About 2 years ago, I received  an email from Researcher 476201,
Robert Seidel, asking me if I thought that his Gasse relative might
be the same or a connection to my Gasse relative.  He wrote: "She
had family in Lodz.  Her name was Syma Gasse (or Hasse) Braun, and
she lived in Osiek Poland before the War.  She was my great
grandmother."

Syma Gasse/Hasse Braun is also my great-grandmother, which would
make Mr. Seidel and me second cousins.  If he is reading this,
would he please contact me.  Or if anyone knows him, please ask him
to get in touch with me.

Thank you.
sharon brown (Researcher 170543)
swansea636@
RESEARCHING: BRAUM, BRAUN, BROWN / GASSEE, HASSE / WACHSMAN /
BLACKSTEIN, BLACKSTONE, BLACHSZTAJN / APPELBAUM  / TAJTELBAUM /
FLYASHMAN / GOLDWASER / MINTZ / KNEBEL / RAICHMAN, RICHMAN, LERMAN /
SMITH / VILLIERS / MILLER / WEISMAN / FREEMAN / BARNOY  (Places:
Osiek, Staszow, Klimontow, Ostrowiec, Cmielow, Bogoria, Polaniec
(Poland). Utica,  New York,  Portland, ME., Boston, New York, Toronto

David Frischmann

Russian Hebraist; born in Lodz 1863; now (1903) residing in Warsaw. Frischman began very early to write both poetry and prose in Hebrew periodicals, and his style and the originality of his views soon attracted attention. He was assistant editor of "Ha-Yom," in St. Petersburg (1886-87), and afterward editor of the weekly "Ha-Dor." Frischman has contributed a large number of poems, short stories, and articles to the Hebrew periodicals during the last twenty years. His earlier writings are to be found in "Ha-Bo?er Or," "Ha-Sha?ar," "Ha-Asif," etc. His works include: the short story "Be-Yom ha-Kippurim," Warsaw, 1881; his successful translation of Aaron Bernstein's "Aus dem Reiche der Natur," under the title "Yedi'ot ha-?eva'" (The Perceptions of Nature) (1882-85); "Tohu wo-Bohu," a scathing criticism of Hebrew journalistic methods, especially directed against "Ha-Meli?," with an appendix, "'Al ha-Nes," in which I. L. Lewin's translation of Disraeli's "Tancred" is severely criticized (ib. 1883); "Miktavim 'al Devar ha-Sifrut" (Notes on the History of Literature), a criticism against contemporary Hebrew literature (Warsaw, 1895). He also translated Julius Lippert's "Kulturgeschichte," under the title "Toledot Hashlamat ha-Adam," in three parts (ib. 1894-1901). A collection of his scattered articles and feuilletons is at present (1903) being published in Warsaw under the title "Ketavim Niv?arim." Frischman has also written considerably for Yiddish periodicals. The poem "Ophir" in the "Yidcirclehe Volksbibliothek" deserves to be mentioned. He has done much to introduce Western methods into Neo-Hebrew literature.
Source: http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com

sulla4@yahoo.com

http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/index_pix_etc/jews_of_russian_empire_denied_permission_to_go_abroad_1916_1917.htm  The link includes information about my great grandfather GRINBARG-SULLA. He and all the family perished in Lodz ghetto and we scamble to find information about them. Do you know what this list is about? How it was compiled and how GRINBARG-SULLA was included. Where could we find the origin?
Thank you,
Victor Sulla  sulla4@yahoo.com
Dear Victor, 

The list is from the first world war for people who attempted to leave the Russian empire but were refused; Last name GRINBARG-SULLA  first name Boruch son of Aizik age 34  a refugee from Lodz; belonged to Uman JC, Kiev gub.  community on March 31st 1916 from Lodz List of people who could not move abroad

1. Assumed to be a picture of Szaja Weksler (1914-1942) listening to the radio.

2. Jankiel Weksler 
(1890-1944)

3. Hanoch Weksler 
(1896-1944)

4. Chaim Natan Widawski 
(1908-1944)
This post is dedicated to the memory of my great-grandfather Yakov (Jankiel) Wexler, his nephew and their cell members who were executed by the Germans 73 years ago today (7.6), or who lost their lives around this date and under related circumstances. 
The radio underground of the Lodz ghetto is an example for Jews from different political backgrounds that worked in unison for a common goal against the calamity of the times of the Holocaust, while risking and even sacrificing their lives. 
Right at the beginning of the German occupation of Poland, in which the city of ?ód? was forcibly incorporated into the German Reich and re-named as "Litzmannstadt", Poles and Jews were forbidden to keep radio receivers and listen to them. The punishment for the offense was death. In the middle of 1941, a homemade radio was installed in the Lodz ghetto, at the home of Icchak Lubinski. The radio receiver was built by Wiktor Rundbaken, a radio technician by his profession. Among the listeners to the radio were: Dawid Tapel, a man who was in command of several languages and could translate news; Hanoch Weksler, a Gur Hasid; His son, Jeszajahu- Kalman (Szaja) , a member of the Bejtar movement, an officer in the Polish army ; Jankiel Weksler, a member of the Bund, his sons Szymon (Szymek), a member of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) and Kalman-Karol Weksler; as well as others, not necessarily as frequently. The listeners spread in the Ghetto information that they have been exposed to them while listening to the radio. 
According to testimony given by the son of the ghetto resident, Menachem (Menek) Heitler (later Har-Tal): "... It [the radio] was listened to in order to keep abreast of the situation on the front and the progress of the Red Army. They knew that as soon as the Red Army approached, the Germans would liquidate the ghetto and will flee westward. When they heard the winter of 1943-1944 that the river froze, they immediately spread the word, and all of them went into hiding places they had prepared in the ghetto. Thus several dozen Jews were saved in the ghetto". As far as I know, none of the mentioned above did so. 
On the 6th of June 1944, the news of the Allied invasion of Normandy were broadcasted on the radio, circulated in the ghetto and caused a great joy that aroused the suspicion of the Germans. Following a tip-off, the Gestapo and the Kripo conducted a hunt in the ghetto on 6th -8th of June in search of the radio underground, in which they arrested Icchak Lubinski, Hanoch, Szaja and Janikel Weksler, as well as Hanoch and Yankel's brother Dawid, although he was not involved in the underground. It is assumed that they were executed by that time on the same day they were arrested, 7.6.44, in the prison outside the ghetto. 
Noteworthy is the story is that of Chaim Natan Widawski, a member of the General Zionists party, who managed to escape in time and hide in the Jewish cemetery. In a letter he left behind, he explained his decision to commit suicide by swallowing cyanide saying that being a sickly person he would not withstand torture and turn in his fellow members. In his will, Widawski asked his movements member to bury him in Israel, a request that was filled in 1972, when his bones were buried in Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone reads: 
"His life gave to his people and his country
in his death he did not surrender to the enemy
and was a sign of struggle
against the oppressor
He was buried in the Lodz Ghetto
[Hebrew date] 18th of Sivan 5704
According to his will
he was brought by his friends to Israel
To rest forever
5th of Sivan 7325
May his soul be bound in the bundle of life" 
In addition, his tombstone serves as a memorial to other members of the Radio underground who perished in this event. Under the words
And those of his friends"
Who formed with him a covenant
whom deaths did not separate
and their burial place is unknown" 
Follow in this order the names: Yosef Altszuler, Yakov weksler, Hanoch Weksler, Dawid Weksler, Szaja Weksler, Dawid Tapel, Icchak Lubinsky, Yakov Szlama Redlich, Aharon Yaakov Altszuler. 
The municipality of ?ód? erected a commorative plaque in memory of Widawski in Podrzeczna street. The inscription on it, written the in four languages- Polish, English, Hebrew and Yiddish- gives the following information : "On June 9 1944, here at the side of a non existent house, 9 Podrzeczna st., Chaim Natatn Widawski committed suicide. He was wanted by the Getapo for listening to a hidden radio and spreading the news to the inhabitants of Litzmannstadt ghetto. 
The radio itself was not captured by the Germans during the roundup and was saved by the girlfriend of Kalman-Karol Weksler, Renia Kagan and the sons of Hanoch Weksler-Adam (then 14) and Dow (who was then 16). Renia put the radio in a basket and covered it with vegetables; Adam had the task of carrying the basket and together with him went Renia and Dow to move the radio to a new hiding place in the ghetto. 
Szymek and his wife Irena (Irka), Kalman-Karol and Renia – who got married after the war, as well as their younger sister of Szymek and Karol, Ruta (now Ruta Szkolnik) and their cousins Adam and Dow survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel gradually between 1946 and 1969. The radio was given to the Museum of the Ghetto Fighters' House by Kalman-Karol Weksler where it's being presented till this day.

LikeSharis nephew and their cell members who were executed by the Germans 73 years ago today (7.6), or who lost their lives around this date and under related circumstances. 
The radio underground of the Lodz ghetto is an example for Jews from different political backgrounds that worked in unison for a common goal against the calamity of the times of the Holocaust, while risking and even sacrificing their lives. 
Right at the beginning of the German occupation of Poland, in which the city of ?ód? was forcibly incorporated into the German Reich and re-named as "Litzmannstadt", Poles and Jews were forbidden to keep radio receivers and listen to them. The punishment for the offense was death. In the middle of 1941, a homemade radio was installed in the Lodz ghetto, at the home of Icchak Lubinski. The radio receiver was built by Wiktor Rundbaken, a radio technician by his profession. Among the listeners to the radio were: Dawid Tapel, a man who was in command of several languages and could translate news; Hanoch Weksler, a Gur Hasid; His son, Jeszajahu- Kalman (Szaja) , a member of the Bejtar movement, an officer in the Polish army ; Jankiel Weksler, a member of the Bund, his sons Szymon (Szymek), a member of the Polish Socialist Party (PPS) and Kalman-Karol Weksler; as well as others, not necessarily as frequently. The listeners spread in the Ghetto information that they have been exposed to them while listening to the radio. 
According to testimony given by the son of the ghetto resident, Menachem (Menek) Heitler (later Har-Tal): "... It [the radio] was listened to in order to keep abreast of the situation on the front and the progress of the Red Army. They knew that as soon as the Red Army approached, the Germans would liquidate the ghetto and will flee westward. When they heard the winter of 1943-1944 that the river froze, they immediately spread the word, and all of them went into hiding places they had prepared in the ghetto. Thus several dozen Jews were saved in the ghetto". As far as I know, none of the mentioned above did so. 
On the 6th of June 1944, the news of the Allied invasion of Normandy were broadcasted on the radio, circulated in the ghetto and caused a great joy that aroused the suspicion of the Germans. Following a tip-off, the Gestapo and the Kripo conducted a hunt in the ghetto on 6th -8th of June in search of the radio underground, in which they arrested Icchak Lubinski, Hanoch, Szaja and Janikel Weksler, as well as Hanoch and Yankel's brother Dawid, although he was not involved in the underground. It is assumed that they were executed by that time on the same day they were arrested, 7.6.44, in the prison outside the ghetto. 
Noteworthy is the story is that of Chaim Natan Widawski, a member of the General Zionists party, who managed to escape in time and hide in the Jewish cemetery. In a letter he left behind, he explained his decision to commit suicide by swallowing cyanide saying that being a sickly person he would not withstand torture and turn in his fellow members. In his will, Widawski asked his movements member to bury him in Israel, a request that was filled in 1972, when his bones were buried in Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery. The inscription on his tombstone reads: 
"His life gave to his people and his country
in his death he did not surrender to the enemy
and was a sign of struggle
against the oppressor
He was buried in the Lodz Ghetto
[Hebrew date] 18th of Sivan 5704
According to his will
he was brought by his friends to Israel
To rest forever
5th of Sivan 7325
May his soul be bound in the bundle of life" 
In addition, his tombstone serves as a memorial to other members of the Radio underground who perished in this event. Under the words
And those of his friends"
Who formed with him a covenant
whom deaths did not separate
and their burial place is unknown" 
Follow in this order the names: Yosef Altszuler, Yakov weksler, Hanoch Weksler, Dawid Weksler, Szaja Weksler, Dawid Tapel, Icchak Lubinsky, Yakov Szlama Redlich, Aharon Yaakov Altszuler. 
The municipality of ?ód? erected a commorative plaque in memory of Widawski in Podrzeczna street. The inscription on it, written the in four languages- Polish, English, Hebrew and Yiddish- gives the following information : "On June 9 1944, here at the side of a non existent house, 9 Podrzeczna st., Chaim Natatn Widawski committed suicide. He was wanted by the Getapo for listening to a hidden radio and spreading the news to the inhabitants of Litzmannstadt ghetto. 
The radio itself was not captured by the Germans during the roundup and was saved by the girlfriend of Kalman-Karol Weksler, Renia Kagan and the sons of Hanoch Weksler-Adam (then 14) and Dow (who was then 16). Renia put the radio in a basket and covered it with vegetables; Adam had the task of carrying the basket and together with him went Renia and Dow to move the radio to a new hiding place in the ghetto. 
Szymek and his wife Irena (Irka), Kalman-Karol and Renia – who got married after the war, as well as their younger sister of Szymek and Karol, Ruta (now Ruta Szkolnik) and their cousins Adam and Dow survived the Holocaust and immigrated to Israel gradually between 1946 and 1969. The radio was given to the Museum of the Ghetto Fighters' House by Kalman-Karol Weksler where it's being presented till this day.

Golda Knopf nee Sheratzki was born in Lodz, Poland in 1895 to Yehuda and Nekha. She was married to Yitzkhak. Prior to WWII she lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war she was in Lodz, Poland.

Golda was murdered in the Shoah in 1944.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony submitted by her son, Avigdor Viktor Knopf

-Yitzkhak Knopf was born in Wieruszow, Poland in 1895 to Viktor. He was a tinsmith and married to Golda nee Sheratzki. Prior to WWII he lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war he was in Lodz, Poland.

Yitzkhak was murdered in the Shoah in 1944.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his son, Avigdor Viktor Knopf of Rehovot
Yehuda Knopf was born in Lodz, Poland in 1921 to Yitzkhak and Golda. Prior to WWII he lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war he was in Lodz, Poland.

Yehuda was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his brother, Avigdor Viktor Knopf

Mordekhai Knopf was born in Lodz, Poland in 1930 to Yitzkhak and Dzhilda. Prior to WWII he lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war he was in Lodz, Poland.

Mordekhai was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his brother, Avigdor Viktor Knopf

 

Perel Pnina Knopf was born in Lodz, Poland in 1925 to Yitzkhak and Golda. Prior to WWII she lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war she was in Lodz, Poland.

Perel Pnina was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her brother, Avigdor Viktor Knopf
Avraham Yaakov Knopf was born in Lodz, Poland in 1927 to Yitzkhak and Golda. Prior to WWII he lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war he was in Lodz, Poland.

Avraham Yaakov was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his brother, Avigdor Viktor Knopf
Nakhman Knopf was born in Lodz, Poland in 1932 to Yitzkhak and Golda. Prior to WWII he lived in Lodz, Poland. During the war he was in Lodz, Poland.

Nakhman was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his brother, Avigdor Viktor Knopf

Fyszyl Bergman was born in Lodz, Poland in 1892 to Yekhezkel and Miriam. He was a merchant and married to Bela nee Printz. Prior to WWII he lived in Boleslawiec, Poland. During the war he was in Czestochowa, Poland.

Fyszyl was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by his daughter, Hana Khana Knopf Knop
Bejla Bergman was born in Boleslawiec, Poland in 1897 to David and Miriam. She was a housewife and married to Fishel. Prior to WWII she lived in Boleslawiec, Poland. During the war she was in Czestochow, Poland.

Bejla was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her daughter, Khana Knopf  
Hinda Bergman was born in Boleslawice, Poland in 1918 to Fishel and Bela. She was a seamstress and single. Prior to WWII she lived in Boleslawice, Poland. During the war she was in Czenstochowa, Poland.

Hinda was murdered in the Shoah.

This information is based on a Page of Testimony (displayed here) submitted by her sister, Khana Knop

Moshe Sheratzky 
Gender:
Male
Birth:
circa 1908
Poland
Death:
1975 (63-71)
Israel
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Rachel Pasmanik 
Birth:
1905
Poland Lodz
Death:
July 1991
Israel

Immediate Family:
Daughter of Pinchas Pasmanik and Zlata Gala Wajnberg
Wife of Moshe Sheratzky
Mother of Yoshua Sheratzky and Gideon Sheratzky

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Pinchas Pasmanik (Pasamonik) 
Gender:
Male
Birth:
1882
Poland Lodz
Death:
May 28, 1961 (79)
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Place of Burial:
Israel Kiryit Shol
Immediate Family:
Son of Akiwe Pasamanik
Husband of Zlata Gala Wajnberg
Father of Rachl Pasmanik; Bela Pasmanik; Akiva Pasmanik; Moshe Hiam Pasmanik; Chnna Pasmanik; <private> Lustgarten (Pasmanik) and Josf Pasmanik