Thursday, April 23, 2009
Goldfus Victims in Holocaust and Their Families
Goldfus Victims in Holocaust (Shoah)
found on Yad Vashem Central Database
Our family name is Goldfoot. Originally in Lithuania it must have been Goldfus. To my surprise, I found 25 entries of pages of testimony listed at Yad Vashem. I've found that the some people listed were verified by several different survivors. I've tried to put them together in families.
I. Lankuva, Siauliai, Lithuania
1. Tzvi Goldfus b: abt 1850 ?
M: Dvora b abt 1850?
2. Haim, Khaim Goldfus b: 1882-1886 in Lankuva,, Siauliai or Taurage, Lithuania d:1943Auschwitz I, Camp, Poland age 58, occupation: wood merchant during war resided Heidekrug, Klaipeda, Lithuania
M. Elka "Shula" Ila, Etel, Ala, Zaks Saks b: 1888 in Laukuva, Taurage, Lithuania, daughter of Shmuel and Etel, Ester d: age 53
3. Beniamin Goldfus b: Lukova, Taurage, Lithuania d: age 18 Telschi, Telsiai, Lithuania
3. Arie Goldfus b. Survivor
M. Ester Aremband, survivor (contacted that Sara Aremband Segal of Laukuva was my contact's great grandmother)
3. Etl, Etel, Ethel, Ester, Goldfus b: 1914-1917 Laukuva, Taurage, Lithuania d:age 24 Telsiai, Telsiai, Lithuania, clerk
Testimony came from survivors:
1. Gita, Guta Gitel, GizelaVilenski-community member 14/08/1956,
2. son Arie 8/1/1957,
3. daughter in law Ester Goldfus nee Aremband 29/05/2005
II. Silale, Taurage, Lithuania
1. Gutman Grinberg
M: Tzipa, Tzipora
2. Tauba, Tove, Taube, Tova Grinberg b: Silale, Taurage, Lithuania, merchant d: 1942 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania, Shoah
M: Yaakov Goldfus b:
3. Guta Goldfus
M. Rubinshtein
3. Eta Goldfus b: 1913 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania d: 1942 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania , Shoah
M. Arie Melzner
4. Yaakov Melzner
3. Chajim, Khaim, Chaim Goldfus b: 1911 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania d:1942 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania , store clerk, Shoah
3. Jozef, Yosef, Josef Goldfus b: 1914 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania d: 1942 Silale, Taurage, Lithuania, Chemist, resided during war Wilna, Wilno, Poland, Shoah
Testimony came from survivors:
1. Daughter Guta Rubinshtein 15/12/1955
2. Aunt and cousin Sara Segal 23/09/1956
III Vilna-Wilna, Wilno, Poland- was in Lithuania at one time, very important center
1. Yosef Goldfus
M. Ester
2. Rut Goldfus b: Vilna, Poland, residence in Biala Podlaska, Lublin, Poland d: Shoah
Testimony came from survivor:
Ziva shapira Potashnik, cousin 11/05/1999
1. Hersh Goldfus
M: Unknown
2. Iosef b: 1925 Staszow, Sandomierz, Kielce, Poland d: 1941 Treblinka, Camp, Poland
Testimony came from survivor:
Marcos Mandel, nephew 8/05/2003
1. (Child) Unknown Goldfus b: residence: Sosnowiec, Kielce, Poland d: Massacre in Shoah
Testimony came from survivor:
Shoshana Erlikh, close friend 18/02/2008
IV Riga, Rigas, Vidzeme, Latvia
1. Beyte Goldfus b: d: 1941 neighborhood Kirovskey, Riga, Latvia
2. Marta Goldfus b: d: 1941 Kirovskey, Riga, Latvia
3. Taube Goldfus b: d: 1941 Kirovskey, Riga, Latvia
In 1795 Šiauliai were 3 700 people, but already in 1897 Šiauliai population (16 128 population) was the second provincial city of Kaunas. In 1909 56.4% of the population was Jewish. In 1923 Šiauliai population was in third place in Kaunas and Klaipėda. Under the occupied territory of the area (24 km ²) remained fourth in the city of Kaunas, Klaipėda and Panevėžys.
Šiauliai ( pronunciation (help·info), IPA: /ʃoʊˈleı/, Samogitian: Šiaulē, Latvian: Saule (historic) and Šauļi (modern), German: Schaulen, Polish: Szawle, Russian: Шавли (historic) and Шяуля́й (modern)) is the fourth largest city in Lithuania, with a population of 129,075. It is the capital of Šiauliai County. Unofficially, the city is the capital of Northern Lithuania. It is served by Siauliai International Airport.
Šilalė ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in the Tauragė County, Lithuania. It is located 30 km (19 mi) north of Tauragė. River Lokysta flows through the city.
Labels: Goldfus, Holocaust Victims, Lithuania, Poland
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Another DNA Test Ordered
Today I ordered an upgrade for Ian Goldfoot's dna test from 25 alleles to 37. Then I will be able to compare his with my brother David's 37 allele test much better. In the 25, we differ on 3 alleles, one of which is fast changing. We differed on #389-2 , 449, 464d. These were off by 1 point each.
It will be exciting to see if the rest match up exactly and hopefully I'll be able to tell how many generations apart we are.
It will be exciting to see if the rest match up exactly and hopefully I'll be able to tell how many generations apart we are.
