Herman Dworetzki, also known as Hirsch, is the father-in-law of Marlene Viva Levinson, my 2nd cousin 1x removed. Levinson family HERE. Dover (Dworetzki) family HERE
Born: 15 October 1886 in Svislach or Svisloch (Belarusian: Свiслач, romanized: Svislač, Russian: Свислочь; Polish: Świsłocz; Yiddish: סיסלעוויטש), a town nowadays in the Grodno Region, Belarus
Sibling
- Isaac Dworetzki (1870 - 1942) - perished in the Holocaust
- Solomon Dworetzki (1879 - 1959) married Marta (Miriam) Hirsch (1879 - 1919) on 23 May 1907 in Danzig, Germany
- Lena Braine Dworetzki (1887 - 1985) married Manuel Dover (1887 - 1968)
- Annie Dworetzki (? - 1942) - perished in the Holocaust
Hebrew name: Tzvi son of Moshe
Emigration: Herman and his family came to England from Danzig on holiday in December 1937 when he was 51 and the family managed to remain in England
Occupation: Cornbroker in Danzig, Germany
Naturalization
Herman was naturalised on 2 December 1947 (The London Gazette, 16 January 1948)
Married
Helene Liachowsky on 12 June 1924 in Konigsberg, Germany. Herman was 37 and Helene was 32
Children
Their first child was born in 1925 when Herman was 39 and Zahara 33. Their second and final child was born in 1929 when Herman was 43 and Helene 37
- Martin Dover (1925 - 1995)
- Oskar Dover (1929 - 2020)
Census
1939 Register
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In the 1939 register the family are living at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England. Herrman / Hirsch is a retired corn broker and Helene is a housewife. Their eldest son Martin's record is partially redacted
Electoral Register extract
1948
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In 1948 Herman, Helene and their son Martin are listed as living at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England
Death
Herman Dworetzki was born in Svislach in the Grodno province of Belarus
6 March 1969 in Liverpool, England age 82. He is buried in the Long Lane Cemetery, Liverpool, England plot no B-I.11
Tombstone for Herman. "In loving memory of Herman Dworetzki who passed away 6th March 1969. Deeply mourned by his wife, children, grandchildren and all his family"
Hebrew translation: "
Cemetery record for Herman
Place of Birth
SVISLOCH (Pol. Swisłocz ), town in Grodno district, Belarus; within Poland before 1795 and between the two world wars. A number of Jews settled there at the beginning of the 18th century on the invitation of the owners of the locality, the princes of Tyszkiewicz. In 1752 the Council of Lithuania imposed a poll tax of 215 zlotys on the Svisloch community, which numbered 220 in 1766. Until the middle of the 19th century the Jews of Svisloch earned their livelihood mainly from trade in timber and grain, shopkeeping, and crafts; they later also engaged in innkeeping and the lease of public houses. After a great fire, in which most of the Jewish shops were destroyed, the fairs were no longer held in Svisloch and the Jews were deprived of their principal sources of livelihood. Around 1870 Jews began to pioneer in the tanning industry and improved methods of manufacture with the assistance of German experts whom they invited. By the end of the 19th century a number of tanneries had been established in Svisloch, which employed hundreds of workers. Many Jews from the surrounding areas went there in search of employment. As early as the middle of the 19th century Jewish craftsmen in Svisloch attempted to organize themselves into guilds. At the beginning of the 20th century the Bund Movement developed in Svisloch and it embraced the whole of the Jewish working populace (tanners, tailors, shoemakers, carpenters. smiths, and bakers), who organized strikes for the amelioration of working conditions in tanneries and factories. In 1905 the workers' organization was established for Jewish self-defense against pogroms.
Residences
At the time of their son Martin's birth in 1925 the family's address was 27 Langgarten Street, Danzig; now Długie Ogrody, Gdańsk, Poland
In the 1939 register and till at least 1948 the family lived at 28 Claremont Road, Liverpool, England