Descendants of
YITZCHAK MEIR ROTTENBERG ALTER
To
Devorah Heymann
1 YITZCHAK MEIR ROTTENBERG ALTER
aka: Chiddushi HaRim
aka the First Gerrer Rebbe (Rabbi of Gur)
Hebrew Name: Reb YITZCHAK MEIR ben Reb YISROEL 1799 – 1866
b: 1799 in MOGNUSZEW Poland
Parents: YISRAEL ROTTENBERG 1765 - 1827 b: 1765 d: 1827 in Goria Kalwaria "Gur" Poland
+CHAYA SARA HALEVI 1770 - 1852 b: 1770 d: 8 February 1852
Descended from the Mahara"m of Rothenberg Rabbi Meir Ben Baruch Rothenburg B. Worms Germany 1215 D. Ensisheim Alsace France 1293
Changed his family name to Alter
d: 10 March 1866 in Goria Kalwaria "Gur" Poland
Bar Mitzvah: 23rd Adar Rishon 5639
Yahrzeit: 23rd Adar Rishon 5626
Occupation: Gerrer Rebbe 1859 - 1866
... +FEIGELE LIPSCHITZ 1799 - b: 1799
m: 19 October 1811 in WARSAW to Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rothenberg
2 ABRAHAM MORDKA ALTER
Hebrew Name: ABRAHAM MORDECHAI ben YITZCHAK MEIR 1815 - 1865
b: 19 February 1815 in Goria Kalwaria "Gur" Poland
d: 11 August 1865 in Warszawa Poland
Yahrzeit: 27 Av 5615
.... +ESTER LANDSTEIN - 1849 m: 1830 in Goria Kalwaria "Gur" Poland d: 17 December 1849
.. 3 ?ben Avraham Mordka ALTER ?
... 4 DVORA ALTER - 1925
b: in Warsaw, Poland
d: Abt. 7 May 1939 in Warsaw Poland
We know that D'vora Alter was the Great Grand Daiughter of the Chiddushei HaRim (Yitchak Meir Rottenberg who changed his family name to Alter
The exact link is at this point lost with the dead or some where in the archives
This information is confirmed by family member who knew her and the family prior to the Shoah.
MICHAEL HALEVI SZCZYRYK (who escaped to the Soviet Union during the War) the son of ITA GITTEL LINDWASSER and the Paris Lindwasser families reported this fact
Abraham Stypior son of ITA LINDWASSER (daughter of D'vora) remember playing with his Alter cousins and knew of their relationship to he Chiddushei HaRim (Yitchak Meir Rottenberg )
AVRAHAM ZIGMUND LINDWASSER (Grand Son of D'vora Alter -) son of MOISHE HACOHEN LINDWASSER (son of D'vora) was a witness in the trial of Adolf Eichmann was a witness that he saw one of his cousins Alter's corpse when he was removing gold teeth at Treblinka Concerntration camp.
....... +EFRAIM FISCHEL HACOHEN LINDWASSER
b: in Warsaw Poland
d: in Holocaust Poland
Lived: Warsaw Poland;
Occupation: OWNER OF LINDWASSER / FLOUR MILL)
....5 LEO(ARIEH LEIB) LINDWASSER
Hebrew Name: Arieh Leib Ben Efraim Fischel HaCohen 1912 - 1984
b: 26 October 1912 in Warsaw Poland
d: 6 May 1984 in Melbourne Australia
Bar Mitzvah: 7 Cheshvan 5686 Warsaw Poland
Yahrzeit: 4 Iyar 5744
Occupation: Businessman Textile Wholesaler
Was born into an Ultra Orthodox Charedi Family of Gerrer Hassidim.
He gave up his orthodox practice during the war.
He NEVER EVER spoke of his family all of whom were murdered during the Shoah. as a result we only know 8 of his 13 siblings
We know that he was the youngest of 13 children.
He had a great mathematical & business mind was very good at Chess & Bridge
Changed the family name from Lindwasser to Lind in the 1950s
Escaped the Nazi by going to Vilna Lithuania then getting a Visa to Japan from the Dutch They were in Japan for 9 months then went to Shanghai
Spent World War II (1940 to 1945) in Shanghai
Came to Australia in 1948 by boat a Mr Sokol sponsored them)
First lived in Palm Court St Kilda before purchasing land and building a house on Dandenong Road (near Kooyong Rd) Caulfield.
He first puchased land on Inkerman St - which he gave to Caulfield Hebrew Congregation for a Shule.
First worked the son- in law of Mr Sokol (Helen Wjeisbrum's Husband) in the clothing business
After he learned the English language he went into business with Mr Light (Mr Litchenstein)
Then started Linds Wholesale Textiles Pty Ltd importing and distributing textiles - based in Little Flinders Lane (Famous as the Jewish rag area of Melbourne). The business inteligence/ goodwill & furniture was sold to Mr Max New and his son in law Rabbi Yossel Gutnick (Yossel & Leo often learn Torah together - before Yossel became wealthy)
Collapsed with a Heart Attack whilst playing Bridge.
Buried in the Cheva Kadisha Cementary Springvale Melbourne Australia
........ +DORKA (DEVORAH) EIZENBERG
Hebrew Name: DEVORAH bas MENASHE
1919 - 1983
b: 4 September 1919 in Warsaw Poland
m: Abt. 17 March 1938 in WARSAW
d: 25 August 1983 in Melbourne Australia
...... 6 NAOMI ESTHER LINDWASSER
Hebrew Name: NAOMI ESTHER bas ARIEH LEIB HaCOHEN 1950 -
b: 18 February 1950 in Melbourne Australia
Occupation: M.A. HONS FRENCH, Diploma
Education, Teaching~~English as 2nd Language
NAOMI is descended from Rabbi YITZCHAK MEIR ROTTENBERG ALTER otherwise known as Chiddushi Ha Rim the original Gerrer rebbe - the founder of the Gerrer Hassidic Sect from the town of Gur near Warsaw Poland.
She has a M.A. HONS FRENCH and a Diploma Education, Teaching English as 2nd Language.She was employed as Teacher of English as a 2nd language.
Naomi is a talented ceramist & painter which she undertakes as a hobby
She is also renown amongst her friends for her extra ordinary cullinary skills
Naomi attended Mt Scopus college in Melbourne.
M.A. (French) 1976 Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, U.S.A.
Diploma of Education (methods in T.E.S.L. and Teaching a Foreign Language) 1972 Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
BA. (French and Philosophy) 1971 Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
In 1972 she won a Scholarship to study French Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris
.......... +MARC ALLAN HEYMANN
aka: La
Hebrew Name: Mordechai Chayym Ben Shlomo 1953 -
b: 9 October 1953 in Palmerston North New Zealand
m: 17 May 1987 in MELBOURNE Australia
Bar Mitzvah: 14 October 1966 30th Tishrei 5727 Parshat Noach
Occupation: Businessman - IT system development & Integration
Graduation: 1980 BA Hons Sociology International Politics & Criminology
Education: 1 December 1980 BA Honours
....... 7 DEVORAH BABBETTE SIMMONE HEYMANN
aka: Dvasha (Honey)
Hebrew Name: DEVORAH BABBETTE SIMMONE bas MORDECHAI CHAYYM 1988 -
b: 9 December 1988 in Melbourne Australia
Bat Mitzvah: 29 December 2000 Rosh Chodesh Teves Kottel Jeruaslem Israel