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I don't know precisely what happened to most parts of my family during the Holocaust.
One small part, I do, thanks to my Uncle Sid (BDE, a fine man), who spent much time and money on research tracking it all down.
I don't know precisely what happened to most parts of my family during the Holocaust.
One small part, I do, thanks to my Uncle Sid (BDE, a fine man), who spent much time and money on research tracking it all down.
This was the part of my family who lived in Stropkov and Zborov, in a region then known loosely as East Galicia and now formally as the Slovak Republic.
Those in charge paid the Nazis to take every Jewish person away.
Those in charge paid the Nazis to take every Jewish person away.
Bernat Galanti 69, and his family, Dori, 66,
Etela, 40, and Neti, 35.
Bernat and Dori were murdered in Rejowiec, Etela and Neti in Auschwitz.
Etela, 40, and Neti, 35.
Bernat and Dori were murdered in Rejowiec, Etela and Neti in Auschwitz.
Emanuel Galanti, 38, (Stropkov), his wife Lenke, 29, Terezia, 12, Herman, 15, Mana 3.
Emanuel and Lenke were murdered in Sobibor and the children in Rejowiec.
Emanuel and Lenke were murdered in Sobibor and the children in Rejowiec.
Salamon Galanti, 66, his wife Estera, 61
Their children
Moric, 32
Ferdinand, 31
Ignatz, 24
Berta, 20
They were split up, some were murdered in Auschwitz, some at Sobibor, some at Majdanek.
Their children
Moric, 32
Ferdinand, 31
Ignatz, 24
Berta, 20
They were split up, some were murdered in Auschwitz, some at Sobibor, some at Majdanek.
Those were the three families in Stropkov. I am missing some names and marriages, I am sure.
