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August 26, 2017August 26, 2017

Alli Passes On

Alli Bak Itzkowitz – The last of her generation

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/obituary.aspx?n=Alli-Bock-Itzkowitz&pid=186445752

A month after I met Alli Bak Itzkowitz for the first time, she passed away.

Alli was my mother Raele (Ray) Zeldin Rabinowitz’s first cousin.

They never met!

When Alli and I met in North Dallas in July, we shared stories, laughed, held hands and exchanged Yiddish rhymes

Here are photos from my visit:

A family dinner held on 20 July 2017

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Part of the Zeldin family tree that Marny printed.

Alli and her son Gene

Videos

From my previous post

Meet Alli Bak Itzkowitz

Here is my relationship chart to Alli, my mother’s first cousin and the last of her ZELDIN generation. They never met.

Allis’ paternal Bak grandparents – Leib and Naomi

Alli’s family. The mother Sonia in the front

My mum, Ray and my grandfather Socher Zeldin

Gene & Vicki with their daughter, Marny and her husband Cody

Alli is a Holocaust Survivor and has her testimony recorded at USHMM as well as the Spielberg Foundation.

The USHMM link is here:

Oral history interview with Alli Itzkowitz – Collections Search – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Source: collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506601

July 20, 2017July 23, 2017

Alli – The Last of her Generation

Meet Alli Bak Itzkowitz

Only 3 hours 15 minutes from Perth to Sydney, but 15 and a half hours to Dallas!

I left Perth at 5:15 am and arrived in Dallas at 2pm the same day. A 13 hour time change!

A nice and warm 38C – 100F day in Dallas.

My first time here, and the first time I’m meeting my Texas family.

I was met at the Dallas – Fort Worth Airport by Gene Itzkowitz, my second cousin on our mothers’ sides. Gene and his wife, Vicki are hosting me here in Dallas.

This must be Texas!

Here is my relationship chart to Alli, my mother’s first cousin and the last of her ZELDIN generation. They never met.

Alli is a Holocaust Survivor and has her testimony recorded at USHMM as well as the Spielberg Foundation.

The USHMM link is here:

Oral history interview with Alli Itzkowitz – Collections Search – United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Source: collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn506601

August 24, 2016

My Visit To US Holocaust Memorial Museum

This was my first visit to the USHMM. My last visit to Washington DC was before the museum opened in 1980.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Website

Directions

Museum in Washington, D.C., United States of America

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States’ official memorial to the Holocaust. Adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the USHMM provides for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history. Wikipedia

Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024, United States

Founded: 1980, Washington, D.C., United States