Re: Something to Ponder

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Regarding the discussion of hyphenated nationality, I offer an example that
supports the assertion that Jews were viewed as separate from Russians. A ship
manifest from the S.S. Columbus which sailed from Bremen on January 15, 1937
includes the name of one of my possible relatives, Matvei SHENKMAN. Here he is
listed as Matwej SCHENKMAN. He was an engineer traveling on a business trip from
Russia to New York along with several of his engineering colleagues. His language
is listed as Russian and German; his nationality defined as "country of which
citizen or subject) is U.S.S.R. and his race or people (listed in column 10 of the
manifest) was initially typed as Russian exactly as were his colleagues. However,
an official handwrote over the word "Russian" the word "Hebrew" and for another
colleague named Michail BERLIN listed on the line below SCHENKMAN, the official
scratched out "Russian" in favor of quote marks indicating he too was Hebrew.

The List or Manifest of Alien Passengers for the United States can be found for
the S.S. Columbus, arriving in New York on January 21, 1937. I am certain this is
just one example of thousands where a clear distinction was made between Jews and
native Russians. Despite some Jews wanting to appear to be Russian, everyone knew
them as Jews.

Ava Cohn
Long Grove, IL

Seaching: SHENKMAN/FRIEDMAN/SELIGMAN: Vitebsk gubernia, Belarus>Riga
COHN/ABRAMOWITZ: Botosani, Bucharesti>Montreal>Israel;
HANDELMAN/GENDELMAN/STERN/FISCHMANN Shpikow, Bratslav, Ukr.
HAMMER Krasne Ilske, Ukr.; Czernovitsi>Montreal
ABRAMS/ABROMOWITZ Odessa>Paterson, NJ
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