A repository for information about the life of my late great grandfather Hyman Victor, a Jewish immigrant who came to America in 1913.
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
Part 1: Joseph Fagan's journey from Minsk to New York City
The Tulbowitz/Ratner family originated in the Vitebsk region, lived for decades near Rostov-on-Don, and finally settled in Albany, New York.
Joseph and Lena Rabinowitz were Russian immigrants who ran a corner grocery in Jewish Harlem. Their nine children were native Americans.