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Sydney · Obituaries & funerals
78 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 4
GERRY Saunders was born in Penang, Malaysia and was orphaned at a young age. He was on his own as a young boy, but he managed to support and educate himself. At…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →EGON Gordon (Goldstein) was born in 1917 in Germany and was raised with a life of culture. His father owned a cigarette factory, then a clothing business. The four…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →BETTY was born on January 27, 1950 in a displaced persons’ camp in Linz, Austria to Geza and Zsu-Zsi Preicz. Both of her parents survived various camps and forced labour, and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →BRENDA was a truly special person. As an invidivual with special needs, she had to learn to deal with a world that often did not know how to deal with her. Her life began as a trial…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →RELLA Oser was a woman who had a wealth of wisdom. Her positive energy was contagious. She exuded a passion for life and appreciated her blessings every day. She was a…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →EVA was born in 1937 to Kitty and Erwin Furst in Vienna, Austria, when the dark clouds of Nazism were already casting shadows over the country. She brought great joy…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →LYDIA (Lili) Swift (Swiczarczyk) was born in Rachov, Czechoslovakia on May 17, 1926, the second daughter of David and Karolina Davidovic. She enjoyed her childhood,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →MICHAEL (Mietek) Buchman lived a rather charmed life with his parents and sister Hanka in Warsaw and later in Radom, where his father owned a tannery. His life was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →ROSE Tuch was a bundle of energy - always on the go, always thinking of others and how she could be of help to them. This energy continued even into her last few weeks when she…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →BORN in London February 24, 1908, Ralph was the eldest of six children. As a young man, he attended the Jewish Free School in the East End of London, which instilled in him his…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →BRUCY’S impact on those around him was profound By Monday night I had received lots of emails and phone calls, while the headline story on the official…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →I CAN think of no more appropriate way to begin a tribute to Hannah Lemberg than to cite a Mishna that is normally said when we eulogise a male: Lo aleicha ha-melacha ligmor…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →THREE times each year, my family would gather: on seder night, Rosh Hashanah lunch and Bruce’s birthday. It is impossible to conceive of our family life without imagining the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →JACK Freedman was born in Seidlitz, Poland on July 19, 1918 to Mottel and Golda Frydman. Jack would often nostalgically recall the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →VELVUL Fuksman (who later became Billy Foxman as an Aussie) was bom in Tamagrod, Poland in 1938 to Ephraim Fishel and Channah Fuksman (nee Adler)…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →MALY Kohn was born in Libau on November 15,1914. She had three sisters and one brother. She grew up to be very academic and was one of the first Jewish women to graduate…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SOLLY Moskovich was born in Johannesburg in 1927. For his friends and family, Sol was a pillar of strength. The honour he gave to his parents and parents-in-law was legendary,…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →ESTA Blashild was bom Estera Wajnberg in Warsaw, Poland on March 24,1912. She was the younger of the two daughters of ChanaSara and Nachman ben Tzion Wajnberg, and…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →SHEILA was bom in Bethnal Green just outside of London in 1918. She and her husband Louis immigrated to Australia in 1958 with her family to join her sisters and their families…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →DEATH of a Monk is the fictional re-telling of the Damascus Affair in 1840 during which prominent members of the Jewish community were accused of ritual slaughter in a…
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