Online via Zoom, free. Speaker will be Milton Koch.
How I Learned about My Family's Journey from Galicia to New York, with Many Stops in Between (1911–1958)
After many years Milton opened a box of documents that his mother had saved, starting him on a journey to discover the story of his family during the Shoah. Beginning in Vienna, including an arrest and transport to Dachau, then to Luxembourg, on to Lisbon and Cuba, before ending in the United States, the family odyssey took years to fully discover. His research took several unusual turns, including donations to the USHMM, which led to unforeseen connections. He will describe the twists and turns of his voyage of discovery and the unusual events that ended with a fully explored history of his family’s saga. Milton Koch was born in Havana, Cuba and raised in New York City. Married with three children and four grandchildren. A graduate of NYU and Mt. Sinai Medical School. Medical training at Bellevue Hospital, then NIH Gastroenterology. In private practice in Montgomery County, Maryland. Retired 13 years ago, lives in Bethesda, Maryland and Portland, Oregon (near grandkids). Genealogy research for about 20 plus years. Secretary, Gesher Galicia
Sponsor: Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon