Sources and References
Aside from conversations with my parents and original family documents and photos, a number of sources and publications have been used.
Abraham Family
Interviews:
- Alex Mallat
- Alex Neuhoff
- Michael Rosenberg
- Dr. Gilad Rosenberg
- Bitia Biesel
Testimonies and documents:
- The Jewish Community Of Turkey. Genealogical Archives
- Pablo Martín Asuero, Director I.C. de Damasco. Documents from the Spanish Consulate in Constantinople
- David Benaim. Documents regarding Uriel's stay in Casablanca during WW2
Publications:
- Juifs des balkans - espaces judeo-iberiques XIVeme - XXeme siecles. Editions la decouverte.
- Jews, Turks, Ottomans. Syracuse University Press.
- Franco, Spain, the Jews, and the Holocaust. Ktav.
- Among the Righteous - Lost stories from the Holocaust's long reach into Arab lands. Public Affairs
Online:
- Constantinople today; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life (1922) Macmillan
- Web page: maggieblanck.com
- Web page: Constantinople 1897
- Web page: National Geographic: Constantinople 1914
- Web (pdf): The Spanish Consulate in Istanbul and the Protection of the Sephardim (1804-1913), by Pablo Martín Asuero
- Rustchuk, Web page: THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ROUSSE
- Rustchuk, Web page: RUSTCHUK, in Jewishencyclopedia.com
- Rustchuk, Web page: Russe Weddings, from sephardicgen.com
- Web page: bernardo-rolland.com
- Web page: bernardo-rolland-de-miota
- Web page: VISAS for freedom: Spanish Diplomats and the Holocaust
Haim Abraham / Sara Aaronsohn
Testimonies and original documents:
- Sarah Cohen Eldar - Personal Journal (unpublished)
- Beit Aaronsohn archives, Zichron Yaakov. Aaronsohn/Abraham Correspondance
- Ran Aaronsohn
Publications:
- The Bulgarians of Haifa - The Story of the Bulgarian Jewish Community in Haifa. Association of Beit Haim Abraham Trustees.
- Jüdische turnbewegung - Jewish German gymnastic system in Turkey until 1918 (online, pdf.)
- The Aaronsohn Saga. Gefen Publishing.
- Lawrence And Aaronsohn. Penguin.
- A Spy for Freedom: The Story of Sarah Aaronsohn. Lodestar Books.
- The Gideonites.
- The Nili Spies.
Datnowsky Family
Interviews:
- Michael Rosenberg
- Alex Mallat
- Bitia Biesel
- Alex Neuhoff
- Morris Halle
Publications:
- Morris in Latvia - 1923 -1940. Private publication.
Info and Photos
- Michael Frumkin, on the origins of the Datnowski family and on Moritz Datnowski's family.
Online:
Katz Family
Interviews:
- Siegmund Spiegel
- Friedel Katz
- Eve Katz
- Alex Neuhoff
Testimonies and documents:
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Survivors Registry
Publications:
- Sokal Yizkor book: Sefer Sokal, Tartakow, ... ve-ha-Seviva. Memorial book of Sokal, Tartakow... and surroundings. A. Chomel, Ed. Tel Aviv, 1968
- The Fishmans. Viking Press.
- N. 21 Castle Street. Viking Press.
- The Times of My Life. Random House.
- 1920 Diary. Yale University Press.
- Collected Stories. W. W. Norton.
- The enemy at his Pleasure - A Journey Through the Jewish Pale of Settlement During World War 1. Metropolitan Books.
- Juden in Gera (I, II) Hartung-Gorre Verlag.
- Zionism in Germany - 1897-1933. The Shaping of a Jewish Identity. The Jewis Publication Society of America.
- The "Coffin Ship". Vrij Nederland. May 1, 1993.
- The Story of the Illegal Immigrant Ship. Translation: Liron Katz
- History of the Holocaust - A Handbook and Dictionary. Westview Press.
- Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka. Indiana University Press.
- A Hero of Our Own: The Story of Varian Fry. Random House.
Online:
- www.jewishgen.org
- Hachshara and hehalutz: Hachshara
- Sokal Photos: www.geocities.com/prysjan/ind_10_sokal.html
- Sokal Photos: www.zapala.pl/eb/ukra2002/zdj-21.htm
Tabak Family
Info and Photos:
- Ruthy Erez
Mallah Family
Publication:
- Les Mallah - Une Famille Sepharade de Salonique. Private publication.