It is difficult to distinguish names on the basis of religion. To me the name sounds Germanic. Further, not all the Jews were killed. I judge that your query is worth pursuing. Joe [email protected] wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRC.2ACE/3478.1 > >Message Board Post: > >The name sounds Jewish. I canŽt however recogize the name of the town - strange spelling. Have you more information about the place of birth? But if they were Jewish and lived in what is today Czech Republic around 1940, then they most likely did not survive the Nazis and holocaust. > > > >==== CZECH Mailing List ==== >If you'd like to search our archives, please visit >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CZECH > > > > >