, near Foix France.
I was part of that children’s colony (my name was originally Werner Rindsberg).
Survivors believe that after World War II she immigrated to Australia. Any information about her would be greatly appreciated.
WALTER REED
reedupuis@comcast.net
Listed: July 22, 2008
RUBENS
MY brother and I are searching for members of a Dutch family named Rubens.
Our uncle, FLR van Dinther (Bart), had a fiancée, Lena Rubens, who was caught by the Germans in World War II and taken to Westerbork with her parents and two brothers.
Her father was Levij Rubens, born February 11, 1888, in Doetinchem. He was the son of Ruben Rubens and Judik Cohen.
He was married on April 2, 1913, in Rotterdam, to Rebekka den Arend, who was born on September 19, 1892, in Rotterdam. She was the daughter of Salomon den Arend and Leentje van Vlies (Rotterdam).
Their sons were Salomon Rubens (married Helena Adetje Pinchetti) who could have escaped from Westerbork.
From the administration of this camp we know that he was registered in Batavia (Indonesia) on July 17, 1946, and that he emigrated from that country to Australia in the 50s. He was born in 1914.
Their other son was Ruben Rubens (married Milly Schelvis) and we know from an aunt that he visited the Netherlands years ago, but she didn’t know in which country he lived.
He was born in 1917.
In the digital archive of our National Archive we found a R Rubens, born September 2, 1917, who arrived in Australia in 1953 and settled in Sydney.
Their daughters were Lena Rubens, born October 16, 1919, in Amsterdam, and Juda Rubens, born May 7, 1928. It seems the parents and two daughters were killed in Auschwitz on November 9, 1943.
Any information on this family would be appreciated.
A VAN SELST
avanselst@salve-bv.nl
Listed: September 17, 2008
RUJ
MICHAEL Ruj (or Rue or Ruh) was my grandfather’s cousin’s son. He was born in Poland between 1912 and 1922, immigrated to Australia after World War II and settled in Melbourne.
In the early 1970s he exchanged letters with my grandfather, but the connection was lost.
His last known address (c. 1965) was 12 Westbury Street, St Kilda East.
He had a brother-in-law named A Dann at 24 McLachlan Street in Horsham and a close relative named Abram Chojnacki in the Melbourne metropolitan area.
I’d be grateful for any assistance in tracking Michael Ruj’s relatives.
YOAV MANOACH
manoachy@yahoo.com
Listed: December 15, 2008
S
SACKS
I AM searching for Isaac and Alice Sacks, who immigrated to Australia from Cape Town, South Africa, and would be in their late 80s.
CECIL GOWER
Cecil@ibex.ie
ANNE GOWER
grannyanne@ic24.net
Listed: July 22, 2008
SAMUEL
I’M searching for Alma, daughter of Erich and Margot Samuel. Their former residences may include 126 Francis Street, Bondi Beach.
Erich was an architect with the City of Sydney until retiring in 1973.
ERAN SEGEV
mailto:eranse@gmail.com
Listed: August 19 2008
SAMUELS
I AM looking for Lily Samuels (maiden name) who was hidden as a child in France during the Holocaust.
Evelyn Chenkin was sent from the London Beth Din to find eight-year-old Lily and bring her back to England to be with her aunt in Muswell Hill, London.
Lily’s “adopted” family in France refused to give her back to her family in England after the war and as such, Evelyn was sent to find her.
It is believed that Lily emigrated to Australia with her husband and children. She would be about 70 years old now.
MIRIAM HECHTMAN
miriamhechtman@optusnet.com.au
Listed: January 13, 2009
SCHNABL
A COUSIN of mine who lives in the US has recently been trying to contact a distant relation without success.
The name of the person she is looking to contact is Dorothea (“Dot”) Schnabl. Apparently she used to live at 14 Alva Avenue, Park Orchards, although it was a long time ago, approximately in 1978.
Any information about Dorothea would be appreciated.
TRUDIE BLUESTONE
enews@ggg.com.au
Listed: June 15 2009
SCHMIDT
THE Australian Red Cross is seeking inforation on Katherine (or Katherina) Schmidt, who was born on April 15, 1943 in Ansfelden, Austria, and her brother Anton/Tony, born on November 11, 1949 in Linz, Austria.
Their father Anton Schmidt died in July 1995 and mother Theresia Schmidt (nee Suler) died in 1954.
Their last known address was 128 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote.
If you have any information please contact the Australian Red Cross on (03) 8327 7883, citing case no. 53130
Listed: Decermber 15 2008
SOLOMONS
I AM trying to find any living relatives of Simon Stanley Solomons, born in 1912 in Kensington, NSW.
He was the son of Reuben and Esther Solomons of Coogee, NSW.
He was killed on August 30, 1944 while serving with 166 Squadron while on a mine-laying operation over Stettin, Germany.
He is now buried at the Jewish cemetery in Malmo, Sweden.
I’m hoping to find some background information about him, and perhaps even a photo, for an article I’m writing for the local historical society yearbook.
ANETTE SARNAS
anette.sarnas@malmo.se
Listed: October 7, 2008
SUMMERFIELD
I AM trying to find Eddie Summerfield, who lived in London’s Stamford Hill before settling in New Zealand in the 1950s.
We were friends until I left for Canada in 1951.
His father was a taxi driver and I believe that he had two sons.
CYRIL DAVIS
cy@cytor.com
Listed: March 23, 2009
SZANTO
IRENE Partl of Budapest is searching for Istvan Szanto, whose mother was Aranka Erunfeld.
ERIC SPICER
tomcat2@iprimus.com.au
Listed: October 7, 2008
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TATARKA
I AM seeking your assistance to locate an old friend Ron Tatarka. When I last saw him in Melbourne he was in the finance business.
I was involved in gold trading from the Philippines.
TOM CYRAN
astek@iprimus.com.au
Listed: July 22, 2008
TARJÁN (TACHAUER) AND BRAUN
MY name is Jorge Tachauer and I am the younger son of Dr Gabriel Tachauer, cousin of Ernest (Tachauer) Tarj√°n from Rumania and Chile.
I would like to contact my relatives who are living in Melbourne. They are Mrs Edith Tarj√°n, widow of my father’s cousin, Mr Ernest Tarj√°n; Mrs Judith (Tarj√°n) Braun, widow of Mr Braun, former mayor of some borough of the city; and their children, Dr Gary Braun, Dr Peter Braun and Dr Suzy Braun (a lawyer).
JORGE TACHAUER
jtachauers@yahoo.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
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VAN PRAAG
EMANUEL Van Praag left the United States around 1960 and resettled in Australia where he passed away in 1968. We have no records of him from the time he reached Australia.
Although never married, he had quite an extended family.
He was born in Holland on August 11, 1885, the last of 10 children born to Joseph Van Praag and Esther Blitz. He was brought to England as the “adopted son” of Jane (Jansje) Blitz and her husband Samuel Wurms (Worms).
I cannot connect Jansje and Esther, though it would seem logical that the two women were related.
Emanuel lived at 24 White’s Row, London, and emigrated to America to Boston Mass in 1907.
MARCY VAN ES ZASLOW
topaz2mvk@yahoo.com
Listed: July 22, 2008
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WARMAN
MY name is Steve Blum from New Jersey, USA, and I am trying to locate Jadwiga Warman, who submitted pages of testimony about my family in 1991 when she lived in Melbourne at 33 Teak Street, Caulfield South.
c/o LIONEL SHARPE
ajgs@exist.com.au
Listed: July 30, 2008
WOOLF
I’M seeking information about Martin Simon Wolff, born July 9, 1926, in Hertogenbosch in the Netherlands.
He managed to escape the Netherlands during World War II with the help of Ruben (Ruut) Rubens and two others and is believed to have migrated to Australia.
He was the sole survivor of his family.
ANNEMIE VAN SELST-VAN DINTHER
avanselst@salve-bv.nl
Listed: December 2, 2008
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ZIVCON
WE would like to contact the family of Shaje (Leopold) Zivcon.
He had a brother Feiwe-Salle who came to visit him in Australia before World War II.
Feiwe-Salle had a daughter Yetty (now living in Paris) and a son David Zivcon who survived the Shoah living in Liepaja, Latvia.
David Zivcon’s survival is well documented in Yad Vashem as he and others were saved by a righteous gentile, Robert Seduls.
David Zivcon’s wife Henny and two daughters live in Liepaja and would like to contact their family in Australia.
AVRON COHEN
avronc@exemail.com.au
Listed: April 2, 2009
ZORGE
I AM looking for traces of my father’s family who came from Riga in Latvia. His name was Ansis Zorge.
I would be really grateful if you could find any information.
EMMA
Evansrsfav@aol.com
Listed: August 19, 2008
ZWIESEK
THE Red Cross Tracing Service, which traces missing persons on behalf of relatives overseas, is looking for Janina Zwiesek (Zwieseck or Swizek) who was born on March 3, 1923, in Lublin, Poland.
She could have been born in 1925.
Please quote case number 54517 in any communication. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
INTERNATIONAL TRACING, REFUGEE & ASYLUM SEEKER SERVICES
Australian Red Cross
Tel: (03) 8327 7883.
Listed: September 8 2008
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