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Vater was a stylin' guy! Sad story about the son, though.

 

Hirschfeld is an Ashkenazi Jewish surname.

 

So are Chamsky/Chomsky and Schwartz. Not exclusively Ashkenazi, but with three names like that, makes you wonder.

 

It does indeed make you wonder.

 

I wonder what the real story is? This is so intriguing. Really seems like something in this scenario (for lack of better word) is just off.

 

Either somebody was hiding something (wisely at the time) or somebody converted a long time ago. My mother's dad had a Polish Jewish last time, but he was an altar boy and ate pork.

 

That mans story is so fascinating and heartbreaking Davey ! I cant wait to hear more .Went to a few thrifts today but they really seemed to take every unsold Christmas items out of the back and put them on the floors. I get it but it makes for very boring thrifts ! I did find this onyx (?) bowl though. It is so tactile and I like the colors.

 

I like those stone bowls too. The Christmas decorations sometimes elicit the phrase "Christmas threw up " in here. (LOL) Always modern alas. The biggest chain sends anything worth money on line.

 

One is a question mark. Two is a pattern. Methinks this guy just got interesting. Nazi books and two probable Jewish ladies' ID in the house, who just happen to be close relatives. It makes me wonder what stories they could have told.

 

Shwarz means black in German.....

 

Very interesting. No other existing family? Passed young. He was a professor, alcoholic, either was a nazi or was studying nazi’s, hoarder, trouble w/ ladies, collector of all genres of things, possible Egyptian, Jewish heritage but no claims as nothing traditional existing in the home as being even slightly Jewish other than deceased relatives government id’s all only female. Keep going please. It is like last years letters from the war

 

I am curious, can you sell expired / old passports? What will you do with them?

 

Im just wondering how in the world they avoided being rounded up if they were in fact Jewish ? Maybe the one was married to a Nazi with some pull ?

 

Also a dead common Jewish surname in Germany.

German ones you can if they're old enough. I did it once, but forget now what the cutoff was.

 

I know in the US when you renew your passport you send it to them for a new one, and yes a fee to renew. They send them back individually they stamp void through the expired one. I just stick them in the pile into the safe. You can sell them I believe if they are over 20 years old, I am unsure if that has changed.

 

funny/.....I can't throw mine away either.

 

That would be interesting, but from what I have learned from my DIL’s elder relatives if you married a jew prior & if it were common knowledge it wasn't a good thing. But as we all know money got you a lot of pull. Good thought.