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Che] tenham/Glos.

Mr. li.fi. Pariser
158 School Street
Belniont/M=.= s. 02178
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iJear I'lr .Paiiser ,

my cousin i.rnst Kitzin^'er, Oxford, h

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Kni?-].=.nd 16 Jan. 1984.

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as h^^iven me your new

address. He tells me that he has shown you one of my Jaffe fnmily

trees some time airo

nd that you have discovered a connection with

your family on one pajse. r.rnst, does not tetnember where and how,

you will not remember either. If
tails. - I am writinfr topday, becsupe
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you do, please let me havede-
a I'lrs.i-.osemarie Kyv.eck,

om Berlin, now living in Minneapolis wants to find out more

aüout her descent. So far, I have established the names

for her t'l

and dates

andparents Adolf Jaffe and his wife Fanny, nee Josef owitz

who hailed from the province Pose

in Berlin and are buried ir

tut also lived in Ister life

eissensee. Mrs.Kyweck mentions in one

of her letters that her prandmother ' s sister married a Pariser and
1 wonder whether you know about a possible c

evidence i have, I still dare
kin into my compilation

onnection'.' v.itli the
not enter "rs.Kyweck and her next-of-
because 1 have more than one Adolf Jaffe

y neea

and cii.not be sure which of them is her Grandfather. 1 real]
the names and dates for her preat-grandparents.

orry to trouble you, but now and asain one is lucky by

trying a chance-in-a milli

on approach.

iours sincerely,

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19th March, 1984

Dear Mrs. Faters,

I öLi sorry to disa; point you - T hxve not compiled a r,ueha;tm
family tree und an only related to tliem throuRh ntiri'iage. .'y father,
Georj,- Jaffe'3 elder sister, Olara Jai'.fe, (1849-1921) munäed ür. Ked.
Eduard lIueliBam (1840-1692) in I87I in Berlin. aOils means that only the
descendants of Dr. Ked. liduard Kuehsam and his wife, Clara iiiehsam nee
Jaffe, axe on mj' fomily tree, which does not helji you,

I su^Gest that you vrite tot- Mr. rottfried Eeuhaas (he may call
himself 'Eewhouse'), 376 Hi."hland Avenue, upper Kontelair, New Jersey O7043,
who is a direct Kuehsam descendant and Jias written a family troe on them
as far as 1 loiow. You can tell him that I gave you his aciuiess and X'Ciiiiad
him that he King me up in 1979 when he was in this country. r^r, F-dtt'rd
Muehsani's rrandson, Clerald ihiehsam, ond his vfife, 3iana, told Vir. leuhaus
aoout me. Like you, he was under the misconception th-at I was s, memljer of
th(3 Kuehsan fpjiiily.

X)o you mean to eay th.it you have a fcmily tree of the JUintorowioz,
coin« hack to 1455" 5he two Jaffe families whose pedigrees I coiripiled, h:!.ve
their orisin in Posen (now Poznan, loland.) and »;ere relateu through ruiirriaße
to tiie Kantorowicz of Posen. I liave never seer» the Kantorowicx pedigree.
But your fatlier liay not have been a descendant of the Posen hranch, Ae far
as I know there were other hraiieliea of tin; Kantorov;ics, for iiistrjicc in
I&2inhelm.

Üy the way, the Leo Baeek Institute, 129 East 75rd Street, IJew York,
N.Y. 10021, h. s several Huehsain fojni.ly trees in its ai-chivec, '?hej' »nMl
Bend you ydiotocopiss at^inst a fee if you nek thea). 'ftit contaci Gottfried
r.euhauE f-u-st.

V/lth best v.'ishes.

Yours sincerely.

- 15

(continued from p. 5)

£.2.5.3.

Mathilde

Jaffe

b. about
d.

1830 in

m. Louis

Jaffe ,

b.
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engaged February 1852. His f irst wifj,
see 5.3. on p. 6 of the Miloslaw Jaffes
family tree. Emma, ^the daughter of
Dr. med. Ludwig Jaffe, Mathildes first
cousin, was Louis Jaffes second wife.
See £.2.2.3. on page 4-. DOUBLE LINK?!

VERA PETERS
24 W. LANCASTER DR
STOCKTON, CAL.
95207

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58 Atherton Close,

Shurdington,

Cheltenham, Glos.
GL51 5SB
England

9th April, 1984

Mrs. Vera Peters,
24 W. Lancaster Dr.,
Stockton,
Cal. 95207

Bear Mrs. Peters,

Many thanks for your letter of 29±h March, Your prompt reply shows
me that you axe genuinely interested in family research which is nice.
Of course, I am very interested to hear that both you and your hushand
have their origin/Posen. I hope that you have written to Mr. Keuhaus in
the meantime and that he was able to help you with the Muehsam family.
I have the descendants of Dr. Eduard Muehsam and his wife Claxa, nee Jaffe,
on my family tree up to the present day, in case you needed tliem. I can
also give you the address of Louise IftsKk Tiktin, nee Muehsam - 428 Glenferrie
Road, Kooyong, Victoria 3144, Australia - who is a cousin of mine. She
has not written a family tree but she is one of those people who knows
half the world, and jU interested in family history. However, I have to
warn you that some members of the Muehsam family are very antagonistic
against family trees, for instance Louise Tiktin's brother, Rudi Muehsam,
who lives in New York. So don't approach him I

I am writing this letter on the back of page 30 of my family tree,
and I also enclose a photocopy of page 12, From these two pa,;es you will
Bee that I have the people you mention in your letter, with all their
details up to the present day, on my tree. I'm sure these tv/o pages will
refresh your memory. It v/ould be interesting to find out whether these
Jaffes were not only intimate friends of your ancestors, but also related.
I shouldn't be surprised if they were related somehow. I enclose page 30
because you will see that Anna Kronthal 's mother, Marie, was nee
KantorBiowicz. I le^ve it to you to find out v/hether this is your or your
husband's line or the 'other' Kantorowioz of Posen you mention in your
letter.

Naturally I would be most interested if you could kindly send me a
copy of the Kantorowioz family tree. As you can see I take my work
seriously.

The name of Georg Jaffe's wife was Margarethe, nee Wolff, as you
will see on page 12, and the name of Bernhard* Jaffe's wife in Montreal is/
Irma Haohs. I didn't enclose the Montreal Bemhard's page because you
seem to know him and his sister, Lily Saalheimer, best. I exch:'n/:e letters
frequently with the Montreal Bernhard, he calls our correspondence "the air-
mail romance". In case you wanted to write to him here is his aldress -
4760 Roslyn Avenue, Montreal, Quebec H3V.' 2L2, Canada. He is a raconteur,
but not interested in dates. V/e are creat friends, but only by letter.

I hope to hear from you a;,ain and that you are
with your Meuhsani research.

etting on alright

With kindest regards.

Yours sincerely,

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38, Atherton'Close

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Dear Oliver,

l'ihny thiiijka for youi nice lj*:ter cf 26. ^.7^^.
I am so aeli.,htod to htar tLst you f.ie irteyested
in our i-Jimily tree. Unrcrt unoj tely , it looks as if
both .your fatr.er ana jour brotl-.er Peer v.ere not,
because ttey did rot ar^sv/er my letters to them.
I M-oLe to your fctiier aua Peer on ü3-''''-72, s&king
them various queacions. I v.onder vliether you could
help me by ceiidlrif tl.ein a note, asl-ing them in my
name to ari.:'.vex my lottere immediately.

X am getting on with the family tree all right,
but, oi course, I get stuck- vhen peopl« Tail to
arisi'ier. V;üile I was; doing the I'ough capy of the
family tree, it occurred to aie that it would make
it more interesting if I added the prof easions, de-
gree.<5, titles, etc. of the descendants. Of course,
as concise l y as possible - there is not much room
for ciecails.

About yourself I put so far:
Dr. Oliver Torben lortrier (-I.D. (Degree HcGill,

i'iontreai ) .
Will >ou f^ease improve on that, i.e. let ne
have tte correct Nc Gill deo;ree. Any letters
behind your name? And can you describe in a few
words whnt you are doing now? Do you si.ecialise
in so3iething. if you think that what I put down,
is sufficient, say so, please.

In case 1 could not get an answer from your father
and your brother Peer, can you tell me:

1) your father's profession in one v.ord. Business
men? Does not sound riyht?

2) Pleane in the same way aa for yourself degrees
and letters behind tiie naxe for your brothers
Peer and Christopher. For Peer I put:

Dr. Peer Fortner, Physicist (Mc Gill T^-^cree)
and for Christopher: Lawyer (Degree Mc Gill).

Please improve on that, if you can. Vhat is

Peer doin;;; now? University career?

3fou see, Oliver, the degrees, titles, etc.
vary in different countries vjhich makes my task;
rathei' difficult. I pave you an example: in
this country I would put after Christopher's
name: M.A. (Jur) Mc Gill and he would be a
solicitor here and not a lawyer as in U.y.A.
and Canada.
3) I expect Vincent Prager in Montreal would

have the same letters behind his name as
Christopher as he also studied Law at Mc Gill.

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J.E.Jaffe

38, Atherton Close

Shurdington

Cheltenham GL 51 5 SB

2^. Jan. 1973-

Dear Oliver,

I wonder what happened. I wrote you a letter
on 19. December 1972, asking for some more information,
but I have not had an answer from you. I hope that you
received my letter all right. I cannot wait much lon-
ger, as the family tree is nearing its completion.
On the other hand, it would be a pity if it went out
sketchy as far as your own family is concerned. I had
written to your father and Peer on 23.11.72., but had
no reply from either of them. So I had counted on your
co-operation, as you seemed very keen. About yourself
I put so far:

Oliver Torben Portner M.D. (Degree McGill, Montreal

1 expect it would be wrong to put Dr. in front of
your name which is followed by M.D.? Please let me
know whether you have any other letters behind your
name apart from M.D. Also describe in a few words
what you are doing now. Do you specialise in anything?
If you think that what I put down is sufficient, say
so, please. - I have, of course, your own date of
birth and all the necessary dates for your wife and

2 boys. But I need as for yourself degrees and
letters behind the name for your brothers Peer and
Christopher and also I want to know what they are
both doing now. For Peer I put: "Peer Portner,

Mc Gill Degree, Physicist. That is not good enough.
I still have not got the dates for his second wife
Dorothy nor her maidenname, resp. name of 1st
marriage. I also want to know her place of birth.
As for your .-elf it io probably wrong to pat Dr.
before Peer's name if I bring the degrees after his
name. You see, in every country it is different.
What is Peer doing now? University career?

For Christopher I wrote down: Lawyer (Degree
Mc Gill). Can you Improve on that or is it all right.
Is McGill called university of MoGill?

I expect Peer has got a Ph.D. from Mc Gill.

Thank you, Oliver. I my letter of 19t|i December
I also gave you the address of an Ottawa relative
of ours who would be pleased to meet you.
Ernest Martin Appt.1111, 3IOO Carling Ave.

Ottawa K 2B, 6J6, Canada.
1 cannot think why your father does not answer.

The compiling of the family tree is far more
difficult than I had expected. I am getting on
all right, but it is hard work, "f course, it is
disappointing, if people do not co-operate, but, on
the whole, the response was good.

All the very best to you and your family

from

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Dear Oliver,

your aunt Ann gave me your address and told me
that you divorced and are married again. Please the
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England 6 January 1981.

Dear Kachel,

thank you very much for .your letter of 28 N0V.1900 and the en-
closed £ 10.00 for your copy. I shall try to be as short as possible
as 1 am rather ceak (Bronchitis) and supposed to be in bed with anti-
biotics. I should like you to help me by explaining to your brothers
and sisters the situation, i-specially to Judith, jLt back f%m London]
I had rushed an Lmco-t ile-Copy to her during her stay in tnaland at
your fahter's request, the same copy as 1 sint to you, even eU^b?ly
.vn^'^^T^"'^!.*^ because I had already corrected the few minor errors
?Snn^?^n^'-^n^^ §§^"t^k ^'^^ ^° "'®^" i"""^' letter and added something ver^
important on p.29. I had a letter from Judith this morning, writtin

i° 1^ nn'^'i"''^' 2°^7! ^" "^^'"' s'"'« thanks me for her copy, encloses the
^10.00 towards the costs and says 'that she left her cipy behind
because she would prefer the yellow ring-book I used for your father's
copy. I am disappointed that Judith did not take her copy back home
for the sake Cf the "Emco-i.ile" . It took me a whole day to precare it
and 1 carried it to the post office myself in the pouring rain^for
her to. get it m time before the X-mae letter rush.

Wou]d you very kindly tell Judith:
1; that gnu., Lan, havte your copy in the hmco-r ile and not in the
yellow ring-book, as. she seems to think.. : , / ; . - "^

2) that I ciiose the Emco-File on purpose, becauVe one^ caii' take the
whole copy out and have as many photocopies made off t as one likes

onl ctn aUd'pIiei'%rfL' ?"'•/'" ""^'" = " '^"^"' "^^ "«^ Revised onll!
uiic Ldn aua. pages, as the family grows, etc.

3) As long as the research goes on, it is snxaoe to present the familv

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year;?See p 29 on JudifM.rv''^ ago. after senrcbggg for him for many
^) iou wtu alk wh y 1 did nTv%?r ^" ^^ondon, inste,3d of Jerusalem.^
research is comnl^Pf^H t h?^ !? ! "^^^ sending copies out unteil the

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boundt^ifposslblf printed' Jir^^lti^^-te^version should be properly
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to carry"on Vn.^r\'°""" °^ "^ "° '"°^^- ''"^ ^o workf JL win naCe
branch in' ^^^^^^i" ^°" "« right to be curious about the JaffI

Th=^: number of outstanding personalities.

ihank you for correcting minor
call her "tzion". ^hich is right?
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Liebe Anna-Luise heider,

i^ass ich doch noch einmal die Gelegenheit haben wuerde,
Ihnen "i'ieine Ahnen" mit den Randbemerkungen Ihrer Tante "l^ascha"
und deren Original-Begleitbrief zukommen zu lassen, schien mir
unmoeglich. Wo und wie sollte ich tie finden? Wie bie. sehen, hat
■i-hre l'ante ihren Brief und das Uokument im Jahre 1962 an einen
entfernten Verwandten von mir pesnndt, einen Dr. ing. Richard Jaf f e ,
der in Lugano in der i^chweiz pelebt hat und dort im gleichen Jahr
1962 gestorben ist. fc.r hat sich auch mit Familienforschung be=
schaeftigt und seine Witwe bat mich im ffahre 1975 nach Lugano zu
kommen und seinen "achlass zu ordnen. D-^bei fand ich "'''eine Ahnen"
und hob das ochrif tstueok auf, bis es nun endlich an die lict^tij^^
Adresse kommt. Ich habe eine ganze >eit gebraucht, bis ich herausge=
funden habe, dass Fritz Keuburger es nicht nur fuer Sie geschrieben
bat, sondern -^hnen seine eigenen Worte in den "und legt, tine selt-
same Idee, ürst wenn man dahinter kommt, dass Sie es cind, die ueber
ihre Vorfahren spricht, stimmen die Angaben ueber die letzteren.
'■arkus tlias Jaffe, Salomon Jaffe, Bernhard Jaffe - ;- ie werden sie
alle auf meinem Stammbaum finden. Nicht stimmt, dass dieJaffes

erct 1920 nach dem ersten Weltkrieg Posen verlassen haben, öie sind
schon um die Jahrhundertwende nach ^'erlin uebergesiedelt .

Leider brin, t das ochrif tstueck wenig Tatsachen - it sounds
rather pompous to my ear - und ich bezweifle, dass es "hren eigenen
»jedanken und ii-mpf indungen Ausdruck verleiht, iiocl:- kann der wirkliche
Schreiber Di'. Fritz Neuburger geahnt haben, was ihm bevorstand. V^'l
Unheil ist seitdem er das geschrieben hat, in der Welt passiert.

Ich war ueberrascht am Telephon von Ihnen zu hoeren, dass Sie
das Schriftstueck nie gesehen haben, daran ist wohl auch der Holo=
caust schuld.

■^itte lasen Sie mich umgehend wissen, dass dieser -^rief gut
bei ihnen angekommen ist. Ich hoffe, dass ich die l-lorida-Adresse
am Telephon richtig verstanden habe, sie klingt so merkwuerdig.
cchrciben Sie sie noch einmal deutlich und geben sie mir auch die
Adresse in Jriovidence und auch die Adressen ihrer Soehne. bin Index
mueeste angefertigt werden, damit sich die i^achkommen gegenseitig
erreichen koennen. i'lit welchen ihrer Angehoerigen stehen Sie noch in
Verbindung?

Viele üruesse von Inrer

J.ji.Jafie

Mrs. Anna-Louise heider
1900 North bast 28 Terrace
Pompano Beach
ilorioa 155062
U.S. A,

'Dear Mrs.heider (spelling?),

what a nice surprise to find
not know whether you are interest
axe you will like to hear that 1
pedigree of those descendants of
branch belongs, it comprises atou
humanly possible; only^some of th
dants of Bernhard Jaffe, Posen (1
Xo-day i only enclose those pages
be able to fill in the remaining
to send you a photostatic copy of
your pages are sufficiently accur

p. ^2: I air. not quite sure about t
and Karl may be in the v.ion
any details about themV Lud
to Dr. Bernard Jaffe, üwitze
no dates for them available
missing exact^birth- and de
Bernhard Jaffe and his wife

38, Atherton Close

Shurdington

Cheltenham/Glos.

GL 51 b SB

bngland

1^ March 1981.

you after a
ed in family
have compile
habbi Mordec
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of which i
gaps. Of cou

the whole f
ate to be in

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g places. Do
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rland, in hi

Can you
athdates on
Bertha Fine

11 thepe years. I do
history, but if you
d a well-researched
ai Jaffe to whom your
and is as complete as
ling with the descen-
ill need improving,
think that you might
rse, 1 shall be pleased
amily tree as soon as
corporated.

the 7 brothers. Ludwig

you happen to know
a child, Karl, according!
s twenties. But i have
fill in some of the
p. 12, staitinp with
us?

P' ?0: Have you anything to add to this page which is very incomplete'!
Until 1 know more about Bernhard fcrnst J. and his son Peter,
■■■ have difficulty with numbering the pages. Bernhard trnst
J. could have married a^rain in U.>i.A. have had children with
his second wife, "is son Peter car, have married, too, have had
a family.

p. 3^ and 63 : These are the pages, concerning your own family and you
should not have much difficulty in correcting and
supplementing them_. For each person I need: full name
(including middlenames) , date and place of birth,
date and place of death, äUiüXiihaXji husband's or wife's
full name, date and place of marriage, wife's maiden-
name, date and place of wife's birth, resp. death,
(lease fill in the gaps on p. 51 afid 65. What does your
grandfather's initial "t" stand for.' I am not sure
whether Lir .med .i^aete Maunsell married in 1958 or 1939.
-flease full details as described above for yourself,
your husband, your 2 sons Allan and Jeffrey, their
wives and their chilaren up to the present day so that
I can let your children and their families have new
pages. Do not worry about the genealogical numbers in
front of each name. 1 have written, to Harald Thormaehlen

Vvould you very kindly answer this letter and return ^1 tne<<2'''
pages as soon as possible. I lost precious time, owinj' to illness,
and only returned recently from hospital, it also took me much longer
to trace your branch than all the other many descendants. The latter
are impatiently waiting for their copies, but it would be foolish
to have more photocopies done before putting your pages right. I
should like to finish my work before it is too Ipte. My general
health and ray eyesight are failing, oniy my head still works re-

Bo''you näppen to know the address of Lieselotte «^affein isew lork

with kind regards and many thanks, „ ■ -,
_^ , ■ I , ^ Yours sincerely.

Mrs. Rudolf ReiJer

1900 N. E. 28 Terrace

rompano Deacn, rlorida 33062

March 30, 1981

Dear Johanna Jaffe,

I can't tell you how very touched I am by your letter
and your call. I regret to have let you wait an extra
week to tell you that I received your lettera, but our
arrival in Florida had to be postponed and we only got
here yesterday. I am rushing to confirm your letter, be-
cause I realize that you are anxious to know that it
arrived and you understood me well when I gave you my
address here. My Providence address is:

266 Wayland Avenue

Providence. Rhode Island 02906,
but as I told you we most likely will move to Florida
permanently in December. In the meantime, I hope, we
will hear from each other and I can keep you posted.
The address here will remain the same, I am quite certain.

You must be a remarkable person! I hope to learn more
about you in the future. You mentioned that you had not
been too well, but I sincerely hope that by the arrival
of this letter you are feeling better. You sounded
wonderful over the phone. Unbelievable that you reached
me, we just had returned from a trip to Florida and the
Midwest the day before and were gone for 3 months. Fate???

I have spoken to Harold Thorm^ehlen in the meantime
when he had just received your letter. I will call him
over the weekend when it is best to reach him and dis-
cuss your note to me with him. After that I will mail
it back to you. I am worried that I can not be of too
much help. You see, I spent most of my young life with
my father and only saw my mother again after Hitler
had come into poweri she was living at that time in
Frankfurt. I visited my grandmother and aunt Kascha in

Berlin, even stayed with them for a few months,
but the part of the fajnlly that I remembered was
my grandmother"s sister Louise Simon, her daughter,
etc/. I hope that between Harald and myself we can
answer a few of.^our questions. I am grateful for
the "Ahnen? written by Fritz Neubuerger and certain-
ly would have loved to have Part I. My father's
2. wife still lives in Holland and 1 will ask her
also for help in filling oul the gap. She is
coming to visit in a couple of months' and I certainly
will discuss it with her. I will in the meantime
write to her about you etc. but she makes me wait
for answers very long, so I will not promise you
anything sooner than after her arrival here. She
has a wonderful memory. At second thought 1 will
give you her address:

Mrs. Magdalene Heijman-nosenbaum

De Koningshof Flat 38

Utrechts eweg 62

6866 CM- Heelsum

You mighi wanf to |et in touch with her directly.
In the meantime I will also write to her this week.

Again many thanks for your letter. 1 will mail
everything back within one week and hope to reach
Harald by then. He is the only person that I ajft in
touch with; however I have not seen him in years.
Our sons are very excited about your work and anxious
to hear about their "Ahnen". ^

The older son is: Alan Evan Raider

11306 Huckleberry Path
Columbia, Maryland 210'j4.

His wife's name is Linda (Dallas), they have one

child Suzanne. He is an attorney at law.

our second son is :

Jeffrey Isaac Reider
5860 Forest Lane
Indianapolis, Indiana 46220

Mrs. Rudolf Reider

1900 N. E. 28 Terrace

rompano Deacn, rlorida 33062

His wife Is Sherri (Perk) and they have one
daughter Mallorey.

Jeffrey is In his last year of residency at the
hospital in Indianapolis and might move away in
1982 when he goes into priiate practice as a
radiologist .

We Kill be in Florida until the end of April and
then go back to Providence. I am looking forward
to hear from you, I would like to know more about
your life.

With best regards and good wishes,

Yours

Linda Dallas
b. May 3, 191^9

Sherri Perk

b. April 28, 195/1

iUrs. Kudolpk Keider

1900 N. E. 28 Terrace

rompano Deach, Morida 33062

den 5- April

Liebe Johanna Jai"fe,

"ie haben inzwischen schon von Haurald Thormaehlen gehoert,
denn ich telefonierte mit ihm gestern, um eventuell das
Eine oder Andere herauszufinden, aber leider scheinen wir
Beide Ihnen nicht viel helfen zu koennen. Das hat bestimmt
mit den Umstaenden (geschiedene Eltern) und däJi^Hitlerregie-
rung, die uns voneinander gerissen hat, zu tun. Ich bin
sehr interessiert und hoffe, dass ich mehr noch von Ihnen
hoeren werde. In der Zwischenzeit habe ich selbst an
Magdalene Heijraan in Holland geschrieben, damit sie mir
oder Ihnen vielleicht doch noch etwas mitteilen koennte.
Sobald ich etwas hoere, werde Ich es Ihnen schreiben.

Ich freue michratuerlich, dass ich "meine Ahnen" von Fritz
Neubuerger erhalten habe, aber wenn loh dieses Papier' lese
mit den Bemerkungen "das Deutschtum zu bewahren" werde ich
doch sehr traurig, denn dieser Patriotismus hat ihnen ihr
Leben gekostet. Leider konnten wir nichts an der Situation
aendern und es bleibt eine Tragoedie.

m

ite 12 Ihres Schreibens. Ich habe auch keine Ahnung
von den 7 Jaffe Bruedern.

Seite 30. Leider die gleiche Antwort. Harald hat in New York
versucht, eventuell Peter Jaffe aufzutreiben, aber auch er-
folglos.

Seite 31. Dr. Max Joffe married to

Elsbeth, die in London starb, ich glaube
ungefaehr im Jahre 196?. Sie wurde wohl
Else genannt, aber ich glaube der Name war
Elsbeth. Wdnn ich mich nicht irre, habe ich
vielleicht noch weitere Informationen in
Providence liegen, aber das kann ich erslÄ
nach meiner Rueckkehr dort nachsuchen. D^^
ist wohl nicht vor Mitte Mai.

Jetzt zu meiner Mutter, Geburtsdatum haben Sie ja
schon. Mein Vater war Dr. Arthur Heyman, (medicine)
geboren: 8/23/I892, gestorben am 3. Haerz 1958. (ich
moechte auch das Jahr nochmal nachsehen um mich zu
vergewissern, denn es koennte auch 1959 sein. Er starb
in Arnhem, Holland.

Von Kr, Fritz Neubuerger kann ich Ihnen heute keine Aus-
kunft geben, aber eventuell kann Magdalene Heijman be-
hilflich sein. Ich habe ihr eine Zeroxcopie gemacht.

Anna tuise Heyman
b. July 30, I9I8 in Posen
Married to Rudolf Beider QctSf'er 6, 1948
Rudolf Reider b. July 30th,ifi' Odessa (Russia)
Descendants: Alan Evan Reider ^^•^. ^

jb. July 31, 19it9 in New Ycrk, '^■V' •
lii. Linda Dallas J-ö. October 20, I973 JIZ?
child Suzanna Dallas Reider ^ ^k .
^ "b. December 1, I978 in Columbia. Maryland

Dr. Jeffrey Isaac Reider

b. Majj 12, 1952 in Providence. Rhode Island
m. Sherri Ann Perk June 15,1975
child Mallory Paige Reider . ^ ,

b August ?7 TQfin ^" IndianaJoHs , Ind.
You probably^fiave^"!* f'^' ^^^°

still more questions, feel free to
ask and I will try my best to answer them quickly.
With best regards,^^_^_^^^^^^_^ ^^^_^

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Jiaster "onday, 20.4.1981,

•"ear Anna Luise,

thank you for both your letters. Unf ortun;5tely , you have
not answered all the questions you can answer, I do not mean those
which you can only look up when back in Providence or after having
heard from ''Ts. Heijman in Holland. Time is running out, so
please answer by return of post the following questions:

1) Was your mother tva born on the 3rd or the 13thV I am not
sure whether -'• understood you rightly over the telephone.
I put the 13th. Correct? /J£_ X)^ . i>^(>-

2) Where and when did your parents marryV l^Vl " ?0<>"e<''-

3) Where was your father born? (^ eL'^ <-i^ ICi rcl^i^^ /Cfi'l'HA>^'j

4) WKKü:iSX Whether he died 1958 or 1959 you can only let me know _
after your return to Providence, I understand. l-^X?'

5) When were your pareWtis divorced? ('^ l'^ f-^ H (^ (ttuLj,

6) When and whereto did you yourself emigrate? /Vjo-tJ^t^^ ^^ '1^1

7) Where did you marry Budolf, you give me the date, but tot the

pji'a^t^^'^ "^Cr-o'C^Q- place.

8) -"-s it correct that you and Kudolf were born on the same day,
30th July, though, of course, in a different year? Or is it
a slip of the pen? You put for both of you 30th;i July. C/-C-S

9) Where did Linda and Alan marry? You Rive only the date .J- /« W.V4
V So « •'^ I'i- 9 '^^y^rü'f > ^ <

10) Where was Linda born? You give only the„date. , ^i-. ij-t-c ^tff^ i-'-'^^-r^

11) Had Linda no middlenameV i^^lc^ UhdU )>cjl-La^

12) Inhere did Jeffrey and Sherri marry? You give only the date.,

13) Where was Sherri born? You give only the date. " ' 1

Please answer these questions on t his letter, not on a separate
paper, and return it to me immediately, -'•t makes it easier for
you and myself.

No time for more to-day. i have to work very hard
^digree readjw« I have to be as accurate as possible,

because lots of people will copy my mistakes.
I always insist on everybody giving me the infor-
mation he or she can give. There are plenty un-
answerable problems owing to the Holocaust, oo
please do not think I am too fussy.

With kindest regards, in haste,
Yours sincerely.

April 28, 1981

Dear Ms. Jaffe,

your letter just reached us here, one day before our
departure for Providence. This is a long ride and we do
not get to Providence before the 2. of May, making
a short stop at out son, Alan's home. I am rushing
to answer your letter. I filled out whatever 1 could.
Since my parents divorced when I was only one year
old, I can not tell you more definite dates than I
indicated. 1 was not in contact with my mother until
I was about Ik years old, actually 15 years and we
never discussed the past.

I also have spoken to Magdalene Heijman, she could
not give me any more information and told me that all
the papers that she had were discarded when she moved
into small quarters. .

In case you can not make out my writing where I had
little space to fill in, I want to repeat:
#10 Linda was born in South Orange, New Jersey
11 Her correct namewas Helen Linda Dallas, so

her middlename is Linda (she does not use Helen,
most likely does not like it)
12, Sherri and Jeffrey got married in Mystic, Connecticut
13- Sherri was born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
I hope this will take care of your questions.
I am also rushing, please understand. If there is
anything Bxi else you would like to know, please
write now to i266 Way land Avenue, Providence. R.I. o2906
where we should be on and off for the next 6 months.

ay 20, 1981

Sear Johanna Jaffe,

I had promised you to tiy to get some dates after
our return to Providence. Here is it.

Dr. Arthur Heyman died March 3, 1959

Dr. Kate Maunsell died May a'*, 1972

Dr. Fritz Neubuerger's birth date was June 29, 1891

These are the information I could find in some of
my papers. Sorry I can not help you more.

Hope you are well and your work is progressing
satl sf ac torily .

With best regards.

Sincerely,

,f.

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Dear Miss Jjiffe,

I can't tell you how delighted I was to receive
the Jaffe Family Tree yesterday. It is something I
will always value and it will only grow in importance
to my children and their fzunily, I appreciate the
effort that this undertaking was and we shall always
enjoy the fruits of your labor.

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Dear Ms. Jaffe,

I received your printed matter yesterday and
want to thank you for the additional Information.
I hope you are well and happy with your work.
The newspapers reported a cold winter In England,
but I hope it did not bother you too mj(!uch.
The w4ather in most of our States has been
brutal j we were very lucky to have been here,
where it has been very nice all winter long.
We will be back In Providence around May and
might be moving down here by the end of the
year. But it Is not definite yet. - My husband
is still working and his office is in Boston
and before this has not been moved, we will
be partly up North.

The veiy best to you.
Sincerely ,

^&J!jUuJl PUU^ CSijUi^JU

Ms. J. E. Jeffe

38 Atherton Close

Shurdlngton

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March 8, 1983

Dear Ms. Jaffe,

I was very pleased and want to thank you for sending me the
additional pages for the Family Tree. You guessed it right, we are

at the moment in Florida, but plan to return to Providence by the

end of April. However, we hope that we will move permanently to
this location in the near future depending on my husband closing

his business.

I hope you had a good winter and that you are feeling well.
You have my full admiration for your accomplishment.

Thank you again. With kindest regards, I am

Yours,

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December 16 , I985

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Dear Ms. Jaffe,

I was so happy to hear from you, and I am rushing to
answer your questions and give you the necessary infor-
mation .

Alan and Linda had a son, Robert Dallas Reider, . /
born — on-9etober 22, 1984 in Columbia, Kd. ^

Jeffrey and Sherrl had a son Nicholas Alexander Reider
bom November 5, igSi^ in Indianapolis, Ind.

No other changes, except that we are living now in
Florida permanently.

You did a wonderful job, and we are so happy with
your edition of the family history.

I also would like to take this opportunity to wish you
a good and healthy 1986. I am sorry to hear about your
eye trouble, but I assjime that with age we have to
expect a lot of changes. I hope though that you feel
allright otherwise.

What can I tell you about myself? Happily married for
37 years. Ky husband is still working as a consultant,
which is good for him since he does not have any hobby/
Our children are fine, and we have reason to be very
proud of them. The grandchildren are a pleasure, and we
try to see them periodically.

y

Summers are pretty hot here, and we managed to be away
during the hot months. Took a trip with friends to the
Canadian Rookies, also to the Carolinas to spend time
with Alan and his family. The end of August we went to
Europe and I visited my father's 2nd wife in HolHand ^b
where I also have a half brother.

This is a busy time of the year. I hope the mall will

not take too long and you receive the desired Information.

Kindest regards,

Yours,

JyCuu-e, ^ß^-H* UUj/x'

r\rs. Werner Keis

2233 rarKside Urive

Park Ridge, Illinois 60068

10-15-78

Dear Miss Jaffa,

I am sorry for the delay in answering your letter

of 28.8, 76. The name and dates of my granddaughter

are as follows.

Aimee Simone Heilbrunn.born April 19th 1978

in Chicago, 111. U.S.A.

There is no other news in our family to report.

You might have heard of the engagement of our son,

but thot has been desolväd in the meantime.

I hope you 5,re well and ready to face the winter.

Autumn is a levley season here, but this year it is

starting to get cool rather earjy. We fega another

grim vjinter.

With best regards.

Yours sinderely.

See the U.S.A... vacation land of the world!

.2233 Parkside Dr. Park Ridge, 111. 60068

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IJ>^ Miss Jatfi,

For almost a year it has been on rcy mind to v;rite to ^ou, but as
you can see, never actually foand the time to do i^.
The reason for wrttig this letter, is to inform you thr,t l^^at year
our daughter gRve bifth to a little boy.:

Benjamin Reis Heilbrunn
born August 22. 1980
in Chicago 111.

r:rw|j|ing up very nicely .
Our son is still single, very busy in the medical fi^id
I don't know if anyone informed you that „e lost our dear aunt Mna
m borengo this past ''^aroh 17th.

'^hls wonderful person is greatly missed, as she gave so much to all
who knew and loved her. I know th^t you two got along very well
^ you will have good memories of aunt Nina, staying with her in
^ lovely house and Garden.

I hope that you are kee^üng well enjoying the summer-time.

With kind regards.

Sincerely Yours,

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Where in the province Posen did Adolph and Henriette live before

tbe;y or she iL&ved to Berlin?

Date arid place of marriage Adolph-Henriette?

Date and place of birth and deati for Adolph Reisner?

Any idea of his profession?

Place of birth for SieRmund and exact date of his birth in 18S>7

and his death in 1902? Siegmund 's mlddlename?

Exact date and place of marriage Siegmund-Mary? You have the marriage

certificate.

From where in Germany did Siegmund emigrate to London in the 1880 'e?

Date and place of birth and death for Mary Jermyn Colam are missing.

Your own raiudlename is missing, also your profession. If business-
man, please a little more specialised. Why did your marriage take
place at the Chapel of Lady Marg.'s? Have you or your v;ife a degree?
Is the date and place of birth for your wife correct?

Had Julian a middlename? His place of birth is missing.

Has his wife Jessie a middlename? Is or was she a teacher? It does

not follow clearly from the details you gave me. Jessie's exact

date of birth, please.

Do their children Catherine, Anne and Alasdalr have middlenames?

For all three of them the place of birth is missing.

On one of my own notes you added "Newcastle", but I am not sure

whether wewcaistle is Julian's birthplace or the place where he lives

and works now. flay be, the children were born in Newcastle.

Has Colin a middlename? I am not sure that his date of birth (22 Aug.)
is correct. It is not clear on your sketch. Colin 's place of birth
is missing.

Exact date and place of birth for his ex-wife Jennifer? Her profession
The place of birth for Nicole and Timothy is missing.

Place of birth for Adolph and Henriette 's 3 daughters Hedwig, nalwlne
and Marj^arete. If you answer me my question where Adolph and Hen-
riette lived before they moved to Berlin and if you can find out
when they SßH or the widowed Henriette moved to Berlin, it would
give a clue to Siegmund's and his 3 sisters' place of birth. May
the marriage certificate 31egmund-Mary helps?

Dear Mr.Eeisner,

Please check carefully the above details on the enclosed copy
of page 5c, correct and add where necessary and return the page to
me. Thank you.

1 pieced your information together, and the result is page 5c.
The only thing X omitted as far as I now is to mention that >our
aunt Margarete was a schoolteacher, because I wanted all your family
on one page which (resented technical difficulties.

lou will notice that t based my dates for Siegmund's 3 sisters
on the information given to you by the cemetery in East-Berlin. This
does not mean that in my opinion thei:p information is always ri^ht.
Stran.:ely §nouKh,^the Weispensee adrrinistration eave me for Henriette
aeisner, nee Jaffe a different rnravenumber than they r:;ave you, but
the same dates of her birth and death. X expect you will agree that
it is not worthwhile finding out where the mistake lies. I think It
is sufficiently proved by now that the Henriette on my Jaffe family
tree was your grandmother. It strikes me as odd that V.ei?sensee in
their letter to you gives the grave numbers for Henriette 's 3 daugh-
ters, but not for herself.

V.ith kind regards

Yours sincerely.

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SburdlDgton, ^ Jan. 1966

Dear Mr.

Thank you for your I'^tter of Deo. 9th 19B5. This ia to say
that I shall be aEdmltted to hospital for an operation the day
after to-morrow and that I cannot have copies done for your
son Colin. Hay I suggest that I keep your second cheque of
? 1.50, 38 both cheques, amountln to a total of £ iJ.OO, do not
even cover my postal expenses during the period of our correspon-
dence.

You are right in thinkinR that I do not belong to your Grand-
mother's branch of the family, ÜJT course, X knoxv Prof .Michael
Jaffe of Cambridge; he is a descendant of the British branch,
his grandfather was Sir Otto Jaffe of Belfast with iiiliom I had
dinner as far back as 1927, discussing family tree matters. In
Who's Who you can find details about this fumily.

I wish you and »"*rs.Reisner a happy new year.

iours siiicerely.

JOHN HENRY RICHTER

P. 0. BOX 79^8

ANN Ai^OR, MICHIGAN 48107

Miss J,E. JAFFE
38 Atherton Close
Shurdington
CHELTENHAM, GIjOS
GL 51 5SB ENGLAND

March
1983

Dear Miss Jaffe:

Some time ago, I saw your request for Information from descendents of
the JAFFE family in the AUFBAU. I then wrote to my cousin Dov Kolath, who is
through his mother (Betty Lewy Kolath) one of the innumerable descendents of
R, Mordechai Jafe, and whose ancestry is well known to me. I gave him
your address, and he might have cd ntacted you already. If not, I could offer
you the table of my Segall Family set which shows all the descendents of Batty,^^
and Dov Kolath. '^

Just today I ran into another JAFFE family member. I do believe
that all of them are in fact from the same family, but I could be wrong, I have
done genealogical research on and off for fifty-one years now, and in recent years
have seen a good deal of documents and records of other families, so I am have
some background in the field.

This Jaffe.-: family miember is CLARA(JAFF9 MÜHSAM,
The only date I have is that in 1871, she married EDUARD MUEHSAM, a well-known
physician who lived 1848-1897. She is not mentioned in the extensive list of
descendents of R. Mordechai Jaffe, which is given^y Moritz Stern in his exhaustive
Der Schweriner Oberrabbiner Mordechai Jaffe, seif^ Ahnen und seine Nachkommen.
(Berlin, 1933).

'If you have any information about CLARA JAFFE, I should fee most
obliged for your sending it to me. Please use the enclosed international reply
coupons.

Mgst sincerely yours

i

//iohn Henr

Henry/Dichter

PS: I guess you know Mr. Abraham Jaffe ,1 Nachmanistreet, Tel Aviv, with whom I
correspondeded in 1976, He is a direct descendent,but of the Hamburg line, not
the Schweriner Jaffe. So his descent must be from a collateral ancestor of the rabbi's.
Perhaps he has been in touch with you, too.

38 Atberton Close

Shurdinifton

Chel tenhqm/ülos.

GL b1 5 3B

England I7 March 198:-.

J.E. Jsffe

Mr. John Henry Richter
P.O.Box 7978

Ann Arbor, Michigfsn ^8107
U. S. A.

Dear Mr. Richter,

thank yoa for your letter jf March 5 and the revly coupons,
you are lucky: Clari? Muehsam, nee Jaff^ , was my father's sisLer.
V.e sre members 01 the Miloslaw Jßffe family who later lived in the
citj of Posen, until they moved to Berlin. I'his exi-leinr, why you
cannot' find Clara J. in Moritz Stern's booklet which deals with the
Schverinor, resp. Hamburg line. The enclosed excerpts from my family
trees wil] give you details about her dates, etc.

I wish you were right in assuming that all Jnffe families tr'3ce
their origin back to Habbi Wordechai Lewush. Some of them only
adopted this surname in the first half of the 19th century. My great-
greatprandfatner signed his i^ast Kill, written in I8I5, JacobJehuda
ben Cbajiai, tut 1 cannot explain why he was also known is Lewin
Hirsch Jaffe.

Fo^^many years, I have tried unsuccessfully to find a connect-
ion between the Schwerin line and m.y own fai-nily. Others have tried
before me, amonfr their my aunt Clara Huehpam who corresponded on this
subject with Jacob Jaffe (1859-1926), (.14 on «oritz Stern's lifit
in 1905/06. In 1928, ray sister and I stayed in ijondon and had dinner
at the bouse of Sir Otto Jaffe with whom we had excbsnped letters
from Berlin in order to establish a link between our two families.
As you know. Sir Otto Jaffe (18^6 Hamburg-1929 London), p. 12 of tne
list, was a direct descendant of Eabbi Mordechei Lewust. V.e discussed
the matter personally on this occasion, but again without success.

I compiled in the last ten years two family trees, one on the
Miloslew Jaffes (my own family) which has still plenty of »aps, as
far as the early ancestors are concerned, --ind another on a different
Posen Jaffe family, claiming to be direct descendants of Rabbi
Mordechai Lewush. I cannot prove it, because there is a generation
gap of over one hundred years between the Lewush and their first
documented ancestor Elias Meier Jaffe of Lissa. I call tlieir family
tree "One Line of the Rabbi I'lordechai Jafe Pedigree". Contrary to ,
that of the Miloslaw Jaffes, it has hardly any gaps. Both family
trees I have broufcht up-to-date, not an easy task, owin^; to the
Holocaust. All mj work is deposited in the archives of the Leo Baeck
Institute, New York. By the way, I have been able to establish beyond
doubt several links betvieen the two Posen Jaffe families I am
researching.

How aid you find Clara Muehsam and why do you want to know ;
more about her? No, I have not heard from Dov Kolath, nor am I in
touch with Mr. Abraham Jaffe in Tel-AViv. Two different "Herbert
Jaffes", both livint- in UöA. , nith their roots in the province of
Posen, contacted me after reading the ad. in the Aufbau. ::-o far, I
find it impossiböe to fit either of tnem into the Miloslaw tree,
because they know too little about their past. The name Se^all sound?
familiar, probably from Berlin times, but I cannot remember.

Yours sincerely,

Gaj'misch-Partenk. , 30.11.82

Liebe Miss Jaffe,

haben Sie vielen Dank für Ihre freundlichen Zeilen vom 24.11.
Nicht nur Ihr Name, sondern ai ch Ihre intensive Tätigkeit für die
Farailienf orschung sind mir nicht nur durch Luise Tiktin, sondern
auch. wie Sie richtig erwähnten^ durch Anthony Portner sehr wohl be-
kannt. Er war es, der uns nach seinem letzten Besuch hier ' otokopien
desjenigen Teiles des Stammbaums geschickt hat, irldem Franz Mühsam
und meine Prau Friedel vorkommen.

Da ich mit meinen Eltern im gleichen Haus in der Bayreuther oGr.45,
und sogar auf derselben Etage gewohnt habe, ergab es sich, daß ich
mit Franz trotz unserem Alte±sunterschied .''ut befreundet und auch
Gast bei seiner Hochzeit im Jahr 1925 war. Einige aus der j-roßen
Veri,\?andtschait habe ich schon damals kennengelernt und mit vielen
aus diesem Kreis stehe ich heute noch in sehr herzlichen Beziehungen
und in laufendem Briefwechsel. Viele haben uns hier besucht, oder
wir haben uns an anderen Plätzen mit ihnen getroffen. Luise und Hudi
waren in äer zweiten Woche des I- onats Juli eini e Jage hier in Garmisch
was für mich eine große j'reude und durch viele gemeinsam.e Erinnerlangen
auch ein Trost in meiner Einsamkeit var. Rudi habe ich Ende Oktober
noch einmal kurz in München getroffen, von wo er, von Wien kommend,
nach Nei; York zurückflog.

Kun zu Ihrer Frage: Zwar hat Friedel mir immer und immer wieder aus
der Familie und vergangenen Zeiten erzählt, jedoch existieren leider
keinerlei Aufzeichnungen oder Briefe, denn Friedel ist nach Franz'
Tod in Berlin dreimal ausgebombt worden! Ich bedauere dies für Ihre
Forschungen natürlich sehr. Dagegen kann ich Ihnen sagen, daß Franz
am 25. Januar 19'4-J, gestorben ist, nachdem er drei Tage vorher, als
er im Rahmen der berüchtigten Sonderaktion Brunner hatte abgeholt
werden sollen, seinem Leben durch Einnahme von dreißig Veronal -
Tabeltten ein Ende gemacht hatte. Friedel hat nicht nur dieses tra-
gische Schicksal durchmachen müssän, sondern auch miterlebt, wie

die nichiiemigrierten Verwandten und Freunde der Reihe nach abgeholt
wurden und teils ebenfalls Selbstmord begangen haben. Solange es mtg-
lich war, hat sie den Bt troff enen in die Lager ge chrieben und Pä|c-
chen geschickt , bis jeweils die vorgedruckten Katten eintrj.fen, daß
die Betreffenden verstorben seien. V/as von diesen Unterlagen noch
vorhanden war, hat Friedel den jeweiligen nächsten Angeri örigen
übergeben.

riedeis V/oJmuiKj/ gelegenen Krankenhaus und starb Ende Nov.
Juli 1949 haben wir dann geheiratet 1 IJir v.'aren also

Ich habe I-'riedel durch einen schier un :laubli hen Zufall v;ieder

getroffen: im Frühjahr 194? habe ich sie in einem überfüllten

Berliner U-Bahn-Zur" an ihrer Stimme erkannt, obwohl sie mehrere

Keter von ri.ir entfernt und für mich zunächst nicht sichtbar war.

Sie gab mir ihre Adresse, und ich habe sie n ch eini,:-en V/ochen be-
sucht. T^ T T ■ J. „

Damals lag meine erste Frau schon seit Monaten in einem
nahe bei Friedens V/oJin
19^7. Ende

fast 33 Jahre glüfcLich miteinander vereint bis zu ihrem am 27.5.82
erfolgten Tode. Sie hatte nach einem Schlaganfall zwei Monate be-
wußtlos im Krankenhaus gelegen. Ich bin am 12.8. 1899 geboren , habe
von 1917 bis 1926 in. der Bayreuther Sta^e gelebt. «ir haben bis
Anfang August 1950 in Berlin-Zehlendorf gew.hnt , dann sieben Jahre
in Hannover, 10 Jahre in Hamburg und sind Anfang April 1967 hierher
gezogen. ^F

Sobald es meine Kräfte erlauben, und ich etwas geeignetes gefunden
habe, vve.cde ich wohl nach Berlin oder Hamburg in ein Senioren-V.'ohnheim
ziehen. So, jetzt wissen Sie auch etwas über meinen bzw. i'Tiedels

und meineift. gemeinsamen Lebenslauf' . Wie ich gesehen habe^ sind"wir
wohl im gleichen Alter . Um so mehr bewundere ich Ihre unermüdliche
Aktivität in der Familienforschung. Ich würde so etwas nicht mehr
leisten können, habe auch diesen Brief in die Maschine diktiert.

Indem ich Ihnen ein gutes Jahr 19ö3 und weitere Fortschritte in
Ihrer Arbeit v;ünsche , bin ich mit vielen Grüßen

Ihr

CROWBOROUGH
61898

Tfnkers Farm,
Steel Cross.

crowborough.
Sussex

TN6 2SS

28th May, 1979.

J. E. Jaffe, Esq.,

38 Atherton Close,

Shurdington,

Cheltenham,

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, GL51 5SB.

Dear Mr. Jaffe,

Thank you for your letter of 30th April, 1979.
on 1st November, 1892 in Frankfurt am Main.
1979 in Hampstead, London, y

Mrs. Paula Jaffe was born
She died on 28th February,

I do not, at present, have the date and place of the death of Otto Jaffe,
her late husband, but I have to go through all the family papers shortly,
and if I find details I shall forward them to you. At the same time, if
I find any old photographs that nobody else claims, I shall forward one to
you.

Yours sincerely,

H. C. ROMNEY

J.Ji.Jar.fe

Mr.Ii.C.homney
liukeiB Farm
öteel CioES
Crovboroup-t
busaex

Denr nr.l omnej,

58, Atbertoo Close
Shurctio,. ton
Chelteiiham/Ülos.
Gl b1 i- ÖB
3rd June 1979.

many
J&l'fe'e da
date enä p

1 etjc

by me . it

v»hat 1 h&v

before it

I sbo
(or photoc
the family
farther ba
must find
Albert, re

In c

terlin >jDd
let me bsv

thanks foi
te and pi sc
lace of dea

lose a reje
is too bad
e done so f
is ready fo

uld be most
Of.ief there
papers you
ck it goes
out more «b
bfir bus

sse you cam

Lotte Bton

e them.

our letter
e of biitt.
th in aue co

ct photocopy
to bfc read,
ar. .. ome mor
r its final

rateful fo
of) you car.
rself. Pleas
into the pas
out I'ltrr.? Jaf
bind (.s).

e across the
e, nee iiasen

of ^8tb ;iay 19 /'S»
I hope to 'i^et Üt
urse, also Fauls

of the |.edip;ree
but it vill p.ive
e research wil
typewritten vers

r any unclaimed
srsre me after p;
e do not destroy
t, the better, a
f e , sistei of Ot

ui:d nis.i-aula
to tiaffe ' £
'e miJdlen'.'.me.

Jeffe, coFjpiled

you an idea of

t'fve to be done

ion .

relevant material
oinp: through

anything; the
bove all, I
to's fatlier

addresses of /«niter hasenclever,
clever. New York City, please

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely.

t .6, -L shall, of course, refund any expenses.

J.ü.Jaffe

Kr .H.C. Koran e,y
Tinkers Form
bteel CroBS
Crowborougb
Sussex TN6 2Stl

üenr Mr . r.omne.y ,

j>S, Atbertoii Close
Öhurdiijpton
Cbel tenham/Glos .
GL >1 i. SB
^.narch 1960.

I h:ive not iiüard from you since 28th May -i9/'9 wben you told

me that you v.'Ou"l<

look tliroush Otto and Paula Jaffes family papers

shortly and let me h;:ve any

iclairaed material.

am just ty|.

infc- tl.e final version of my Jaffa pedigree .ir

case you kept anytninp for cio , plcaane nena it ir.iir;edi3tely , becau.:e
now »jould be my lest chance to use it.

Yourc airicerely ,

CROWBOROUGH
61898

Tinkers Farm.
Steel Cross.

crowborough.
Sussex

TN6 2SS

7th March, I98O.

Mrs Johanna E. Jaffe,
38 Atherton Close,
Shurdington,
Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire GLgl 5SB

Dear Mrs Jaffe,

Thank you for your letter of the
5th March, I980.

There is still a considerable number of
family papers which have to be sifted and for the moment
I have had to concentrate on obtaining a Grant of Probate
and paying legacies due under the Will.

I was quite willing to let you have some
papers in due course, but I note that you are just typing
the final version of your Jaffe pedigree and that any
information from me now would be the last chance to use it.

Yours sincerely.

H.C. ROMNEY

}

4

J.E.Jaffe

iiear Mr.komney,

Thank you for your letter of
that the material is stilü avsilabl
accens to it in the near future. On
toins vitcil clues which are still m
Joffe pedigree. Through the holocau
branches of thif; faoily have lost t
difficult. But I Icnow thr.t the near
Jeffe (.for instance their nephew Pr
ciBte my v/ork. 1 am also in contact
sister-in-law of haula Jaffe. I hav
finish my work as socn as possible,
my general health and my eyesight a
"ave you any helpful suggest
ycur address or somewhere else? I h
in Fordcombe nr.Tunbridge /.el'ts vho
also spend a few davs in London oow
tire me now-a-dayg. Any chnnce of y
I can look through it iiere before r
to keep it. All my own genealogical
and, of couree, al.= o to members cf

1

38, Atherton Close
Shurdington
Cheltenham/Glos .
Gl >1 ^ SB
12. March 1980.

/th Marc
e . My pr
ly I can
issing i
st the d
ouch whi
est rela
of .Freae

with '"'r
e a pers

Though
re faili
ions'.'' 4^
ave frie
(n 1 viei

and aga
ou sendi
eturni ng

studies
I. he f'-rrd
hanking

h -19Ö0. I am
oblem is how

judge whethe
n connection
escendants of
ch makes my r
tives of Otto
rick J. in Ca
s. ''argarete
onal reason f
still a schol
ng.

e the family
nds in i-ast-G
t on rare occ
in, but trips
üfT me the trat
it to you? I
go to variou
lies concerue
you, Yours «i

gla
to
r i
wit

th
ese

an
nad
J.,

01

ar

i-ap
rin
as !

of
eri

do

d to hear
get

t con-
fa my

e various
arch more
d Paula
a) appre-
'^ent, the
wanting to
at over 80,

ers at
stead an4
ons. I

this kind
al so that

not want
rchives

s a
d.
ncerely ,

CROWBOROUGH
61898

Tinkers Farm,
Steel Cross.

crowborough.
Sussex

TN6 2SS

13th March, I980.

Mrs J.E. Jaffe,

38 Atherton Close,

Shurdington,

Cheltenham,

Gloucestershire Gl 3I 5 SB.

Dear Mrs Jaffe,

Thank you for your letter of the 12th March, I980.

You are very welcome to inspect the papers here
but I am not very happy about forwarding family papers.
Perhaps you or a friend of yours could inspect the papers
here.

With best wishes,

Yours sincerely.

H,C. ROMNEY

J.£,. Jaffe

36 Atherton Close

Siiuidinpton

Chel tenham/Glof .

Gl >-l ^ 3B

30tl-i Mfiich 198C.

WjS. Hr.H.C.Romne.y
Tinkers i^aim
oteel Crops
Crovboroupch
üussex

Dear Mr .RcmnGj ,

ti.ank you for allowinfn mo bo look tnrougf! the family

papers aC your pJdress. Do I remember <.;orrecLl,y that you

will be away froir ISth April to 'I'j^th «ay l^tJOV T'nis means
have to cotne eitnei tne v eek after J^nSter or
secoaa half of Mw.y . Would /«ednesday, 9th April
10th April suit you, provided 1 can pet trans-
-j=ibe suits ray Forc'corrfce friendp? t>r v/ould you

i'rt^fer che second half of May'.' f lease

ca;'e, 1 would rinK you up beforehand.

X enclo.-e a few relevant

chat i vüuld
l.-itor on the
or Thursday,
i.'Ort and tne

let iPP know. In any

pop-es of my v.'oi k on v<hicli
I marked these metrbers of the family Jaffe to whicli Utbo
and Paula Jaife. belomred for wbora I need more information.
Only I myself can judge whether the paj..ers in your possession
contain anytbirjfJ: that v.ill help me in my
return the enclosed ^ pages.

with bejit wishes,

louri: sincerely.

research. Kindly

<^

cV

AÄ-o-tjT-utr

^,"-VKi£t \.s

CROWBOROUGH
61898

Tinkers Farm.
Steel Cross.

crowborough.
Sussex

TN6 2SS

Vv/^

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21.^.18—, meaning, of course 21.rebruary 18 something ard not -[«1«
I wouJd be a verj inefficient chronolopist if Hould put on?v th^?;.^
two numbers of a certain ve-r into a family,- tr.^^v ^ 1 2 ■^ **^^ ^^^^
on ,our letter to me ,8/.V/S0.T.l t l^^H Tlli/r.oTo thL^f ^"°^
would have to write 1980. - I only know for sure th«r).T?= = • ^ ? K

hoit'l kn i^'t, ^ ? ernestine s mother i^üÄXMiifedXM died on 21.iebr.
feSU i i^BöS £kgt is £88 mmm^ to explain by letter vou will L.
to come ar^d visit me. 1 should think that she dfed on 21 2 18^1 af^f^
the birth of her second child i^rnestine on 20.2'l821 frne^lfiis
birthdate - have documentsted, I left her mother-rrt^h^^r^ f!
because I usually avoid writing down datL vMnh ? t o^^'^eath open,

But as you misunderstood the "18" I sha^l now put IBPrand ?°="-^^f «t««^ ,

add'J""""."" ^?"" =°Py-2^-2-^82^.0n Judith's ^opyit^mstbe'al^r °
added, whei it P-oes to Jerusalem eventually I hon» ^htl , I ■..
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before'"? ^^°^°-'^^-^- altLations'and add ionTari^^^i'^L'ed'
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done don'e at thrmomenf when 1 am'a ° hl°brfnk°of'rm"'°'' photocopies
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queries, please ask. again, if there are any

With best wishes for you, Judith and the rest of the family,

iours sincerely,

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Profersor Erich Fothe

41^ V.p.ahConaw Avenue

Ann Arbor, MicMgn.- 4-?104

u.y.A,

38, Atbeitor. Close

Shurdington

Cheltenbani/Glop.

GL 51 5 iE

i-DÄland 8th June I90O.

bear Prolessor hoti.e,

Mrs. Charlotte Stone, bcutb Ne^^fjirie, Vermont, U.-S.A. bss
klnal:y e.iver. me j'O'jr a'ioresfi »nd I i'Onder, •.-.■hetl'.er yoü can
rjelp rr.e. 1 an. writinp .-.nis on Ick bacic 01' p.1£ or tbe i>evJipree
Ol cerui.i--ira Oaffe, PoReu vbo had seve.-; sons and one daagiiter,
MiafchilJe, chs joan';est caild. Ae 50U kiiow, one of bf.e sons,
i<r. Jur. Joseph Jaffe, w:ja -jcüi- iriother'e Xitöt hu.soj.-id. Aould
^vou kiüclj teil 11.8 a,-ite end L-l"ce of ^rur mothfr'«- (anna Kronthal's)
üenth ai;d' also check vhetber I crot uer dste of biith In Po.sen
riphtf iid che npve anj children with ^r.jur. JoEefh Jaffe V
j)o »ou hapLen to know tl.e ex'.'.ct o&te of birth for fir. Joseph
end" hi" näte ond rl^ice of dee.tV'Y'.vher flici .^our n^other laprry
your father JuFtizrat nr.>'ilbelr' I'OtheV Did Dr. Joseph marry again?

I nave anotnex v.o.ir;iai; pxoblen), conceriiine p. 12 which,
as .you can see foi voaxselX, is fs^llj. l'x . i^r. Jo.-eph Jaffe
vas' not the second haobind of Ccr;tlo^te fltone's mcther i.inmy
Hai.enclever, out s Pr . r.e d . Joreph Jaffc v;ho belonped to a
dilfeifi.t fniBily. There sre other iiiistokes on p. 12, for ir.jt&nce
E.P.'l ..-i.y. I coKO to tie coiiciucicn tltt ihere must be s xix-up
of tv n .iifferer, t Fosen Jaffe fpir.iliee, ef^oh of which, by a
strangle coinciaence, hjd .uinong its cnildren 4 sous by the name
of Jof3eph, ticLard, Ludivi;;;. aijd Oeorc,

You could holp me solv£ t'-.i. lidole ly tellin'?, n.e all you
know SLOut the 6 brotnern of Dr.^ur . Josevh Jaffe. unf ortunsitely ,
1 have only oe.en »Die to trace the aesxenuonts of Bernhard Jaffee
only daufhter flgthilde ap to t.-.e ^-leseot aay, who, o'^inK to the
holocaust, lo = ü toacn wlcb 'jI:". tnoir fiir^ivinp: rel-'tives.

I s^hould be so i^iateful for -any aet^il you know at,out
r.einh.^i'u JaCfe's 7 ^iotis, coniv?iKln<?, tnr ir porsonoj )i#e.s,
ur-bes of üij-'tn arid death, wives, chilaren. 1 Krov. s ereet deal
about Lhei-.e Lrothers, xor-t cf their, v ere v,eil-knov.[i ...^rsonalities,
(Moritz a politician, Joserh and Richard vjrlter.?, Moritz r.as
vsxitef] a book, too. ptc), bijt thpir private life end t!;eir
d ten pre unknown to me.

J- nope th,=it :,ou Kill forpive ir.e lox
is tne onl.v Incorrect psRe on an oti)eiv;ise
naboi horaecai Jaffe pediftree, comprising '

'iVith "1 finy thinks '".Ci-j bcjt v;j':!iea.

P.S. 1 have read with preat pleasure
Anna Kronthal 's book on her
youth in Posen.

spciOciCMiig you.
v.eli-rese'ircned
104 j.^.'jges.

I'.r^

iours sincerely,

Johanna Eve Jaffe

borr. in Posen in 1899]

.60a

(continued from p. 28)

E.2.2.2.'4-.1.

Lotte Hasenclever
b.29. 5.1909 in Berlin

Stone