Iosel Pasikov’s murder and the accusation that his father had killed a Christian child in a ritual murder was apparently…
We know from our family letters that when Froim Pashkov (Pasikov)’s son Iosel was murdered, the authorities doubted that Iosel…
Today on Zoom I met the granddaughter of Franya Ronen, my grandmother Fannie Ronen Battalen’s sister. Her name, “Aleksandra Medvinsky,”…
“… At that time our relatives from Fastov came to us, escaping from armed gangs. The bandits killed our uncle,…
Our great-grandfather, Meier Yankelevich Ronen, was labeled “politically suspicious” by the fledgling Soviet government in 1922. What does that mean…
“Macy Battalin” was a name I had heard a number of times over the years. My uncle Julie Fass said…
THIS Sol was one of the few Goldsztern family members to survive the Shoah. My grandfather Sol told me that…
Research into public records regarding Solly’s criminal career, disappearance and death fell victim to bad weather and records-purging policies. The…
My cousin Claire Stiglitz once related the story of a cross-burning across the street from our grandparents’ home in Bethlehem…
Hit-man for Murder, Inc…wanted to go straight… killed and thrown into a lake: the family legend turns out to be…