The origin
in Metz of the Alsatian family Grotwohl : Part 1 : from Frankfurt
to Ettendorf.
Guy WORMS
Pascal Faustini’s
research about the Grotwohls show that they
origin in Frankfurt/Main. At the time the Jewish community was
founded in Metz (late 16th, early 17th
century) three apparently unrelated Grotwohl families were mentioned.
In his personal genealogy research, the author has studied what
has become of the successive waves of Grotwohls arriving in
Metz and Alsace; he suggests the seducing and plausible assumption
of a common ancestor, Ephraim, the missing link. (to
be continued)
The roots
of Philippe Bouvard in Cernay
Denis INGOLD
The
French humorist Philippe Bouvard has family roots in Cernay,
as had Capitaine Alfred Dreyfus. Cernay, 18 kilometers North-West
of Mulhouse, has been famous for its cattle trade fairs. The
author searches their common family, the Gensburger
from Cernay.
Visiting
cemeteries in Budapest.
Laurent KASSEL
During
a three-day visit to Budapest in November 2007 the author discovers
a whole new section of his family tree. As he lives in Israel
the geographic and cultural distance explains why twenty years
have passed between his visit to Vienna in 1896 and his trip
to Hungary in 2007. The latter allows him to discover the past
of his family before it settles in Vienna and Budapest.
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MISCELLANEOUS
A petition
in Algiers, 1831 or Jacob Bacri’s political death.
Philippe DANAN, Anna & Christian FIZET
As soon as France occupies Algeria in 1830, the new commander-in-chief,
General Clausel, names Jacob Bacri head of the “Jewish
nation”. The authors explain how a petition signed by
16 Jewish notabilities, probably induced by Clausel’s
successor General Berthezène, results in the creation
of a new organ, the Hebraic Counsel, and thus Jacob Bacri’s
ousting from political life.
The signatures
of the Algiers petition are translated and analyzed by Eliane
ROOS-SCHUHL.
Outline
of the genealogy of Claude Levi-Strauss
Bernard LYON-CAEN
This famous ethnologist
has just reached the age of 100, an birthday widely celebrated.
The author takes this opportunity to evoke the family history
of Levi-Strauss.
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