Sam (Shmuel) Rubin

(becky sacks:) Sam Rubin lived in Luxembourg, having separated from the family after the first World War. There he married Elise.

(hymie rubin, July 2010): Sam was imprisoned in Luxemburg in WW1, and was saved by a high ranking prison warden - and he later married his daughter, Elise.

(zuni lan:) My mother's (Golda (Rubin) Lan) brothers' were all brought out to South Africa before the War: Sam, Barney, Golda, Max, Jack (except for Sam who was cut off while visiting France and landed up in Luxenbourg)

(zuni lan:) The Jews were expelled by the Lithuanian Czar in the 1st WW into Russia. He feared they would spy for the Germans as they spoke Yiddish On the way back they were orphaned during the Flu pandemic and split up when arriving back in Kovna. Granny was sent to become a seamstress in WIZO Max and Jack were in a orphanage. Granny was orphaned at the age of 10 and married my Dad at 17 when they immigrated to SA. He had been called up to the Lithuanian army from which few Jews survived.

(zuni lan:) Sam - my Mom's brother - was a crane driver in Luxenbourg - till he died. He converted to be Catholic so he could be buried next to his wife - died about 12 years ago