Posts by Ramon Weber
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The area of the Sephardim on the jewish cemetery Hamburg-OhlsdorfFotos: Ramon Weber - Hamburg
Sephardi Ohalim on the jewish cemetery Hamburg-AltonaFoto: Ramon Weber - Hamburg
The Ohel of Semuel de Abraham Cohen Lobatto Jewish cemetery Hamburg-Altona
Eli Wiesel (30.Sept.1926 Sighet Marmatiei (Romania) - 8.July.2016 New YorkThe sephardic Synagogue in Sighet with Anna Maria Pop
Dear friends today I show you an amazing treasure !This is the Ketubba of ISAAK SENIOR (Manuel Texeira) and RAHEL DE MATOS, dated 24.June.1648It was stolen 1942 from the Ets Haim Libary Amsterdam and was brought back 1945. In the year 1990 this Ketubba was offered in an auction (Christie's Amsterdam) and now it's a part of the collection of jewish history in the museum for the history of Hamburg.I...
Dear Eliza De Sola Mendes,today I found an image in a jewish archive in Hamburg:left image , down , David Meldola and other preachers of "Israelitischer Tempel-Hamburg"
Dear Bonnie Wagman,today I found this image in a jewish archive in Hamburg:Graziado Ascoli
Dear Adrien Gernsbacher Genet,today I found this picture in a jewish archiv in Hamburg:It shows Rabbi Daniel Cohen D'Azevedo or David Cohen D'Azevedo
Dear friends ! What do you know about the family name SPANIER ?A friend asked me for help, his wife is a descendent of Natan SPANIER (see image). I looked for gravestones in Hamburg and found out that some were burried in ashkenazim tradition but other SPANIER on the second cemetery were burried on the sephardic area. The earliest SPANIER in Hamburg is the name Moses SPANIER born 1550 in Hamburg ...
Dear friends, I told you that at the moment many graves on the sephardic cemetery Hamburg-Altona are covered with moss and unfortunately it is not possible to read the inscripts and make good pictures.But we have luck! I found more than 2000 (!) pictures dated 1936-2010 from this cemetery. Some are described and many pictures are in high quality so that it was possible to read the inscripts.I need...
G'mar chatima tova chaverim ve chaverot !(Postcard from Russia 1910 - Yom Kippur in the Synagogue)
Dear Eliza De Sola Mendes,I found an old dated picture from the year 1936It shows a double-grave of David Meldola and his wifeDavid Meldola was Kantor in Hamburg
Dear friends, I'm very happy to be in this group and it is a great pleausure and mitzva for me that it was possible to help you a little bit.As soon as possible I will try again to find traces of your ancestors in Hamburg I wish you all a blessed weekend and Shabbat Shalom !
Dear Adrien Gernsbacher Genet,I found the graves but unfortunately all the gravestones are covered with moss and it's impossible to read the inscriptsI will try it again if they clean the graves
Dear Eliza De Sola Mendes, dear Christina Maria Jensen...I have found all the members of the MELDOLA family and many other relatives (PIZA and BEERMANN) and some informations with more names, dates and the origin of your ancestors
Dear friends, today I visited 2 sephardic cemeteries in Hamburg and tried to find some of your ancestors but at first I will introduce a good friendThis is Mr. Helmts, he is since many years the "General Manager" of 8 jewish cemeteries in Hamburg (in front of an old map from the year 1920)He knows every grave and every names and without his help (and the old map) it is impossible to find the old g...
This evening I show you a little treasureI have a small collection of Tora-fragments and this one is a 500-600 years old fragment of a spanish Tora(Exodus 24:18 - 26:8)
Dear friends !Tomorrow I'm again on the sephardic cemetary Hamburg-Altona1600 sephardic graves are documented !If you are a descendent of one of this families I will try to find the gravestones and will post detailed pics hereFeel free to ask me and send me the names of your ancestors
Dear friends !On this cemetary in Hamburg we can find many sephardic graves with the names of well known families like PARDO , CASSUTO, ALDEMOLA.........
Some say sephardim and ashkenazim are different but......" Y al final somos iguales "
Dear friends !I live in Hamburg and like to show you some pictures from my last visit of the sephardic cemetary Hamburg-Altona