THIS Sol was one of the few Goldsztern family members to survive the Shoah. My grandfather Sol told me that…
Hit-man for Murder, Inc…wanted to go straight… killed and thrown into a lake: the family legend turns out to be…
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…
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…