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9 Holocaust-era records for Master and related spellings.

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Children With Lost Identity: a list of 2500 files of Holocaust orphans from Poland between years 1936-1945 (2455 persons; info at https://tinyurl.com/q2prw84) [H]

IDThe complete listSublistPersonSurnameDate of BirthCityCountryArchive NoNotes
11400Originally at https://tinyurl.com/yyzjzfrn; now at Web Archive: https://tinyurl.com/y6zaht9xChildren With Lost Identity- MHerald MajsterMAJSTER1 Jan 1936548 

Łódź: Jewish survivors registered in Łódź, Poland, Origin-Zionist Federation; printed at the top in red: Relatives Information Service, 15 Mar 1946? [H]

IDPage numberNameSurname from previous columnYear of birthAddressParents' namesSurname from previous columnAddress in 1939Notes by typistNotes (not by typist)
104848Michat MiesterMIESTER[not listed][not listed][not listed][not listed]  

Poland: Lists of Polish Jews in Ghetto[s] to Receive Aid 1942 (V-mail; regarding V-mail, see: https://postalmuseum…bition/victory-mail) [H]

IDImage fileDestination of CommunicationPostmarkSender addressDatePerson in Poland: Line numberPerson in Poland: Given namePerson in Poland: SurnamePerson in Poland: Town [k/=kolo=near; dla=for]Person in Poland: AddressOther informationSurname from previous 2 columnsTypist notes
10563DSC00049.JPGDr. I. Schwarzbart; 45 Queensway Queenscourt; London W. 2; 138286Palestine; Postage paidRepresentation Polish Jewry; 15 Lilienblum, TEL-AVIV5 Nov 1942549Fajwel MajsterMAJSTERGrodno?   

Poland: Register of Jewish Survivors II (Jewish Agency, 1945) [H]

IDDigital file idPageGiven name(s)Surname(s) from previous or next columnsPlaceTyping notes
4332509-DSC00131.jpg175AkiwaMAJSTERRychbach 
4332609-DSC00131.jpg175TemaMAJSTERPrzemysl 

USSR: "List of Polish Jewish Refugees Now in USSR, 1945," American Jewish Archives, H277/7 (2582 persons) [H]

IDImagePage numberGiven name(s)Surname(s)AgeOccupationFather's nameFamily groupLast residence in PolandLast address in the USSROther information
1183615DSC00142.JPG4RivkaNASHATYRMaryiskaja SSR. Elasowski Rayon Artel Progress 

Vilna [Vilnius, Lithuania]: Polish Jewish refugees receiving Joint Distribution Committee aid, in Vilna, Lithuania, 1940 [H]

IDPage numberNumberNameSurname from previous columnBirth placeBirth yearComes from[X = handwritten mark added after "Comes from" town]Stamp at bottom of page (if any)Notes (not by typist)
14027633896Hirsz MajsterMAJSTERGrodno1912Grodno   
171511176966Estera MajsterMAJSTER[blank]1914Ostrow   
171521176967Hirsz MajsterMAJSTERGrodno1912Ostrow   

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