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David and Menie
David Meier Erlich/Kwittner
David Meier Erlich/Kwittner
David Meier Erlich/Kwittner
David was a Melamed - Hebrew/Jewish teacher who was devoted to studying the Torah. He was not well and died young - Born in October 1859 and died in 1925? or died/married March 13, 1910?. He must have had relatives or friends in Romania, since his passport documents many trips there.
David had a brother, Aryeh, whose descendants now liv
David was a Melamed - Hebrew/Jewish teacher who was devoted to studying the Torah. He was not well and died young - Born in October 1859 and died in 1925? or died/married March 13, 1910?. He must have had relatives or friends in Romania, since his passport documents many trips there.
David had a brother, Aryeh, whose descendants now live in Brooklyn, NY. In 2005, I was fortunate enough to have a pre-Channukah dinner with Aryeh’s grandson, Henry (Chaim), and his family. I had met Henry once as a child. A tantalizing doorway opened that night. See The Menorah Story.
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Menie Tropp Erlich
David Meier Erlich/Kwittner
David Meier Erlich/Kwittner
Menie’s (My namesake…my Jewish name is Ruchel Mindel.) (7/6/1864 – 10/9/1942) maiden name was Tropp. She spelled her name Mina. A dark skinned woman who looked like she came from Tibet, with high cheekbones, Menie was a shrewd, capable business woman (What did she do?). Her family in Hungary (Czechoslovakia where apparently she was born?)
Menie’s (My namesake…my Jewish name is Ruchel Mindel.) (7/6/1864 – 10/9/1942) maiden name was Tropp. She spelled her name Mina. A dark skinned woman who looked like she came from Tibet, with high cheekbones, Menie was a shrewd, capable business woman (What did she do?). Her family in Hungary (Czechoslovakia where apparently she was born?), who were well-off, and ran a flour mill. She made the living and carried the family (how?), while her husband studied Torah. She and David had five children, Leib (Leo/Aryeh), Marcus, Max (named after David's father?), Ettie Beile (Berta), and Itta (Yetka). She had a sixth, Gabriel, who was born on July 18, 1904 and died on August 9, 1904. The last name Antler is associated with this child. The My Heritage and Geni sites have records/family trees that go back five generations on the Erlich side.
She was an observant Jewish wife who wore a shtetl and kept kosher. Because she was very religious, she did not want to flee the Nazis for fear of not being able to continue her lifestyle. She ended up in Thereisenstadt concentration camp, where she perished on October 9, 1942. I corresponded with the Austrian government for more details and they said this place was relatively OK compared to other camps. Not sure what that means.
Her parents' names were Moses and Gittel Tropp. Born in Nibzhniv/Nizniow, Tiumeh, Ivano Frankivsk, Ukraine (sp.?)
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