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11 Jewish Names Among Rescued Steerage Passengers

This list was published in the Yiddish-language Forward on April 18, 1912.

11 Jewish Names Among Rescued Steerage Passengers

Augusta Abramson Mary Bukstum Leye Oks Tili Oks Emily Bakhman Gershon Kahn Mini Guselman Khane Manman S. Dshablin Aksel Sheyn

Jewish Steerage Passengers Who Are Missing

E. Aronson Nathan Goldsmith K. Bakstum Abraham Herman Z. Zlatshevski Hirsh Helmer Yoysef Elias Samuel Rusin Jennie Brafkin Ema Rusin Simon Mesner Harry Sadovits Philip Weisman Morits Sirota B. Yozef Volf Spektor Abraham Lam Henry Spiner Leon Lam Fishel Eberhardt Harry Karn Leyzer Minkov Leye Tsimerman

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