Jaffe, Jacob 'Jascha
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Jakob (Jascha) Jaffe was born in Berlin on December 4, 1934, the youngest son of Russian citizen Boris Jaffe and his wife Ida née Poschumenski; his sister Tamara was born on October 22, 1932, and his brother Jakob (Jascha) on December 4, 1934. The family lived at Hauptstraße 110. The father Boris Jaffe was a film traveler and when the Warner Brothers company left Germany, he lost most of his income, and the family lived in poor conditions. In 1938, his father Boris Jaffe, as a Russian citizen, received a request to leave the country.
Jaffe, Ida
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Ida Poschumenski was born in Vilna/Lithuania on March 3, 1909, the only daughter of four children of the electrician Hirsch Poschumenski and his wife Sofia. She became a saleswoman and moved with her family to Stolp in the early 1920s. There she met Boris Jaffe, a Russian Jew who had converted to Christianity. They married in Berlin in June 1931, and their children were born: Alexander (1931), Tamara (1932) and Jacob (1934). Boris Jaffe worked as a film traveler for Warner Brothers and earned well, the family lived in a 3-room apartment at Hauptstraße 110.
Jaffe, Alexander
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Alexander (Sascha)Jaffe was born in Berlin on October 4, 1931, the son of Russian citizen Boris Jaffe and his wife Ida née Poschumenski, followed by his sister Tamara on October 22, 1932, and his brother Jakob (Jascha) on December 4, 1934. The family lived at Hauptstraße 110. The father Boris Jaffe was a film traveler and, when the Warner Brothers company left Germany, lost most of his income, and the family lived in poor circumstances. In 1938, his father Boris Jaffe, as a Russian citizen, received a request to leave the country.