Mendelsohn Family History & Genealogy

Malka Erika Mendelsohn was born on March 7, 1935 in Bratislava, Bratislava Region Slovakia, and died at age 9 years old on June 15, 1944 at Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi Concentration Camp and Museum 20 Więźniów Oświęcimia, in Oświęcim, Powiat oświęcimski County, Małopolskie Poland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Malka Erika Mendelsohn.

Lina Mendelsohn was born on May 16, 1936 in Paris, Paris County, Île-de-France France, and died at age 6 years old on August 19, 1942 at Auschwitz II-Birkenau Ofiar Faszyzmu, in Oświęcim-Brzezinka, oświęcimski County, Małopolskie Poland. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Lina Mendelsohn.

Sarah (Mendelsohn) Moskowitz of Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT was born on August 10, 1902, and died at age 71 years old in June 1974.

News Photographer in Philadelphia. Obituaries Robert Mendelsohn, 61, a photographer known for documenting Philadelphia’s black social scene 'Rob and his camera were a fixture in and around Philadelphia’s African American community for decades' Robert Mendelsohn shot Philly's top events for decades. by Jenice Armstrong and Andrew Maykuth Updated Jul 29, 2019 Robert Mendelsohn, 61, a white photographer who was known and beloved for chronicling Philadelphia’s black social scene, has died. Mr. Mendelsohn was found dead Friday night at his Germantown rooming house after he failed to respond to messages, according to his sister Judith Mendelsohn Marcus, of Delran, Burlington County. She said the cause of death was heart disease. A time of death has not been determined. Mr. Mendelsohn attended nearly every prominent event in the African American community for more than 20 years, and worked almost exclusively for black-owned publications such as the Philadelphia Sunday Sun, the Philadelphia Tribune, and the Philadelphia New Observer. “Rob and his camera were a fixture in and around Philadelphia’s African American community for decades and his images captured the celebrations, triumphs, and tragedies of black life,” the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists said in a Facebook post announcing his death. City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown said she was contacted by four different staffers on Saturday as news of Mr. Mendelsohn’s death spread. “Robert has been at every single event ... that my office has hosted for the last 19 years and he always traveled on public transportation,” she said. “He was devoted to the media outlets he represented. ... He always had a smile.” Robert Mendelsohn, 61, photographer Mendelsohn Family Mr. Mendelsohn grew up in Feltonville, the son of Philip and Adele Mendelsohn, a warehouse worker and a retail worker. In a 2013 interview, he said his was one of just several Jewish families in a neighborhood populated mostly by white Roman Catholics. He said that he gravitated toward African Americans after black students started to be bused to his school. After graduating from Olney High School in 1975, he worked as a warehouse stock clerk and did some telemarketing. As a hobby, he’d hang around outside The Mike Douglas Show collecting autographs and photos of celebrities as they exited the KYW-TV studios at Fifth and Market Streets. He also traveled to New York, collecting photographs of himself with stars like Natalie Wood, Muhammad Ali, and John Travolta. In 1994, he took a job as an in-store photographer at a Kmart in the Northeast, his first paid photography job. He caught a professional break when he sneaked into the 1995 National Association of Black Journalists conference in Philly to photograph Johnnie Cochran, the defense attorney from O.J. Simpson’s murder trial. A reporter for the Sun invited him to shoot pictures for the paper. “My photography career really was a fluke,” he said in a 2012 In the African American community, Mr. Mendelsohn turned his position as an outsider into “the ultimate insider” and won a “level of trust" from the people he photographed, Bobbi Booker, a Philadelphia journalist, said in the YouTube documentary. Booker posted a tribute Saturday in which she likened Mr. Mendelsohn to the disheveled television detective Columbo, and called him a “survivor who was an unlikely celebrity behind, and in front of, the camera.” Jenice Armstrong: Meet the man behind the lens of Philly’s biggest black social events Mr. Mendelsohn told Guerilus he just wanted to be remembered as "a nice guy who did the right thing and never hurt anybody and took a pretty good picture that most people seemed to like.” Mr. Mendelsohn was single. He is survived by his sister. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 31, at Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks, 6410 N. Broad St., Philadelphia. Published July 27, 2019

Simon Mendelsohn of Jefferson County, Alabama United States was born circa 1916. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Simon Mendelsohn.

Abraham Mendelsohn was born on August 15, 1909, and died at age 83 years old on September 15, 1992.

Mildred Mendelsohn of Lake Worth, Palm Beach County, FL was born on August 5, 1918, and died at age 86 years old on July 6, 2005.

Arnold Mendelsohn of Simsbury, Hartford County, CT was born on March 18, 1935, and died at age 75 years old on September 21, 2010.

Janice F Mendelsohn was born on February 8, 1939, and died at age 57 years old on May 3, 1996. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Janice F Mendelsohn.

Anna Mendelsohn of Buffalo, Erie County, NY was born on December 19, 1903, and died at age 72 years old in November 1976.

Helen B Mendelsohn of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA was born on December 10, 1921, and died at age 80 years old on July 29, 2002.

Adele Mendelsohn of Port Jefferson, Suffolk County, NY was born on June 23, 1928, and died at age 79 years old on November 21, 2007.

Donald Mendelsohn was born on December 4, 1926, and died at age 59 years old in April 1986. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Donald Mendelsohn.

Harry Mendelsohn of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri was born on February 12, 1908, and died at age 63 years old in September 1971.

Harold Mendelsohn of Overland Park, Johnson County, KS was born on May 30, 1929, and died at age 69 years old on April 2, 1999.

Herman Mendelsohn of Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY was born on August 4, 1900, and died at age 74 years old in May 1975.

Annice R Mendelsohn of Overland Park, Johnson County, KS was born on May 17, 1921, and died at age 87 years old on December 27, 2008.

Claire Mendelsohn was born on October 14, 1910, and died at age 63 years old in May 1974. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Claire Mendelsohn.

Manfred Mendelsohn of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California was born on July 1, 1909, and died at age 74 years old in May 1984.

Ruth Mendelsohn of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri was born on November 25, 1902, and died at age 67 years old in April 1970.