From knowing next to nothing about this branch of the family, details – one rather astonishing – are now being…
Shimon was the first Goldstein (Goldshtern) to arrive in the US and has proven to be elusive, until now. All…
I doubt that any news outlet could publish a suicide note today; journalism standards in the 1920’s seem to have…
The gates of memory opened for Pnina Goldsztern Shaufer (Perla) when I first spoke with her in October 2019, flooding…
Finding Goldstein cousins who survived the Holocaust is the highlight and most gratifying success of my genealogical research. Here’s how…
My father never said one word about Gardelegen and the atrocity he witnessed there. Some secrets are taken to the…
Family in Israel! Finally, genealogical research has revealed some connections! Bruce and I had been invited to spend our second…
Most of the Jews in the Brest Ghetto died in large pits at Bronaya Gora, also known as Brona/Bronna Gora. …
Before the start of World War ll on September 1, 1939, Brest and Terespol were both part of Poland. Terespol…
The three children of Berl Fayvel Goldsztern and Yocheved Rozenzumen who stayed in Poland rather than emigrating were destined for…