— THE PEOPLE OF THE ARCHIVE —

Every documented name

Six generations · Two villages · One ocean. Every Klein, Weisz, Feldman, and Grósz currently traced in this archive.

134
Documented people
18
Kohanim · Bas Kohanim
29
In memoriam
134
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— FEATURED DOCUMENT —

The 1980 Letter from Aunt Esther

The four-page handwritten letter from Esther Weisz Schon to her daughter Sandra, written in Chicago on 15 December 1980. The founding document of this archive.

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Apagy Tiszadob Nyírbogát Petneháza Jákó Budapest Ebensee Auschwitz Bergen-Belsen Chicago Skokie Brooklyn
— The deepest profiles · Two full Tier 1 lives —
Bobby (Irene Weisz Feig), portrait
— THE GRANDDAUGHTER —

Bobby — Irene of Apagy

Chaya bas Aryeh Refael HaKohen · חיה
Apagy 1924 — Brooklyn 2013
The only daughter who survived

Apagy → Auschwitz → Bergen-Belsen → Sweden → Chicago → Brooklyn. The full account from her matzeivah, her 2014 testimony, and family memory.

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Aunt Esther (Esther Etelka Weisz Schon), portrait
— THE LIFELINE —

Aunt Esther

Esther “Etelka” Weisz Schon · אסתר
Nyírbogát 1905 — Skokie 2003
The writer of the 1980 letter

Eighth of nine Weisz children. Crossed to Chicago August 1939, three weeks before Poland fell. Kept Bobby alive with packages to Sweden, then opened her door.

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Lebli Weisz → Samuel Weisz → Simon Grósz → Regina Feldman → Sam (Laci) Feig →
— THE WALKER —

Come understand your family

Pick anyone in the archive and walk back to them — hop by hop, parent by parent, with the relationship spelled out at every step. “Lipot is your great-grandfather. 4 steps through the family.”

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