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Saturday 12/13/2003 7:18:10am |
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Joe
Cohen |
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joreb18@earthlink.net |
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Jose. We have been away and just returned home
yesterday. I just put on my computer and was absolutely overwhelmed, not
only by the scope of what you have done, but also by seeing myself on the
screen. However, what really blew me away, was the photos Bruce Zatz sent
you. Bruce is related and the photo consists of his grand mother Shoshie,
his great grandmother Maryim, and Moshe Peltin, who is his great, great
grandfather. (The father of Bruce's great grandfather Eli, Maryim's
husband). I have been in Bruce's house and have seen the Archives he has
collected (Birth, marriage, death certificates of practically every member
of the extended family on all sides-incredible), but I had never seen the
photo he sent you. (His great grandmother was the sister of my grandmother).
To say that I was overwhelmed by what you have done would be an
understatement, including the patriotic music. My grandparents loved
America. They came from Jedwabne, so you will understand. I view the whole
genealogy project as if they are not really gone but will always be
remembered. I have prepared loose leaf books with photos, family trees etc.
that I give to each of my grandchildren on their Bar/Bat mitzvah. They love
it and so the remembrances continue into the next generations.
As an aside, we recently returned from a visit to Israel. where my wife
Rebecca discovered relatives there she did not know she had. Very exciting.
Anyhow, you have performed a MAJOR MITZVAH and I cannot thank you enough.
Regards. Joe |
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Friday 12/12/2003 1:16:15pm |
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Jackie Wasserstein |
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JWasserst@aol.com |
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Great Job. Love the
website. Jackie |
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Friday 12/12/2003 10:43:44am |
Name:
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Stan
Zeidenberg |
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stan@firstport.com |
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Fantastic! |
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Tuesday 9/02/2003 4:36:25pm |
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Chana Korzen Peshkess |
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Friend |
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Netanya, Israel |
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Yours is a
wonderful worthy enterprise, and I hope you will find the strength, and lots
of luck in your research.
Chana |
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Tuesday 08/19/2003 2:52:44am |
Name:
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Lukas Kosmaczewski |
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Just
Surfed In |
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Radzilow |
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Hello :) It's very good web-site. I found here very interesting information
about my Radzilow :) Good job! |
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Sunday 04/20/2003 10:23:39pm |
Name:
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Michael Gottlieb |
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gottlm@optonline.net
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Homepage Title:
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Memorial to the Shtetl of Plontch, Poland |
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http://www.plontch.net |
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E-Mail |
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Fair Lawn, NJ |
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Excellent website! And thanks for the comments on my website. |
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Sunday 03/09/2003 9:08:23pm |
Name:
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Louise Crowther |
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sub_ocean@msn.com |
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Just
Surfed In |
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Australia |
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Very
moving site. Let us never forget the lives of so many, treasure each one. |
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Monday 02/17/2003 3:01:36pm |
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Stephanie Nankin |
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staggerpaw@juno.com |
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Arlington, VA |
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What
an awesome, impressive web site! This must have taken years of research. I
am looking for information on Ruda Huta and came across your site. |
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Thursday 02/13/2003 1:59:27am |
Name:
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Ronald |
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Great website, very educational and interesting. |
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Tuesday 02/11/2003 12:35:53am |
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Wojciech |
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cieper@poczta.onet.pl
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Just
Surfed In |
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Radziłów |
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Hi,
It's great what you're doing, Radziłów
is great village!!! |
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Monday 11/18/2002 12:16:59am |
Name:
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Linda Hird |
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paulandlinda@phird.fsnet.co.uk |
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Thank you for the opportunity to visit this site. It is both so moving, and
interesting.
The
poignancy of these photos, of people so long gone, and so unbearably cruelly
taken out of this world will always stay with me. |
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Tuesday 10/08/2002 0:23:34am |
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Krystyna Jaskowski |
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jaskowski-k@webtv.net |
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Your
page is very well done. My husband's family is from Czachy (near Radzilow).
When I was in Radzilow in March 2002 I noticed the memorial by the side of
the road. I never knew about what happened there and I learned a lot from
your website. When I came home from Poland I told my mother-in-law about the
memorial and she told me she remembered that day. Thank you for educating me
on some of the important history that took place in Radzilow. When I return
to visit my in-laws in the future, I will be sure to show the memorial and
tell my children about it. |
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Sunday 11/03/2002 11:28:08am |
Name:
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TMW |
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Zamosch@Yahoo.com |
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Just
Surfed In |
Location:
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Poland |
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A
very well presented historical record. My compliments upon the success of
this document. |
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Wednesday 08/14/2002 12:28:36am |
Name:
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Jeannette Ratushewicz |
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Janniee@aol.com |
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I
find your website with great interest, good information. |
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Monday 07/15/2002 9:18:51pm |
Name:
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Eitan Kilchevsky |
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Unbelievable!! And to think I only found out about it today, July 15, 2002. |
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Wednesday 07/10/2002 10:03:17am |
Name:
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Sylwia Stepniewska |
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sstepniewska@wp.pl |
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Poland |
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Jestem wstrząśnięta tym, co przeczytałam o zbrodniach dokonanych przez
Polaków w Jedwabnem i Radziłowie. Nie potrafię pojąć tego okrucieństwa, nie
potrafię też pojąć braku skruchy. Boleję nad tym, co ludzie wyrządzili
ludziom, jest to dla mnie niewyobrażalne i jest mi wstyd, że uczynili to
Polacy, a ja przecież też jestem Polką. W artykule p. Bieniek znalazłam link
na tę stronę - obejrzenie zdjęć pozwoliło mi jeszcze bardziej przybliżyć się
do tamtych czasów. Nie potrafię opisać, co teraz czuję - ogromny ból,
wstyd...
Serdecznie pozdrawiam Państwa. Ta strona jest wyjątkowa, niemal magiczna...
Przepraszam, że piszę po polsku, ale mój angielski jest dość słaby.
Sylwia
Stępniewska |
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I am
deeply moved with what I have read about the crimes committed by Poles in
Jedwabne and Radzilow. I cannot fathom this cruel acts and I cannot
comprehend the lack of remorse. I am deeply sorrowed by what people did to
other people, I do not understand (how this could happen) and I am ashamed
that this was done by Poles, (especially) because I am Polish. I found a
link to your page in the article by Mrs. Bieniek (sic - Bikont) and the
pictures (on your page) allowed me to get closer and (feel) these times
better. I cannot describe what I feel now – great pain and a feeling of
shame.
I
send you my cordial greetings. You page is exceptional, almost magical...
I
am sorry that I write in Polish, but my English is not good.
Sylwia Stepniewska |
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Thursday 05/23/2002 1:31:40pm |
Name:
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Giselle Wildman, D.O. |
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drwild98@hotmail.com
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Overland Park, Kansas |
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Thank you, Jose, for creating this magnificent web page about Radzilow.
Thanks to this site and thanks to you, my mother, Chana Finkelstein/Ann
Walters, has been able to tell her history as one of the last two survivors
of the 1941 massacre.
Anna
Bikont came to Kansas from Poland to meet and interview Chana for her
upcomming book this last April and Dr. Deborah Klee of the Kansas City
Jewish Chronicle wrote a front page article about my mother and her soul
wrenching memories this week. Hopefully, the article, or at least a link to
it, will be available on this site soon.
Thank you for all your effort creating this beautifully crafted site and for
connecting us to my grandmother and uncle's testimony in English, Anna
Bikont and my family's town. |
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Friday 05/17/2002 5:40:40pm |
Name:
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Tadeusz Czarnecki |
E-Mail:
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TDSWRLD@msncom |
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Just
Surfed In |
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Florida USA |
Comments:
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You
have very interesting webpage. I left from Poland [Slucz] in 1965. Spent
some time in Radzilow when I was a teen. Now I live in Florida USA. Does
anyone have or know any links or webpage of Slucz? Very thankful, Tadeusz
Czarnecki |
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Saturday 05/11/2002 6:27:49pm |
Name:
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Rav
Dr Edwin Goldberg, Interfaith Clergy |
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edwingoldberg@yahoo.com |
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Friend |
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NYC |
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Need
time to study website. However, it is a significant one for the world to
view. |
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Friday 04/06/2002 2:43:34am |
Name:
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Patty (Semborski) Stariha |
E-Mail:
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Pstariha@aolcom |
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Just
Surfed In |
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Wisconsin USA |
Comments:
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Dear
Sir,
How
excited I was to surf into your page. My cousin and I have been searching
our Semborski ancestry for years. He travelled to Poland shortly before
"Neighbors" came out. We believe our grandfather came from Jedwabne. We were
very shocked and sickened by what we found out happened there. I know my
grandfather was Catholic and I dread the thought that we might have had some
relatives who helped with these murders. God help us all to learn to love
each other.
Thank you, Patty |
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Tuesday 04/02/2002 7:43:24pm |
Name:
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Ronald Sosnowski |
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ronald1@chartermi.net |
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Rockford Michigan USA |
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What
a great site, job well done. Although I found several incidents relating to
my surname and the fact that my grandfather came from a village about 30
miles east of Radzilow, I have yet been unable to make any connections. Keep
up the great work. |
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Monday 02/04/2002 11:09:46am |
Name:
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Saul
Marks |
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saulmarks@hotmail.com
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E-Mail
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Northern England |
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I
too read Neighbors recently. It was chilling, yet Jose's site does all that
is possible, 60 years on, to pay tribute to our ancestors who were
unfortunate to live during such a terrible period of history. |
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Tuesday 01/29/2002 3:01:49pm |
Name:
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Alisa B. |
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powder_10@hotmail.com
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I
just finished a book called Neighbors by Jan T. Gross and it is about the
Jedwabne Jews and the other town around it. And I feel at it has a lot to do
with what is talked about on your websites. I can not believe what the Poles
and the Germans did to the Jews.
This
topic upsets me sometimes, but it is part of my past and everyone elses. And
if you do not study it and learn from it, you are doomed to live it. |
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Friday 1/11/2002 2:17:031am |
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Dick
Silverstein |
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rsilvers@kumc.edu |
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Because of your
efforts - coupled with Uncle Meyer - I now know that (1) Radzilower Shul is
not in Brooklyn, but in the Lower East Side, (2) the original family name
was spelled Sztabinski, (3) I have that precious picture of Uncle Meyer with
my great-grandmother and great-aunt, neither of whom did I know of before,
(4) my grandparents are buried in Mokom Sholom cemetery in Bayside, and (5)
It was also recalled and confirmed that some of the family changed their
surname not to Silverstein but to Stebins. Todah Rabah! |
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Wednesday 01/09/2002 11:22:51pm |
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Manuela Soika |
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elvira@gno.de |
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Hello! Your homepage/site was great!
There are a many surnames for genealogy and search ancestors. But I don't
found the name Soika!
With
best wishes Manuela |
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Friday 01/04/2002 5:02:19pm |
Name:
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Hananya Kronenberg |
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jeffkronenberg@yahoo.com
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E-Mail |
Location:
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Caldwell, ID |
Comments:
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Nice
page; hope I'm as successful in tracking my family to this area. May be
traveling there in next year, once I complete all my research in US. Will
stay in touch.
Hananya |
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Saturday 12/01/2001 11:28:23pm |
Name:
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Bill
Rawsky |
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wrawsky@peakpeak.com |
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Friend |
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Boulder, CO USA |
Comments:
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My
mother was a Radzilowski, born in Everson, PA. Her father was Stanley
(Stanislaus) Radzilowski, born Nov. 6, 1884 in Poland. I'm trying to locate
where in Poland he and my Grandmother, Lottie Tepper, born Dec. 12, 1887
came from. They married in the US in Pennsylvania. It was her second
marriage, I believe also his second. They were Roman Catholic, attending the
Polish Catholic church in Everson, PA |
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Monday 11/26/2001 5:51:44pm |
Name:
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Andy Atlas |
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andrewaatlas@hotmail.com
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Austin, Texas |
Comments:
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This site is a wonderful family resource. Moshe was my grandfather. I didn't
realize that his memoirs were online. |
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Friday 11/02/2001 3:49:15pm |
Name:
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Raquel Stabinski-Leib |
E-Mail:
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writer41@yahoo.com |
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E-Mail |
Location:
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Norwalk, CT. USA |
Comments:
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What
a great website! So much research, obviously done with so much love. You
must be the ultimate authority on Radzilow.
I
went looking for pictures of my father's family and was surprised to see one
of my uncle Morris Niedvetski's aunt and uncle and the whole family (he was
married to my mother's sister) on the day the elder couple were moving from
Cuba to Israel.
I
can still remember being at their house, where my brother and my cousin had
their bris. Brought back long forgotten beautiful memories.
Thanks for getting in touch with me. |
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Tuesday 10/02/2001 12:27:49pm
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Name:
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Zeida Hernandez
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Crazycolorraz@aol.com
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Miami, FL
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Comments:
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It's a great page; seems like I'm there.
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Monday 10/01/2001 3:27:56pm
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Name:
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Al Tager
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altager@home.com
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Bloomfield, CT
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Comments:
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At first I was skeptical but after looking around I find it fascinating.
I am personally contacting more family.
I know of one person in particular, the grandson of Chana
Finkelstein Wasserstein's brother who might be of more assistance.
I will be back to you!
Al Tager
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Thursday 09/06/2001 12:50:03pm
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Name:
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Alex Bendersky
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loked391@yahoo.com
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Israel
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Comments:
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It's very exciting to see my grand grandfather looking at me from your
site. I didn't know how he looked like.
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Thursday 09/06/2001 10:42:24am
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Name:
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Deborah Gusoff O'Neill
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doneill@summitbank.com
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Bloomingdale, NJ
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Comments:
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Jose,
Thanks for e-mailing the link to this website to me. My brothers and sister are all excited about the family tree
project; this website provides amazing information about roots we never
really knew about. With both our
parents dead, we've not had the opportunity to explore this part of our
history.
Most sincere thanks, and we look forward to learning more and spending
more time in the site.
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Saturday 08/18/2001 5:58:22pm
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Name:
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Janet Harris
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jan8082@aol.com
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Location:
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Scottsdale, AZ
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Comments:
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I'm breathless! Just finished skimming your website and I am flabbergasted
at the research, organization and design.
A monumental piece of work which should be required reading
internationally. Congratulations.
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Monday 08/13/2001 4:57:16am
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Name:
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Moty Roizen
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moshe@chemada.com
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Comments:
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Very good internet site. I find: Rojzen (Roizen) from Lomza and
Ciechanowiec.
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Sunday 08/12/2001 8:55:38pm
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Name:
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Ira B Marcus
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ibmarcus@dmbw.com
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Comments:
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I was referred by my dad, Archie Marcus.The
site is great; informative albeit sobering.
I will visit again when I have more time.
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Monday 08/06/2001 1:45:09pm
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Name:
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Kenneth S. Kamlet
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kkamlet@hotmail.com
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Comments:
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Excellent site
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