Allan J. Brauner is Brooklyn born and New York City area based.
He is Director of IT with career in a Fortune 50 company, managing multiple teams implementing data solutions enterprise-wide, providing database management, integration and transformation of disparate data sources to multiple targets across business tiers.
Allan traveled widely for business; and then in support of the research project that he will present. He has visited and research at Yad Vashem (Israel); Bad Arolsen ( Germany); United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ( DC); U.S. National Archives (MD); YIVO ( NYC).
Several articles have been published about his research, including the following from the Jerusalem Post:
jpost.com/Diaspora/Volunteers-help-put-faces-to-Holocaust-victim-names-375256
Allan is married and father of 3 college students.
“The Shoah Journey of 228 Girls from their Homes in 14 Eastern European Countries to their Destinies” (Tues-136), 7:30-8:45 A.M.
This presentation recounts the journeys of 228 girls (age 13+)> It takes them from their homes in 14 European countries; through their shared experiences in Auschwitz; through the Death March; through liberation and building their lives – or, tragically, through death.
In 2012, Allan went to the USHMM in DC to research his parents’ story. One document stood out – it had his mother’s signature from Auschwitz, along with 227 others. Allan was determined to turn this dusty list of names into compelling stories of each girl who signed the sheet on November 29, 1944. He hoped to give each girl her name and her story – name, origin, age, fate, destination, and family.
Allan has developed a technological approach to easing the work accomplished as he researched the stories. Sources include: USHMM, Ancestry, Bad Arolsen, YIVO, National Archives, Janina Congregation (NYC), “The 20th Train”, The Spielberg Shoah Foundation, Wikipedia, Obituaries, Google, and interviews with some on the list.
Topics: Ashkenazic research , Beginning genealogists , Holocaust research , Immigration and migration over the ages
Jewish history and culture, Repositories , Sephardic research , Specific countries or geographic areas , Technology in support of genealogical research