Re: [Cz-L] Willy Pragher

It makes a lot of sense, that Willy Pragher might have been at least
partially Jewish.
Jewish family names very often are names of cities and countries,
often also with "er" ending,
  indicating where they are from.
For instance:

Polak - from Poland
Landau - from Landau
Brotzki - from Brody
Wiznitzer - indicating the family is from Wiznitz
Berliner - indicating the family is from Berlin
Auslander - coming from abroad
Prager - coming from Prague, the 'h' was added, otherwise in Romanian
it would have been pronounced " Prajer" with the j pronounced like in
joy.

Mimi

On Aug 2, 2011, at 9:22 AM, Hedwig Brenner wrote:

> Hi all, In the year, before the WW2, I lived in Roumania, so from
> the family of my husband I was told that the Pragher family was
> jewish one or two generations before Willy, they converted. and in
> Germany nobody knew about it...or did so, so he could work...
> Hitler said:
> "Wer Jude ist, bestimme ich" (Who is Jew, I decided)
> Also in the german army were Jews, like General Milch, and many
> others...and Hitler knew, that they are Jews...
> Hedwig
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "I Vaisman"
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> To: "Miriam Taylor" <mirtaylo_at_indiana.edu>
> Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 2:12 AM
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>
> Dear Mimi,
>
> Willy Pragher was born in Berlin, but the second statement is not
> incorrect either - his father was from Bucharest, as a child he spent
> many summers with his paternal grandparents in Romania, and may have
> considered it as his native country (or one of his native countries).
>
> Iosif
>
>
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