Claude Benatar

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Photo previously shared by Massimo Spazzoli, digitally enhanced using AI: Lucy Hanan (mother), dressed in white with a black sash, among a group of brides-to-be traveling from Rhodes to Africa to marry, 1939.Photo précédemment partagée par Massimo Spazzoli, améliorée par l’IA : Lucy Hanan (mère), vêtue de blanc avec une ceinture noire, parmi un groupe de futures mariées en route de Rhodes vers l’A...

**English - French - Spanish ****Today marks seven years since the creation of *****Jews of Rhodes: Family Memories & Heritage*****.**What began as a simple initiative has grown into a living space of remembrance, connection, and discovery, dedicated to preserving the memory of the Jewish community of Rhodes, a community that was almost entirely destroyed in 1944, when entire families were deporte...

Kipushi, Congo (1932)Léon Franco in the middle.From L to R: M. Dozetos, ?, Nissim Hasson, ?, ?, ?, Albert Angel Franco Deborah

**English:**Welcome to our new members! We’d love to hear about your personal connection to Rhodes — whether through your own experiences or your family’s stories. Feel free to share what Rhodes means to you, along with any old photos of relatives in Rhodes before deportation or of your immigrant parents. These snapshots help preserve and enrich our shared heritage.**Français :**Bienvenue à nos no...

**English:**Welcome to our new members! We’d love to hear about your personal connection to Rhodes — whether through your own experiences or your family’s stories. Feel free to share what Rhodes means to you, along with any old photos of relatives in Rhodes before deportation or of your immigrant parents. These snapshots help preserve and enrich our shared heritage.**Français :**Bienvenue à nos no...

Bonjour à tous,Je souhaiterais savoir si l’un d’entre vous reconnaît cet homme. Toute information ou piste serait vraiment appréciée.Hello everyone,I’m wondering if any of you might recognize this man. Any information or leads would be greatly appreciated.

Bonjour à tous,Je voudrais savoir si quelqu’un parmi vous est apparenté à **Abraham & Ishua Benun**, fils de **Mardoché [Abraham] Benun** et de **Blanca [Jacob] Franco**, déportée en 1944.Merci d’avance pour toute information ou piste familiale.ClaudeHello everyone,I’m trying to find out whether anyone here is related to **Abraham & Ishua Benun**, sons of **Mardoché [Abraham] Benun** and **Blanca ...

Bonjour. Je suis à la recherche de renseignements supplémentaires au sujet de David Israel : qui était son épouse et existe-t-il des descendants que je pourrais contacter ?Hello. I’m looking for additional information about David Israel — whom he was married to, and whether there are any descendants I could contact.*David was the son of Samuel [Jacob] Israël and Rachel [David] Israël. Samuel had e...

I believe this young man is Albert Israel. Anyone knows who were his parents?

Robert Cohen (1930–2022) fut un boxeur français, né le 15 novembre 1930 à Bône, en Algérie.En 1954, il remporta le titre de champion d’Europe, puis celui de champion du monde des poids coqs, en battant aux points à Bangkok le boxeur thaïlandais Chamroen Songkitrat. L’année suivante, il conserva sa ceinture en obtenant un match nul contre Willie Toweel, avant de la céder à Mario D’Agata le 29 juin ...

Témoignage de Victor Cadranel et de Bellina Lévy. Testimony of Victor Cadranel and Bellina Lévy.

I bought this envelope from **S. D. Franco** in the Congo, addressed to **R. J. Franco** in New York, whose company was **Franco Export Corp.** Does anyone happen to know who they were?Howie Franco

From the island of Rhodes to Central Africa, and across to Brazil...Discover a forgotten Sephardic journey.

Capelluto family 1958 - Bukavu (Congo). They owned the store "La Commerciale" on Avenue du Prince Régent.

Élisabethville, au coin de l’Étoile et de l’avenue Sankuru, vers 1925 : on aperçoit la maison Leon Samuel. Était-ce la boutique de l’un de « Los Muestros » ? « Leon » est-il le prénom et « Samuel » le nom de famille, ou l’inverse ?Elisabethville, at the corner of l’Étoile and Avenue Sankuru, circa 1925: we can see the Leon Samuel store. Was this the shop of one of “Los Muestros”? Is “Leon” the fir...

**English:**Welcome to our new members! We’d love to hear about your personal connection to Rhodes — whether through your own experiences or your family’s stories. Feel free to share what Rhodes means to you, along with any old photos of relatives in Rhodes before deportation or of your immigrant parents. These snapshots help preserve and enrich our shared heritage.**Français :**Bienvenue à nos no...

This envelope is on sale on ebay.David Zen Amoils

This envelope was sent from Élisabethville in the Congo in 1946 and is addressed to Liatchon BENVENISTE in Los Angeles . I would be grateful if anyone could provide more information about the identity of Liatchon, as well as insights into who may have sent the letter and what activities the sender might have been involved in while in Élisabethville.Voici une enveloppe expédiée d’Élisabethville (Co...

AMAZING! INCROYABLE !I just purchased this envelope thas was addressed from the Condo to Laura Varon, I presume, by Moise David Israel in 1946. The Varon family was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau. Laura was later transferred to Dachau, then to Bergen-Belsen, where she was liberated by British forces. She spent a year in Stockholm with Swedish Jews before joining her brothers in the Belgian Congo,...

The link to my page featured on the Rhodes Jewish Museum site

***Jacob Hasson ****Anyone knows who is parents were, wife, children?*Commerçant, né à Rhodes le 7 juillet 1912. Il fit toutes ses études dans sa ville natale, qu’il acheva en 1930. En 1937, il vint au Congo et s’installa comme commerçant à Elisabethville.Merchant, born in Rhodes on July 7, 1912. He completed all of his studies in his hometown, finishing in 1930. In 1937, he came to the Congo and ...

**Rhodesli pioneers in the Congo, from the book *****Le Congo Belge et ses Coloniaux*****, 1953****Victor FRANCO **Victor était le fils de Moïse [Aaron] Franco (voir plus haut) et de Mazaltov [David] Franco. Il était marié à Hana Assayag. Commerçant, né à Buenos Aires le 18 février 1921. Arrivé au Congo belge dès l’âge de huit ans, il poursuivit ses études à Elisabethville. De 1938 à 1946, il fut ...

**English :**A heartfelt thank you to everyone who reacted to the announcement of my book’s release, who ordered it, or who sent me words of encouragement. Your messages and support mean the world to me.For those who have already purchased it, your review on Amazon would be greatly appreciated—it will help other readers discover it and give more visibility to this project that is so close to my he...

**🔹 English :**** **I’m pleased to announce that my book ***RHODES, CONGO, BRAZIL: A Sephardic Memory – Journeys of the Benatar and Hasson Families*** is now available.It is the result of several years of research on the trajectories of my Rhodesli ancestors across Africa, Brazil, Europe, and the Americas.Based on archives, oral histories, photographs, and period documents, this book pays tribute ...