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Mechel “Fishel” Baumwoll

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Mechel “Fishel” Baumwoll

Birth
Austria
Death
1 Jan 1918 (aged 74–75)
Vienna, Austria
Burial
Vienna, Wien Stadt, Vienna, Austria Add to Map
Plot
T4, Group 4, Row 17, Grave 36, Kossow
Memorial ID
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Kossow,Galicia Austria
Husband of Hinde Becher Baumwoll
A tailor, he taught the trade to all his sons who left to come to America.
Known to the family as Fishel, he is the son of Shlomo Fishel
Brother of Ayra Leib Baumwoll
Fishel's oldest son Leazar (Louis) left home to come to America in 1895 and he subsequently brought his younger siblings Wolf, Koppel and Samuel) over helping them get established in the tailoring trade.
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A debt of gratitude to Amos Israel Zesmer for the translation of the inscription,
M Dav for braving the uncertain grounds of this cemetery and finding and photographing his headstone which exists despite allied bombing and Nazi vandalism
and family friends Jean Purdy Lewis and Lori Weber for genealogical research and locating his grave
Kossow,Galicia Austria
Husband of Hinde Becher Baumwoll
A tailor, he taught the trade to all his sons who left to come to America.
Known to the family as Fishel, he is the son of Shlomo Fishel
Brother of Ayra Leib Baumwoll
Fishel's oldest son Leazar (Louis) left home to come to America in 1895 and he subsequently brought his younger siblings Wolf, Koppel and Samuel) over helping them get established in the tailoring trade.
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A debt of gratitude to Amos Israel Zesmer for the translation of the inscription,
M Dav for braving the uncertain grounds of this cemetery and finding and photographing his headstone which exists despite allied bombing and Nazi vandalism
and family friends Jean Purdy Lewis and Lori Weber for genealogical research and locating his grave

Bio by: Gene Baumwoll CSW


Inscription

Michal [or Meichal/Meichel] BAUMWOLL
(unfamiliar words to me)
Here lies
A kind and good man
Yechiel Michal
son of Shlomo Fishel
Passed away 17 Tevet 5678 [1 January 1918]
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~~~Teheye nishmato tsrurah b'tsror ha- chayyim," ~~~~"May his soul be bound up in the bonds of eternal life."

Alternative Translation:
Mikhl Baumwoll
/ _____ / here is buried / a man wholehearted and upright / (abbr) our teacher the master Mr. Yechiel Mikhl /
son of our teacher the master Shlomo Fishel
died 17 Tevet 5674 [possibly 5675 or 5678] /
(abbr) May his soul be bound in the bond of life

Gravesite Details

Many Jewish graves were destroyed by Nazis during the Holocaust Fishel's survived and was found.!!



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