Families: The Blass Family of Galicia

Records of the Blass family in the All Galicia Database

There are currently 1809 records for the surname Blass (including soundalike names and spelling variants) in the All Galicia Database (the AGD), Gesher Galicia's free searchable collection of genealogical and historical records from the former Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia, which is now eastern Poland and western Ukraine. Here is a sampling of some of the results you can find there:

• Chaia BLAU
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Abraham BLAU
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Bruche BLOCH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Pessie BLEICH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• [infant], son of Schulim BLEICH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• Meier BLEICH
  death record from Stanisławów Jewish Deaths (1845-1863)
• [no given name], child of and Golde HALPERN
  birth record from Jezierna Jewish Births (1876-1886)
• Mendel BERGER, spouse of , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Dębica Area Holocaust-period death testimonies (1939-1944)
• Helena BLATT, née LIST, spouse of , grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Dębica Area Holocaust-period death testimonies (1939-1944)
• Jenta BLAJ, grandchild of , , ,
  Holocaust record from Lwów Ghetto Residents (1941-1943)

Search the All Galicia Database to see the full information available for all 1809 records. The AGD is updated with new records every few months, so check back often to see the latest results.

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There are 10 entries listed in the Gesher Galicia Family Finder for this surname.

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Records of the Blass family in Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website

There are at least 200 search results for the surname Blass at Logan Kleinwaks' Genealogy Indexer website, a few of which are listed below. Note that results listed below are limited to purely Galician sources, such as telephone and business directories from Galician cities, or school records, but they do not include the many other sources available on his website that span all of pre-war Poland. You may need the free .DjVu web browser plugin to view these files.

• Bielsko-Biala Yizkor Book (1973), image 175 {y76}
  ... tausend Jahre alten Volkswerten gegen etwas Ungeklärtes, Unbestimmtes, Problemati-sches empfohlen wurde. Es ist klar, dass solche Gedanken nur bei denjenigen Juden auftauchen konnten, die aus dem nsten kamen, wo ihnen noch die Möglichkeit geboten war, ihr Wissen aus dem Urquell jüdischer Lehre zu bereichern, die von des Gedankens Blässe des jüdischen Westens noch nicht angekränkelt waren. So ist es denn kein Wunder, dass gerade in Bielitz, wo sich der "Osten" und "Westen" begegneten, es zunächst die "östler" waren, auf die der Zionismus mit seinen logischen Konsequenzen einwirken musste - und dass sie die ersten Apostel dieser Idee wurden. Und so waren es junge Juden, aus dem Osten, die die Gründung der Studentenverbindungen: "Hasmonäa", "Chewrussa", und "Emunah" beeinflussten ...
• Bielsko-Biala Yizkor Book (1973), image 186 {y76}
  ... Handel und Verkehr blüht und die erstere so wichtig sei, dass öfters, wenn die Tuchfabrikatur stark betrieben wird, die bloss dort arbeitenden Tuchmacher- und Tuchscherergesellen, vielleicht die Zahl von 1000 Köpfen ersteigen, dazu endlich c) die Militärgarnison in beiden Städten, die vielen Hilfsar-beiter, welche die Fabrikatur notwendig hat, Dienstboten und die fremden bloss zeitweilig auf beiden Plätzen sich aufhal-tenden Handelsleute etc. - so handelt es sich um eine Men-schenmasse von zirka 12.000 Seelen, welche in beiden Städten lediglich auf den einen Wochernmarkt beschränkt ist und sich also Samstags den Bedarf ihrer Viktualien für die ganze Woche besorgen muss: Es drängt sich demnach durch dieses Vorausge-sagte die Überzeugung von selbst auf, dass d) dieser Übelstand der Sache ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 383 {y94}
  192 Moshe would bless the wine in a ringing voice, using a traditional melody full of the "Neshamah Jctherah." Later, in the manner of "govrin Yehuda’in’’ (Jewish gentlemen) he would break off pieces of the challa and hand them around. The *4zmirot’' (songs) ac-companying the meal evoked many memories and took me back tens of years, to the Friday night ceremony in my fathers house. When the spirit was upon him he would dredge up from his memory all kinds of melodies, whether from the Modzitz Has-sidim, mostly sad, or from the Bobov Hassidim, which for some reason always reminded me of marching songs. I remember that a melody sung once ...
• Brzozow Yizkor Book (1984), image 428 {y94}
  ... Even today friends of mine who lived near us, tell me how they used to stand in- the yard be-hind our windows, listening to the music. We all joined in the choir and my brothers were very good singers. As for the girls, though they were gene-rally not permitted to sing with the boys, Father, for all his devoutness, had nothing against it. It was a habit of Father’s to bless the boys on the eve of Yom Kippur by laying his hands on their heads. He would then turn to the girls and bless them as well. There was something rather frightening in this picture of Father with his white beard and white robe (kittel), and wearing white slippers as
• Bobrka Yizkor Book (1964), image 225 {y80}
  ... SARAH. Mother FISCHER PEARL. Wife and child RAPP BE ILK, Sister. Husband and 2 children HERBST MARCUS. Uncle, wife and 5 children SHNAPP LIPKA. Aunt and 6 children PELTZ SARAH. Aunt and 8 children FISCHER SHLOIME. Uncle wife and 2 children BELLER HERSH. Father in law. wife and 6 children GALLER MENACIIEM, Brother in law. mother, wife ... FLt'SS SELIG commemorates FLUSS HEME. Mother WYNTKR ROSHE. Sister WYNTER YANKEL. Brother in law FLUSS SYMK. Sister FLUSS KEILE Sister STERZER ELKA. Aunt STERZER AARON. Uncle FRADEL MENDL and children 136)

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