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Rapaport coat of arms showing a raven and hands directed outward in the form of a priestly blessing, with the middle and ring fingers separated. The raven perhaps refers to "Rappe" in middle high German. The two caryatids may refer to the Italian city of Porto. = Welcome! Welcome to all Rapoport, Rappoport, Rapaport, Rappaport, Rappa, Rapa, רפא כייץ, Раппа, Раппу, Раппе, Рапа, Раппопорт, Рапопо...
Project aims to bring clarity to Englander families using both trees and YDNA. There are multiple different traditions regarding the "Englander" family. Some have tradition of being Kohanim some Leviim and some neither. YDNA project is found here There are numerous theories regarding the ENGLANDER Surname. Some believe that it derives from those who came from England, Among the inscription...
A sororal (or women's) organization is an organized society of women associated together in an environment of companionship and sisterhood. Dedicated to the intellectual, physical, spiritual, and/or social development of their members, sororal groups also conduct charitable work. They are also known in some locations as "benevolent societies." NOTE: For Greek-letter fraternal organizations, c...
This project documents the families with the Wurmfeld surname. BOHEMIA AND MORAVIA Rabbi David Wurmfeld (b. Staré Hobzí (Althart) d. 1835 Tučapy) seems to be the earliest Jew to adopt the Wurmfeld surname. All Wurmfelds found in the Czech Republic and Sankt Pölten, Austria, appear to be his decendants. Prague Ida Gomperts (Wurmfeld) Stare Hobzi and Tucapy David Wurmfeld (David Herrschel)...
Americans in World War IIMany of our family members, from around the world, had served in this massive campaign. Whether they had served in Europe, Africa, Asia or the Pacific, they are all a part of history. The purpose of this group is to bring them all together in one place. ==Sources:==* Fields of Honor - Database - In this database, personal memorial pages can be found for the large majori...
Project photo: King David of Israel by Marc Chagall . Israeli stamp, 1969 Biblical Heroes אדם הראשון, Adam & חוה, Eve , 'Adam & Eve stamp1 ' ; '2 ' (c.4004 BCE — 3070 BCE ) According to the Genesis creation narrative, the first human couple to inhabit Earth, created by the God of the ancient Hebrews. Adam and Eve ate fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, causing their expulsi...
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia , ≡ Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia see also History_of_Hungary and History_of_Austria as part of History_of_Europe )Austria-Hungary (German: Österreich-Ungarn; Hungarian: Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia), also known by other names and often referred to as the Austro-Hungarian Empire in English-language sources, was a constitutional union of the Empire of Austria and th...
Family Roots in Poland The purpose of the Family Roots in Poland project is to collect information to help genealogists in finding Polish family roots. Genealogical research in the areas of present-day Germany, Poland and Ukraine is influenced by historical events that have taken place over the centuries, forced relocations of certain ethnic, religious and language groups, or voluntary migrati...
Galicia or Galizia : * Ukrainian: Галичина (Halychyna)* German: Galizien* Russian: Галиция (Galitsiya)* Yiddish: גאליציע (Galitsie)* Czech: Halič* Hungarian: Halics / Gácsország) Is a historical region in Eastern Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after the medieval city of Halych, currently the village of Krylos near the modern city of Halych (Ukraine); first mentioned...
Genealogy about Schulz Family from Germany in Meriden, USA Any Informations about history of Schulz family, and In this project a Yours participitation are welcome, if you are interesting for participate or would like to become part of this project - just Join this project (select ACTIONS (top right) and click Join Project ) About family surname Schulz from wikipedia : En | De Schulz is a ...
The Deutscher Fußball-Club Prag, commonly known as DFC Prag, was a football club based in Prague, Czech Republic. The German-Jewish football club was founded on 25 May 1896, the club was refounded in 2016. The original club played in the city of Prague which, at the time of the club's founding, was the capital of Bohemia in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The original club was formed by German Jew...
Trencsén county (in Latin: comitatus Trentsiniensis/Trenchiniensis, in Hungarian Trencsén (vár) megye, in Slovak Trenčiansky komitát/ Trenčianska stolica/ Trenčianska župa, German: Trentschiner Gespanschaft/Komitat) was an administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its territory is now in western Slovakia. Trencsén county shared borders with the Austrian lands Moravia and Gali...
Romani music has also strongly influenced Bolero, Jazz, and Flamenco (especially cante jondo) in Europe. Some prominent individuals with Romany ancestry are Elvis Presley , Bill Clinton , Michael Caine , and the English Romanichels of England & Scotland, the Welsh Kale, the German Sinti, the basque Romani. Romani music plays an important role in Central and Eastern European countries such as...
Schloss Hartheim Euthanasia Center (German: NS-Tötungsanstalt Hartheim) was a killing centre involved in the Nazi euthanasia programme, also referred to as Action T4. The killing centre was housed in Hartheim Castle in the municipality of Alkoven, near Linz, Austria.==Hartheim statistics==In June 1945, during investigations by US Forces into the former gassing facility at Hartheim, the American...
Mirel Kreinik has been discovered. She is Jacob Kreinik 's sister and the mother of Rabbi Shlomo Leib ot Tyczyn, born Weichselbaum. There are over 830 descendants of Chaim Kreinik and his wife, whose name we do not have.The photo of the Kreinik family on the right is from Sidney Herbst's 1936 movie of Sedziszow Malopolski , in which the Kreinick Family Residence is featured. Sędziszów Małopolsk...
We would like to honor the extraordinary heroes, National leaders , Generals , Scientists , Partisans , Diplomats , Civil Servants , the countless supremely brave Resistors and Rescuers -- all the individuals who helped eradicate the darkest period in history. The eleven million victims of the Nazi regime included intelligentsia, artists, homosexuals, religious groups including six million Je...
Save the Humans "Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet." -Albert Einstein>>>>= Notable Vegetarians * Pythagoras , (580 – 500 BC) Greek mathematician and philosopher* Plato , (428 – 347 BC) Greek philosopher* Plutarch , (46 – 120 BC) Greek philosopher and biographer*St. Frances of Assisi, (1182 – 122...
Austria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the country. For other uses, see Austria (disambiguation). "Österreich" and "Oesterreich" redirect here. For the surname rendered in either of these two ways, see Österreich (surname). For the Austrian national anthem, whose melody is often given the short-form name "Österreich" or "Oesterreich", see Land der Berge, Land am Str...
Holocaust denial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Part of a series on The Holocaust Bundesarchiv Bild 183-N0827-318, KZ Auschwitz, Ankunft ungarischer Juden.jpg Jews on selection ramp at Auschwitz, May 1944 Responsibility[hide] Nazi Germany People Major perpetratorsAdolf HitlerHeinrich HimmlerHeinrich MüllerReinhard HeydrichAdolf EichmannOdilo GlobocnikTheo...
Victims of the Nazis during the Holocaust קרבנות הנאצים בשואה This project's mission is to list the names of the victims who were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust to show that these victims are not just an anonymous mass, but were, and some still are, millions of human beings with names, relationships and personal biographies. They all live on in our hearts and minds. ---We will Nev...
In the sheltering darkness of the long evenings, they were together in the cold and gloomy attic of a barrack, close under the roof. There they stood, pressed close to each other, to hear a talk about the Bible and the Talmud, about Plato, Aristotle, Maimonides, about Descartes and Spinoza, about Locke and Hume and Kant or about days and problems of history, about poetry and art and music, abou...
Sinology is the academic study of China primarily through Chinese language, literature, and history, and often refers to Western scholarship. >>>>>>>== List of sinologists ===Australia* Rafe de Crespigny , Geni Private (born 1936)* Charles Patrick Fitzgerald (1902- 1992)* Colin Mackerras (born 1939)* Robert Henry Mathews (1877-1970)* John Minford * Robert Henry Mathews (1877–1970)
Translators=Please add profiles of Authors who have translated works from any language into English to this project. If you find translators into other languages you will probably need to start a new project for these but please do link these to this project and the Umbrella projects: Occupations Portal Writers Authors ===Competent translators show the following attributes:===* a very good know...
... and has filled him with a divine spirit of wisdom, insight and knowledge in all craftsmanship. -- (Exodus 35:30-31) The Broniatowski family from Czestochowa, Poland, included innkeepers, weavers, and soap makers as well as prominent figures in medical research, science and the arts. During the Second World War, a family book, containing the history and origins of the Broniatowskis w...
This project is on History Link Nobel Prize in Literature On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament, giving the largest share of his fortune to a series of prizes, the Nobel Prizes. As described in Nobel's will one part was dedicated to 'the person who shall have produced in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction'. Introduction ...