Dora Berl (Smith)

came to america from lutowiska, poland on june 4, 1909  at age 20,  ship was the president lincoln.  departed from Hamburg. possession of $16

lived on 99 willet street

Dad died in Holocaust

changed name from Schmidt to Smith

Schmidt family from Lutowiska, Poland. It was originally the Kingdom of Poland, than in 1772 Austria ruled over it and called the whole region Galicia. Then during WWII it was ruled by Austrian-Hungarian Empire- Poland. modern day poland

Polish descent

buried right next to max and helen at beth moses cemetary

schmidt sisters had a cousin named dora zimmerman who they were very close too. she was like another sister to them. she and her family came to america first then saved up money to bring the oldest schmidt girl over which was dora schmitd berl. then every year they saved money to bring the other girls over; yetta and mindel and ruth.

named her son simon after her uncle, shimon