Chaim Landsberg was the son of ?Disyka and Gershon Hanach.

In the 1913 boat record of Gershon Hanach, his wife Disyka is still listed as being in Dubienko. In the 1917-1918 WWI draft registration card, he is still listed as being married [he married Brancha Zimmerman in 1921]

Barry Landsberg's pictures (from his parents) contained a number of pictures of a boy/young man with yiddish on the back. Here are the translations/transliterations:


This is me your child that you don't know (or recognize) from ???? I live in America
or This is me your child who you haven't known my whole life...
or This is me, your son, which you don't know me, since when I live in America

The front of the picture shows a boy with a barbed fence behind him.

Dos bin ich dein kind vos du
This is me your child that you

Kenst mir nit fun zund/zind/zeyned(?) ich leb
don't know (or recognize) from ???? I live

Haim Landsberg

kein Amerike
in America


I send my picture to my beloved father That I hope soon To meet with you your devoted son Haim Landsberg

The front of the picture shows a boy with a barbed fence behind him.

Ich shik mein bild fer mein lieben foter
I send my picture to my beloved father

Vos ich ferhoff zich in gichn
That I hope soon

tzu zeen mit dir dein getreyer zuhn
To meet with you your devoted son

Haim Landsberg


I send my picture to my father that I hope to see in short time
Chaim Lantzberg

The front of the picture has a boy with a Jewish star sewn on the suit jacket. A JewishGen researcher noted: "This is not a star that Jews were forced by Nazis to wear. It looks like some kind of a badge, probably an icon of some Jewish institution - a school or organization. My guess is that the picture was taken before WW2."


For memory I send this picture to my father Henech Lantzberg from me your son that hopes to see you Chaim Lantzberg

The front of this picture shows 3 young men in suits. The left and right boys/men are sitting, and one has a pair of glasses. Chaim is in the middle.

Line 1: Tsu(m) ondeynk shik ikh di karte
L2: tsu mayn foter Henekh Lantsberg.
L3: Fun mir, dayn zun vos hoft
L4: zikh tsu zen (mit dir), Khayim Lantsberg


Compare Chaim in the pictures, like in the middle of front of this picture to a younger version of Henry/Gershon Henoch in this picture.