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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 385592, member: 7724&quot;]problem with these names is twofolds. liberal Jews that wanted to integrate changed their names or were enforced in certain parts of Eastern Europe by the authorities to do so. as&nbsp; many were influenced by German culture they chose German names and not Polish ones. just think of the pletora of Mandelstamms, Goldbergs and others.</p><p>and then there&#039;s the second step of Anglification.</p><p>so Mandleburg could have started as Mandelberg&nbsp; - which still exists though in ruins - and then the ending was changed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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