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JEWS OF ECUADOR
 Else Wellisch (nee Deller) with grand-daughter, Jeanny Koppel -- 1960, Guayaquil |  Peter Albers Bar Mitzvah (center_ John Koppel; to his left_ Ernst Wellisch) -- June 15, 1963, Guayaq |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) with her children, Tom and Jeanny -- 1956, Guayaquil |
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 From left_ Ernst Wellisch, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Else Wellisch (nee Deller), and John |  Ernst Wellisch's 60th birthday celebration -- June 20, 1963, Guayaquil |  Helmut & Eva Wellisch (nee Steiner) -- 2008, Los Angeles, CA |
 Christian Braasch's first birthday party. Back row, far left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller); far right |  David & Jessika Wellisch & children |  From left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller), John Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth |
 From left front, clockwise around table_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), |  Wellisch Family -- April 2008 |  Peter Albers Bar Mitzvah party (from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Else Wellisch ( |
 From left_ Ernst and Else Wellisch (nee Deller) and John and Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) -- |
WELLISCH FAMILY
 Sylvia Wachsner 1.jpg |  This photo is one with my parents, taken in Quito, around the early 1960's and it's the group of my |  Photograph of girls as dolls must have been taken in the 1950's and the children I recognize are_ My |
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 Sylvia Wachsner 2.jpg |
WACHSNER, SYLVIA
 Avenida 10 de Agosto -- Guayaquil -- submitted by Gabriel Alexander (Jerusalem) |  From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ I sent this postcard to my sister, Eveline (she was |  Parque Centernario -- Guayaquil -- submitted by Gabriel Alexander (Jerusalem) |
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 Quito desde el aeroplano |  From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ These two cards were sent by Gertrud Janowitzer to |  Quito -- Carrera de Guyaquil tomada del norte |
 Guayaquil -- Calle Victor M.jpg |  Guayaquil -- Rio Guyas y Puerto de Guayaquil, vista tomada desde el Cerro de Santa Ana, à los pocos |  Guayaquil -- Paseo de las Colonias.jpg |
 Guayaquil -- Malecon Simon Bolivar.jpg En primer termino en Palacio Municipal.jpg |  Quito -- Santuario de Guapulo |  Vista general de Quito |
 Guayaquil -- Calle de Pichincha |  Vintage postcards of Guayaquil -- submitted by Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel.jpg |  Quito -- Parque Independencia |
 Quito -- Una tipica calle de Quito |  Guayaquil -- Palacio Municipal |  Guayaquil -- Iglesia San Francisco |
 Submitted by Gabriel Alexander (Jerusalem) |  Guayaquil -- Vista general del Malecon |  Quito -- Crowd in the main square |
 From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ This photograph was taken with the back to the _two |  Guayaquil -- Vista panaramico del este de Guayaquil |  Guayaquil -- Vista parcial de Guayaquil.jpg En primer termino el Estero Salado.jpg |
 Guayaquil -- Vista parcial de Guayaquil |  _Vista panaramico del puente '5 de Junio' sobre el Estero Solado.jpg |  Guayaquil -- Catedral de Guayaquil |
 Guayaquil -- Paseo Montalvo |  Guayaquil -- Malecon Simon Bolivar.jpg |  Guayaquil -- La Piscina Olimpica |
 Guayaquil -- Un aspecto de la hermosa Avenida Diez de Agosto.jpg |
VINTAGE POSTCARDS OF ECUADOR
 Scene from a play_ Rene Taube _strangles_ Gertie D'Amcourt -- 1946 |  Renata & Rene Taube (nee Aron) and Friedl Kovarys -- (undated) |  Renata Taube (nee Aron) standing in the wild -- ca.jpg |
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 From left_ Renata Aron, Gert Aron & Marianne (Janne) Aron on horse -- July 1932 |  From left_ Rene & Renata Taube (nee Aron) and Gertie D'Amcourt -- 2002 |  From left_ Rene & Renate Taube (nee Aron) with two friends -- ca.jpg |
 From left_ Renata Aron, Gert Aron & Marianne (Janne) Aron -- 1942 |
TAUBE (NEE ARON), RENATA AND RENE
STEINER, PEDRO
 Manea Sifnaghel -- Undated, Guayaquil |  Niko Shefer -- ca.jpg |  Photo at Left (left to right)_ Niko Sifnaghel, Fred Grunewald, Peter Albers, Ralph Yanowitzer; _boy_ |
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 Niko Shefer and wife, Tania -- 2008, Johanesburg, South Africa |  From left_ Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Manea Sifnaghel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Par |  From left_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Niko Sifnaghel & Manea Sifnaghel -- December 31, 1962, Hot |
 From left_ Manea Sifnaghlel and John and Magda Koppel -- 1962 |  From left_ Magda and John Koppel & Manea Sifnaghel -- 1962 |  From left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller), John Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth |
 From left_ Niko Sifnaghel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Par |  From left_ Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg) & Erwin Gumpel -- (undated) |  Gabi Alexander's first bithday party, July 1952, Guayaquil -- I'm sitting on the chair, in the middl |
 The three musketeers sitting on my bed_ Niko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers & Freddy Grunewald. My second |  Christian Braasch's first birthday party. Back row, far left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller); far right |  Niko Sifnaghel (undated) |
 New bride, Katja Lakatos (nee Sifnaghel) dancing with her brother, Niko -- 1961, Guayaquil |  From left_ Gerda Sifnaghel Anders (nee Gumpel), Fred Anders & Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel) -- ( |  Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel) & Niko Shefer (ne Sifnaghel) -- (undated) |
 Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel) -- (undated) |  Back row, from left_ Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel), Orit Shefer, Gerda Anders (nee Gumpel), Dani |  Tania Shefer & Misha Lindenberg (undated) |
 Niko and daughter Orit Shefer-Prahm |  Daniel, Niko & Adam Shefer |  From left_ Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel), Gerda Sifnaghel Anders (nee Gumpel) & Tania Shefer -- |
 Gerda Gumpel on the deck of the ship _Patria,_ on her family's journey to Ecuador from Hamburg, Germ |  From left front, clockwise around table_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), |  From left_ Manea Sifnaghel, Magda (_Moschi_) Koppel (nee Partos), John (_Aki_) Koppel, Katja Sifnagh |
 Tania Shefer and Morgan Sherfer-Prahm |  Back row, left to right_ Ralph Grunewald, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), John (Aki) oppel (hidd |  From left_ NIko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers, and Gabi Alexandrer -- My 4th birthday party -- July 1955 |
 Niko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  Niko and Manea Sifnaghel -- Hotel Humboldt, Playas |  Katja and Gerda Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |
 Joel Shefer |  Nathan Shefer |  Right_ Manea Sifnaghel -- Undated, Guayaquil |
 Manea Sifnaghel and Lucy Fischler -- Undated, Guayaquil |  Niko Sifnaghel |  Manea Sifnaghel |
 Niko Sifnaghel |  Sifnaghel family at Hotel Humboldt -- Playas |  Three sisters_ Margit Braasch (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) and Elisabeth (Liesch |
 Lieschen and Gustav Gumpel |  Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) with three of her grandchildren.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel |
 Niko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  Niko and Katja Sifnaghel |  Niko and Katja Sifnaghel -- Playas |
 From left_ Katja Lindenberg (nee Sifnaghel), Gerda Sifnaghel Anders (nee Gumpel) & Niko Shefer (ne |  At right_ Morgan Shefer-Prahm |  Benjamin Shefer |
 From left_ Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Gert Koppel (back to camera), G |  Manea Sifnaghel and Gerda Gumpel -- 1940, Guayaquil |  Left_ Manea Sifnaghel -- Undated, Guayaquil |
 Niko Shefer's children (as of 2009)_ Daniel is 23 (bottom left in front row), then comes Nathan who |  Sitting on cement fence, left to right_ Ronny Coifman, Katja Sifnaghel and Danny Coifman.jpg |  Joel, NIko & Benjamin Shefer |
 Gerda Sifnaghel with her son, NIko and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Katja Sifnaghel with her grand-father, Gustav Gumpel -- Guayaquil |  Manea Sifnaghel |
 Niko Sifnaghel -- ca 1951, Guayaquil |  Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) with her grand-daughter, Katja Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |  Gerda Sifnaghel and daughter, Katja -- November 1941 |
 NIko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  From left (sitting on bench in back) Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel); Katja Sifnaghel; Peter Albers (in | ![K 154[1].jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b05d26_3eecac05c48148d0b7f1ffad4bce185a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_223,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/b05d26_3eecac05c48148d0b7f1ffad4bce185a~mv2.jpg) K 154[1].jpg |
 John and Magda Koppel with Katja Sifnaghel |  Fred Grunewald and Niko Sifnaghel -- 1966, Chula Vista, CA |  Katja and Niko Sifnaghel -- ca.jpg |
 Manea Sifnaghel and Gerda Gumpel -- 1940, Guayaquil |  Niko Sifnaghel -- ca, 1953, Guayaquil |  Riza Partos (nee Weizmeyer), Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos); |
 Lieschen Gumpel, Gerda Gumpel and Gustav Gumpel |  Club Israelita, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ca.jpg 1965 -- Niko Sifnaghel lleva la bola.jpg |  Gerda and Niko Sifnaghel |
 Back row, from left_ Miram, Eve, Eddy, and Susan Gumpel.jpg |  Lieschen and Gustav Gumpel |  Katja Sifnaghel -- graduation from elementary school -- Guayaquil |
 Club Israelita, Guayaquil, ca. 1960 -- Visita del Embajador de Israel (centro).jpg |  Foto del Colegio Americano de Guayaquil, 5to curso de secundaria.jpg |  Gustav Gumpel (left) and his son, Erwin Gumpel -- (undated) |
 Lieschen Gumpel with her grandson, Niko Sifnaghel-- ca.jpg |  From left_ Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg) with daughter, Lynn Gumpel, on her lap; Ralph Janowitzer, Niko |  From left_ Lucy Fischler, Manea Sifnaghel, Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Ruth Czarninski, and Inge F |
 Counsins -- From left_ Misha Lindenberg, Adam Shefer, Orit Shefer, Daniel Shefer & Dania Lindenberg |  Ilse Grunewald holding her son, Fred and Gerda Sifnaghel holding her son, Niko -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel |
 4 Generations, 1942, Guayaquil -- from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Katja Sifnagh |  Niko and Gerda Sifnaghel |  From left_ Katja Sifnaghel, Rosa (_la muchacha_), and Niko Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |
 Gerda, Katja & Manea Sifnaghel |  Left to right_ Erwin Gumpel, Gustav Gumpel, Gerda Gumpel -- 1926, Hamburg, Germany |  Ilse Grunewald with Niko Sifnaghel (left) and her son, Fred -- ca.jpg |
 Manea Sifnaghel |  Wedding of Andy Lakatos and Katja Sifnaghel_ from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos); Ge |  Club Israelita de Guayaquil, ca. 1964.jpg |
 Gerda Sifnaghel Anders (nee Gumpel) -- (undated) |  Gerda Gumpel |  Gerda Gumpel -- 1932, Hamburg, Germany |
 Joel & Benjamin Shefer |  Mrs.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel |
 Gerda and Erwin Gumpel at Erwin's Bar Mitzvah -- 1933, Hamburg, Germany |  Niko Sifnaghel |  From left_ Erwin Gumpel, Lieschen Gumpel, Gerda Sifnaghel and Niko Sifnaghel |
 Sifnaghel family_ Gerda, Niko, Manea, and Katja -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel -- ca.jpg |  From left_ Margot Braasch (nee Partos), Gustav Gumpel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Han |
 Gerda Sifnaghel and her son, Niko -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald holding hands with unidentified girl -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel and Rosa |
 Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  K 41.jpg |  Foto en el Parque Centenario de Guayaquil, ca. 1954, el mas pequeno en el triciclo es Saul Suster.jp |
 Niko Sifnaghel -- Bar Mitzvah -- 1964 |
SHEFER (NE SIFNAGHEL), NIKO
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 Moshava 5-1.jpg |  Moshava 2-1.jpg |  Nueva Bene 2-1.jpg |
 Maccabi1.jpg |  Moshava 1-1.jpg |  Nueva Bene 1-1.jpg |
 Año Nuevo 66-67 Bene-1.jpg |  Moshava 4-1.jpg |
SELIGMAN FAMILY
 Tank of the Czech Brigade_ Enrique Schwarzkopf (arrow), a JOE that returned to fight in WWII from Ec |  Enrique Schwarzkopf -- a JOE that returned to fight in WWII from Ecuador.jpg |  Fiesta Graduacion |
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 Fiesta -- graduacion |  Enrique Schwarzkopf -- a JOE that returned to fight in WWII from Ecuador.jpg |  Primer grado_ here I am in First Grade........ wow time has passed.jpg |
 Jimmy Schwarzkopf, Doris Pienknagura |  Barco de Checoslovaquia |  50 years ago there was a little boy.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpg.jpg |
 1964 and more__In this photo_ Carlos Beck, Eli Grun, Irving Rosenberg, Roberto Isacovici, Pablo Str |
SCHWARZKOPF, JIMMY
 From left_ Herbert Marx, Edith Schwamenau, Walter Karger, Senta Schwamenau, Fritz Adler, Eva Rosenth |  Victoria Schaechter (nee Wachsmann), mother of Moselio (Elio) Schaechter |  Victoria Schaechter (nee Wachsmann), mother of Moselio (Elio) Schaechter |
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 Abraham Schaechter, father of Moselio (Elio) Schaechter |  A group of us walked from Tingo to Quito, only to be caught in a heavy rainstorm.jpg |  Back Row_ l to r Ludwig Nadelmann (who became the head of the Reconstructionist Movement in the US) |
 Back, left to right_ Jaime (a Venezuelan visitor), Edith Wellisch, Jasha (also a Ven. visitor).jpg |  From left_ Walter Karger, Witold (Witja) Tuerkel, Elio Schaechter -- ca.jpg |  Prof. Moselio (Elio) Schaechter -- ca.jpg |
 Karen Kayemet youth -- 1948, Quito |  From left_ Herbert_, Egon Schwarz, Herbert Marz, Elio Schaechter, Fritz Adler -- ca.jpg |  Moselio (Elio) Schaecher -- 2009 |
 Dita Ginsberg, Elio Schaechter & Eva Mendel -- ca.jpg |  _The Rape of the Sabine Women_ was a play written partly in Swabian dialect at the end of the 19th c |  Maccabi Quito club at the Equatorial Monument -- (undated) |
 Left to right_ Walter Karger, Kaete Kiwi (founder of the Jugenbund Chanitah), Werner Levy, (standin |  Luis W. Levy's birthday -- 1943, Quito. Back row_ Elio Schaechter, Werner Levy, Lutz Nadelmann, He |  Elio Schaechter leaving Ecuador -- January 1950 |
 Elio 1.jpg |  Left - right_ _, _, Manfred Erdstein, Edith Wellisch |  Abraham Schaechter's store on Calle Olmedo, Quito, near the Plaza del Teatro Sucre.jpg |
 Werner Levy's birthday -- 1945, Quite. Back row, from left_ Firtz (Frisco) Adler, Peter Kuttner, V. |
SCHAECHTER, MOSELIO (ELIO)
 Rama Rubin y Boris Suster -- 2008, Holocaust Memorial, Miami, FL |  Marriage of schaliach Moshe Rubin to his wife, Rama _ the Centro Israelita Club -- July 12, 1959, Gu |  Matrimonio Rama y Moshe Rubin; y Vivi, Peggy, Nelly, Sonia, Nury, Monica, Susan Albers, Ruth Stern |
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 Matrimonio Rama y Moshe Rubin; y Peggy, Vivi, Nury, Monica |  Raquel Suster, Moshe Rubin & Rama Rubin -- 2008 |
RUBIN, MOSHE & RAMA
 This photo was retrieved from my Mom.s wallet in poor condition. Thanks to my grandson we are able |  This is Margarita and Jose Reinsburg (my mom and dad), Herminia Reinsburg (my grandma)__and my siste |  Date is 1947. From left to right.jpg |
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 Date was 1941.jpg Place_ Ambato.jpg |  My sister Susana , my mom, Margarita and me, Julie Reinsburg.jpg |
REINSBURG FAMILY
 Peggy Grunewald and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  From left_ Ilse Grunewald & daughter, Peggy Ratner (nee Grunewald) -- 2008, San Diego, CA |  Fred, Ralph and Peggy Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
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 Cousins (from left)_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Grunewald, Jeanny Koppel, Ralph Grunewald -- |  Club Israelita, Guayaquil, ca. 1960 -- Visita del Embajador de Israel (centro).jpg |  Cousins -- Back row (L - R)_ Daniel Ratner, Eric Ratner & Adam Grunewald; Middle row (L - R)_ Mad |
 Daniel and Eric Ratner -- 2008, Chula Vista, CA |  Cousins (top from L - R)_ Peggy Grunewald & Fred Grunewald (bottom from L - R)_ Ralph Grunewald, J |  Peggy Grunewald _ Bim Bam Bum -- ca.jpg |
 Peggy Grunewald _ Escuala Americano -- 1961, Guayaquil |  Fred, Ralph, and Peggy Grunewald -- 1956, Guayaquil |  Peggy Grunewald (center) _ Escuela Americano -- 1960, Guayaquil |
 From left_ Richard Ratner, Solimar & Daniel Ratner, & Peggy Ratner (nee Grunewald) -- 2008, Chula V |  Reunion de cumpleaños, ca. 1955.jpg |  57 |
 57 |  From left_ Madelyn Grunewald, Peggy Ratner (nee Grunewald) & Eric Ratner -- 2008, Chula Vista, CA |
RATNER (NEE GRUNEWALD), PEGGY
(Undated and uncaptioned)
The two menin the second row, left to right, are Mr. Hugo Deller and Mr. Kurt Lenk. In the front ro
From left_ Mr.jpg Meir Schumann; Mrs.jpg Gedalius; Mrs.jpg Daisy Schumann; Israeli ambassador; and
(Undated and uncaptioned)
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QUITO -- FROM THE CENTRAL ARCHIVES OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE (JERUSALEM)
 Niko and Katja Sifnaghel -- Playas |  Sifnaghel family at Hotel Humboldt -- Playas |  From left_ Niko Sifnaghel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Par |
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 Robby Fischler (baby), Dina Grunauer; in rear_ Johnny y Alfred Czarninski -- Playas (undated) |  Niko and Katja Sifnaghel |  (no caption) |
 Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |  From left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller), John Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |
 Hotel Humboldt -- 1966, Playas |  Niko and Manea Sifnaghel -- Hotel Humboldt, Playas |  (no caption) |
 Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |  (no caption) |
 (no caption) |  FSUS0005.jpg |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |
 Playas (undated; no caption) |  Una vista del antiguo Hotel Humboldt en Playas.jpg |  Peggy Grunewald and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) Collection_ Playas -- February 1948, with her husband, Heinz Grunewald a |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |  Gaby color 5.jpg |
 Gaby color 2.jpg |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |  From left_ Ernst Wellisch, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Else Wellisch (nee Deller), and John |
 Hotel Humboldt 1966 Vista a la Bahia Lado Derecho extremo copy.jpg |  P1050983.jpg |  Hotel Humboldt -- Playas (undated) |
 Gaby color 7.jpg |  K 41.jpg |  Magda and John Koppel -- 1962, Hotel Humboldt, Playas |
 Gaby color 3.jpg |  P1060072.jpg |  Gaby color 4.jpg |
 P1060073.jpg |  Playas (undated) |  P1060075.jpg |
 P1060074.jpg |  P1060202.jpg |  P1060071.jpg |
 Playas (no caption) |  P1060078.jpg |  P1060066.jpg |
 Gaby color 1.jpg |  P1060206.jpg |  (no caption) |
 P1050995.jpg |  P1060211.jpg |  Playas -- Before 1950. From my grandmother's collection.jpg |
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 P1060299.jpg |  P1060201.jpg |  Hotel Humboldt 1966 Vista a la Bahia Central Panoramica.jpg |
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 P1060076.jpg |  From left_ Ernst and Else Wellisch (nee Deller) and John and Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) -- |  P1060297.jpg |
 Hotel Humboldt 1966 Vista a la Bahia Lado Derecho extremo.jpg |
PLAYAS
Photos of Playas & the Humboldt Hotel, from the Collections of Various JOEs
 Erwin Gumpel -- 1925, Hamburg, Germany |  Gerda and Erwin Gumpel at Erwin's Bar Mitzvah -- 1933, Hamburg, Germany |  Manea Sifnaghel |
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 Gerda Gumpel |  Gerda and Erwin Gumpel -- Erwin Gumpel's Bar Mitzvah -- 1933, Hamburg, Germany |  Gerda Sifnaghel and daughter, Katja -- November 1941 |
 Katja and Niko Sifnaghel -- ca.jpg |  John and Magda Koppel with Katja Sifnaghel |  Katja Sifnaghel |
 Katja and Gerda Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |  Katja Sifnaghel and her grandmother, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) |  Katja Sifnaghel |
 Erwin Gumpel -- 1926, Hamburg, Germany |  Katja Sifnaghel |  Katja Sifnaghel and Gert Koppel -- Guayaquil |
 Manea Sifnaghel and Gerda Gumpel -- 1940, Guayaquil |  Gerda, Katja & Manea Sifnaghel |  4 Generations, 1942, Guayaquil -- from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Katja Sifnagh |
 Lieschen Gumpel and Katja, Gerda, and Niko Sifnaghel |  Form left_ Cati Cohn, Katja Sifnaghel, and Marion Kainz (cousin of Cati Kohn) |  Sitting on cement fence, left to right_ Ronny Coifman, Katja Sifnaghel and Danny Coifman.jpg |
 Left to right_ Erwin Gumpel, Gustav Gumpel, Gerda Gumpel -- 1926, Hamburg, Germany |  Gerda Gumpel on the deck of the ship _Patria,_ on her family's journey to Ecuador from Hamburg, Germ |  Katja Sifnaghel -- graduation from elementary school -- Guayaquil |
 Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) with her grand-daughter, Katja Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |  Gerda & Katja Sifnaghel |  Katja Sifnaghel -- November 1941 |
 Riza Partos (nee Weizmeyer), Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos); |  Katja Sifnaghel |  Gerda Sifnaghel with her son, NIko and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Manea Sifnaghel and Gerda Gumpel -- 1940, Guayaquil |  Gerda Gumpel -- 1932, Hamburg, Germany |  Niko Sifnaghel -- ca.jpg |
 Gerda Sifnaghel and her son, Niko -- ca.jpg |  Ilse Grunewald holding her son, Fred and Gerda Sifnaghel holding her son, Niko -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Niko Sifnaghel |  Sifnaghel family_ Gerda, Niko, Manea, and Katja -- ca.jpg |  Ilse Grunewald with Niko Sifnaghel (left) and her son, Fred -- ca.jpg |
 Gerda and Niko Sifnaghel |  Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald holding hands with unidentified girl -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel |
 From left_ Rosa (_la muchacha_ of the Sifnaghel family),Niko Sifnaghel, Magda Koppel and her grands |  NIko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel -- ca 1951, Guayaquil |
 Niko Sifnaghel |  Niko Sifgnaghel, Lynn Gumpel and Fred Grunewald |  Sifnaghel family at Hotel Humboldt -- Playas |
 Niko and Manea Sifnaghel -- Hotel Humboldt, Playas |  Niko and Gerda Sifnaghel |  From left_ ___, Peter Albers, Susi Albers, Katja Sifnaghel; Ralf Janowitzer in front, ___, ___ |
 Niko Sifnaghel -- ca, 1953, Guayaquil |  Niko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  Niko and Katja Sifnaghel -- Playas |
 Niko leading a desfile -- ca.jpg |  Lieschen Gumpel with her grandson, Niko Sifnaghel-- ca.jpg |
LINDENBERG (NEE SIFNAGHEL), KATJA
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LEMBKE, RENATE
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KYWI FAMILY
 Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) & son, Tom -- 1953, Guayaquil |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) with daughter, Jeanny Koppel and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) with son, R |  From left_ Manea Sifnaghel, Magda (_Moschi_) Koppel (nee Partos), John (_Aki_) Koppel, Katja Sifnagh |
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 At Saul Suster Bar Mitzvah -- Alfred, Vivi & Danny Czarninski abd Magda and John Koppel -- Guayaquil |  From left front, clockwise around table_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), |  Cousins (top from L - R)_ Peggy Grunewald & Fred Grunewald (bottom from L - R)_ Ralph Grunewald, J |
 From left_ Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Gert Koppel (back to camera), G |  Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and father, John Koppel _ Fellmann Bar Mitzvah -- 1957, Guayaquil |  At left is Lotti Scharfstein (Elisa Lotti) and my sister, Gerda Eveline, at far right.jpg I don't k |
 Magda (Moschi) and John Koppel at Danny Kaufman Bar Mitzvah -- 1957, Guayaquil |  Photo taken at Bar Mitzvah of Danny Kaufmann_ Back row (L - R)_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) , Heinz |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) and her children Tom and Jenany --- 1956, Guayaquil |
 Else Wellisch (nee Deller) with grand-daughter, Jeanny Koppel -- 1960, Guayaquil |  OO -- Saul Suster BM 2 .jpg |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) with her children, Tom and Jeanny -- 1956, Guayaquil |
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 Cousins reunion in Colina del Sol Park (San Diego, CA)_ (L - R) Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Gr |  Magda Koppel (nee Partos), John Koppel, and Amalie Koppel (nee Heilbut) -- May 1949, Guayaquil |  From left_ Gert Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos |
 Else Wellisch (nee Deller), Ernst Wellisch, Magda (Moschi) and John Koppel, Cati Cohn, and Helmut We |  Magda Koppel (nee Partos) and John Koppel -- 1960, Guayaquil |  From left_ Heinz Grunewald, Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), Magda Koppel (nee Partos), Ilse Grunewald ( |
 From left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller), John Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth |  Page from John and Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) album with Koppel and Grunewald family members |  Lynn, Jerry, Erwin, and Dita Gumpel -- 1952, Playas |
 Koppel & Grunewald families -- ca.jpg |  Cousins (from left)_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Grunewald, Jeanny Koppel, Ralph Grunewald -- |  From left_ John Koppel, Ruth & Alfred Czarninski, Magda Koppel -- August 26, 1961, Guayaquil |
 Peter Albers Bar Mitzvah party (from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Else Wellisch ( |  John and Magda Koppel -- 1962, Hotel Humboldt, Playas |  John and Magda Koppel with Katja Sifnaghel |
 Katja Sifnaghel and Gert Koppel -- Guayaquil |  From left_ Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Manea Sifnaghel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Par |  From left_ Margot Braasch (nee Partos), Gustav Gumpel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Han |
 From left_ Ernst and Else Wellisch (nee Deller) and John and Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) -- |  20th anniversary celebration of the Frauenverein -- Centro Israelita -- August 27, 1960, Guayaquil |  From left_ Magda and John Koppel & Manea Sifnaghel -- 1962 |
 From left_ Arielle Davidow, Jeanny Davidow (nee Koppel), Daniel Davidow & Zoe Davidow -- 2009, Los |  Rolf Stern Bar Mitzvah -- 1959, Guayaquil |  From left_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Peggy Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) |
 Peggy Grunewald, Fred Grunewald, and Tom Koppel (cousins) -- 1955, Guayaquil |  Cousins (from left - right)_ Fred Grunewald, Peggy Grunewald.jpg |  From left_ Niko Sifnaghel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Par |
 Amalie Koppel (Oma Malchen, nee Heilbut) with great grand-daughter, Peggy Grunewald -- June 6, 1955, |  Peter Albers Bar Mitzvah (center_ John Koppel; to his left_ Ernst Wellisch) -- June 15, 1963, Guayaq |  From left_ Manea Sifnaghlel and John and Magda Koppel -- 1962 |
 Farewell to the Hirsch Family -- Women's group of Centro Israelita (Magda Koppel in back row at far |  Magda and John Koppel -- 1962, Hotel Humboldt, Playas |
KOPPEL FAMILY
 First two stages in my life_ Rumichaca 1938 (I don't know the maid's name), Casa Frutal with _Oschi_ |  Cati Holland and her parents -- 1947, Guayaquil |  Myself when I was 3 or 4 years old -- Guayaquil |
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 The official photograph of my father after he was appointed to be the President of the Jewish Commun |  My sister, Eveline, and me in Playas, about 1948.jpg |  Photo taken on the terrace of Casa Frutal, in 1940.jpg |
 From the terrace of _Casa Frutal_ in Guayaquil, where we lived -- 1941 |  My father, Siegbert Cohn, and me -- ca.jpg |  At left is Lotti Scharfstein (Elisa Lotti) and my sister, Gerda Eveline, at far right.jpg I don't k |
 Left_ Casa Frutal with my sister, Eveline.jpg |  Mr. Joachim List's school in 1937. I don't know if it was already called Colegio Internacional.jpg |  The big group might have been celebrating Purim. I'm one of the clowns and Elizbeth Klein (nee Nuss |
 Taken on the Desfile del 9 de Octubre, on the same avenida (9 de Octubre).jpg |  My sister, Eveline Cohn, as a girl scout in Guayaquil.jpg She is the third on the first row.jpg |  My grandmother, Recha Cohn, taken by Helmut Wellisch when he was visiting us in Chile.jpg |
 Letter from Prof.jpg |  From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ I sent this postcard to my sister, Eveline (she was |  This is a photograph, probably from 1945 or 1946.jpg |
 This is the Haifa Chamber Choir. I'm on the third row, the fourth from left. As you can figure out |  Elisa Lotti, Benno Weiser, my sister Eveline Cohn in New York (Vassar College).jpg |  Elizabeth _Chichi_ Klein (nee Nussbaum) |
 I found this photograph from the _Carmen Matilde_ where we spent some of our vacation in Playas.jpg |  This is me with my second husband Lionel, taken about 2007.jpg |  My father Siegbert Cohn on the upper left. My parents, my sister and me hiding, ca. 1946.jpg |
 From left to right_ Renate Herz, me (Cati Cohn), Yosef Prosnitz, Lothar Herz___, Herr Guttmann, __ |  1947 photo of an event (probably Purim or Hannukah) at the Beneficienca (I think) in Guayaquil.jpg |  Cati Holland (nee Cohn) -- 2007 |
 _Chichi_ Elizabeth Nussbaum, her late husband Wolfgang _Wolfi_ Klein, and their adopted son Enrique. |  _Juden Europas rufen Dich_ -- event at the Centro Israelita, Guayaquil (submitted by Cati Holland) |  The WIZO ladies giving out packages to needy children -- ca.jpg |
 Cati dedication 010110.jpg |  Cati - Pacncho Segura.jpg |  The photo shows my sister, Eveline, and me, before she left to the U.jpgS.jpgA.jpg in 1950.jpg |
 This must have been my birthday party, probably my 9th. I recognize the _sitting_ row.jpg | ![This photo shows my cousin, Marion, and me, before [my cousin's family] left for the U.jpgS.jpgA.jp](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b05d26_e1d8a2b14b95467a9362f485117accbf~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_261,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/b05d26_e1d8a2b14b95467a9362f485117accbf~mv2.jpg) This photo shows my cousin, Marion, and me, before [my cousin's family] left for the U.jpgS.jpgA.jp |  Vintage postcards of Guayaquil -- submitted by Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel.jpg |
 Vera Kamm |  Cati - Inge Fischler note.jpg |  This is Johanna List aged 2 or 3.jpg |
 _Wizo tiendita para niños_ in one of the usual Wizo parties. I'm to the left.jpg |  Cati -- Teatro Eden.jpg |  From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ These two cards were sent by Gertrud Janowitzer to |
 John _Puli_ Fried and his mother -- August 1955 |  Hannelore Caminer.jpg__Hannelore Caminer.jpg__Hannelore Caminer.jpg__Hannelore Caminer.jpg | ![This _Telegrama_ was sent to my parents, who already [libed] in Chile, for their 25th wedding annive](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b05d26_7e7234ce4a1a4a6a9de186878d513413~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_181,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/b05d26_7e7234ce4a1a4a6a9de186878d513413~mv2.jpg) This _Telegrama_ was sent to my parents, who already [libed] in Chile, for their 25th wedding annive |
 Else Wellisch (nee Deller), Ernst Wellisch, Magda (Moschi) and John Koppel, Cati Cohn, and Helmut We |  Dr.jpg |  Photo taken in the park next to the Cathedral (I don't remember the name).jpg |
![Hi, Annita [List]_ This photograph was taken at Celeste Santos's house. The party was in honour of](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b05d26_13c3e67bd9694811b5e210f3c9ff339d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_166,al_c,q_90,enc_auto/b05d26_13c3e67bd9694811b5e210f3c9ff339d~mv2.jpg) Hi, Annita [List]_ This photograph was taken at Celeste Santos's house. The party was in honour of |  While cleaning up, I found some more photographs. These were taken in 1993 when I visited Ecuador.j |  This was a restaurant that I don't remember who it belonged to, but we used to go there for cakes.jp |
 This photograph was taken in 1936, and it shows Posorja.jpg That's what my father wrote on the back |  Despedida Tannenbaum -- April 1941, Guayaquil |  My father was born on January 1st, so we always had a big party. The photo I'm sending you is the _ |
 From Cati Holland (nee Cohn) of Hadera, Israel_ This photograph was taken with the back to the _two |  Our small family_ my parents Siegbert and Else Cohn in the back; my paternal grandmother Recha Cohn |  My sister Eveline (in the middle), Colegio Internacional, about 1937.jpg |
 I'm sending you photos from my sister, Evelina Cohn.jpg |  I'm sending you photos from my sister, as a girl scout, and as a student at the colegio Guayaquil.jp |  My sister, Eveline, and me in our apartment in Casa Frutal -- 1939, Guayaquil.jpg |
 While cleaning up, I found some more photographs. These were taken in 1993 when I visited Ecuador.j |
HOLLAND (NEE COHN), CATI
 From left_ Lynn, Dita (nee Ginsberg), Erwin, and Jerry Gumpel -- 1959 |  Lynn & Jerry Gumpel -- 1956 |  From left_ Gert Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos |
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 Dita (nee Ginsberg) and Erwin Gumpel -- 1959 |  Photo taken at Bar Mitzvah of Danny Kaufmann_ Back row (L - R)_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) , Heinz |  Rolf Stern Bar Mitzvah -- 1959, Guayaquil |
 Lynn, Jerry, Erwin, and Dita Gumpel -- 1952, Playas |  Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) with three of her grandchildren.jpg |  Three sisters_ Margit Braasch (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) and Elisabeth (Liesch |
 Back row, left to right_ Ralph Grunewald, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), John (Aki) oppel (hidd |  Gerda and Erwin Gumpel at Erwin's Bar Mitzvah -- 1933, Hamburg, Germany |  Lynn Gumpel |
 Gustav Gumpel (left) and his son, Erwin Gumpel -- (undated) |  Gerda Gumpel on the deck of the ship _Patria,_ on her family's journey to Ecuador from Hamburg, Germ |  Humboldt Hotel -- Playas |
 Gerda and Erwin Gumpel -- Erwin Gumpel's Bar Mitzvah -- 1933, Hamburg, Germany |  Manea Sifnaghel, Gustav Gumpel, Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg), Lynn Gumpel, Lieschen Gumpel (nee Partos |  Gumpel family |
 Club Israelita de Guayaquil, ca. 1964.jpg |  Jerry, Lynn and Dita Gimpel (nee Ginsberg) |  Lynn, Erwin and Jerry Gumpel |
 From left_ Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg) & Erwin Gumpel -- (undated) |  J & L 2.jpg |  Back row, from left_ Miram, Eve, Eddy, and Susan Gumpel.jpg |
 Erwin Gumpel -- 1925, Hamburg, Germany |  Erwin Gumpel -- 1926, Hamburg, Germany |  From left_ Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg) with daughter, Lynn Gumpel, on her lap; Ralph Janowitzer, Niko |
 From left_ Gustav (Guschi) Gumpel, John (Aki) Koppel, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), Heinz Grun |  Katja Sifnaghel with her grand-father, Gustav Gumpel -- Guayaquil |  Dita (nee Ginsberg) and Erwin Gumpel being photographed by Lieschen Gumpel (nee Partos) |
 Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos) with her grand-daughter, Katja Sifnaghel -- Guayaquil |  Lieschen Gumpel with her grandson, Niko Sifnaghel-- ca.jpg |  Katja and Niko Sifnaghel -- ca.jpg |
 Gerda and Niko Sifnaghel |  Left to right_ Erwin Gumpel, Gustav Gumpel, Gerda Gumpel -- 1926, Hamburg, Germany |  Lieschen Gumpel, Gerda Gumpel and Gustav Gumpel |
 Lieschen and Gustav Gumpel |  Gerda Gumpel -- 1932, Hamburg, Germany |  From left_ Margot Braasch (nee Partos), Gustav Gumpel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Han |
 Gustav Gumpel and grandson, Jerry Gumpel |  Lieschen and Gustav Gumpel |  Niko Sifgnaghel, Lynn Gumpel and Fred Grunewald |
 From left (sitting on bench in back) Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel); Katja Sifnaghel; Peter Albers (in |
GUMPEL FAMILY
 Fred, Ralph, and Peggy Grunewald -- 1956, Guayaquil |  From left_ Marilyn (nee Prooth), Emily & Ralph Grunewald -- 2007, Iguazu Falls, Argentina |  Fred Grunewald & Marilyn Grunewald (nee Prooth) -- 2009, Chula Vista, CA |
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 From left_ Jonathan & Ralph Grunewald -- 2009, Akko, Israel |  From left_ Marilyn (nee Prooth), Ralph & Emily Grunewald -- 2008, Cairo, Egypt |  Emily Grunewald -- 2006, Istanbul, Turkey |
 Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and son, Ralph -- June 2009, San Diego, CA |  Ralph Grunewald -- 1961, Guayaquil |  Jonathan Grunewald -- 2007, Iguazu Falls, Argentina |
 Ralph & Marilyn Grunewald (nee Prooth) -- 2009, Akko, Israel |  Cousins (from left)_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Grunewald, Jeanny Koppel, Ralph Grunewald -- |  From left_ Marilyn (nee Prooth) and Emily Grunewald -- 2009, La Jolla, CA |
 From left_ Ralph, Marilyn & Jonathan Grunewald -- 2009, Tel Aviv-Jaffa |  From left_ Ralph, Emily & Marilyn (nee Prooth) Grunewald -- 2009, Hotel del Coronado, Coronado, CA |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) with daughter, Jeanny Koppel and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) with son, R |
 Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) with her children_ Peggy Ratner, Fred and Ralph -- 2009, San Diego, CA |  Cousins reunited -- From left_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Ratner (nee Grunewald), Jeanny Dav |  Emily & Jonathan Grunewald -- 2006, New York City |
 Ralph Grunewald -- 2008 |  Jonathan Grunewald -- 2006, Istanbul, Turkey |  Ralph & Marilyn Grunewald (nee Prooth) -- 2009, Zichron Ya'akov, Israel |
 Heinz Grunewald and son, Ralph -- 1957, Guayaquil |  Cousins -- Back row (L - R)_ Daniel Ratner, Eric Ratner & Adam Grunewald; Middle row (L - R)_ Mad |
GRUNEWALD, RALPH
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 Wedding of Andy Lakatos and Katja Sifnaghel_ from left_ Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos); Ge |  image0-2.jpg |  John Koppel's remarks at wedding of Ilse Koppel & Heinz Grunewald -- Oct.jpg |
GRUNEWALD, ILSE
 Heinz Grunewald and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- 2005, San Diego, CA |  The Grunewald Family on the eve of its immigration from Ecuador to San Diego, CA, in the United Stat |  Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and Heinz Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
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 Oma (Ilse Grunewald, nee Koppel) and her children, Peggy, Fred & Ralph -- June 2009, San Diego, CA |
GRUNEWALD, HEINZ
 Fred Grunewald _ Escuela Americano -- 1959, Guayaquil |  Fred Grunewald and Niko Sifnaghel -- 1966, Chula Vista, CA |  From left_ Max, Fred & Adam Grunewald -- 2009, Dallas, Texas |
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 Fred Grunewald at 9 years of age -- 1959, Parque Centenario, Guayaquil |  Niko Sifgnaghel, Lynn Gumpel and Fred Grunewald |  Cousins (top from L - R)_ Peggy Grunewald & Fred Grunewald (bottom from L - R)_ Ralph Grunewald, J |
 Cousins reunion in Colina del Sol Park (San Diego, CA)_ (L - R) Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Gr |  Cousins (from left - right)_ Fred Grunewald, Peggy Grunewald.jpg |  Back row (L - R)_ Adam, Madelyn & Max Grunewald; Front_ Fred & Jerri Grunewald (nee Ungerleiter) |
 From left_ Fred Grunewald, Peggy Grunewald, and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- 1953, Guayaquil |  From left (sitting on bench in back) Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel); Katja Sifnaghel; Peter Albers (in |  Photo at left_ Fred Grunewald |
 Ilse Grunewald with Niko Sifnaghel (left) and her son, Fred -- ca.jpg |  Ilse Grunewald holding her son, Fred and Gerda Sifnaghel holding her son, Niko -- ca.jpg |  Fred, Ralph and Peggy Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Gerda Sifnaghel with her son, NIko and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Fred Grunewald and daughter, Madelyn -- 2009, Dallas, Texas |  Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Reunion de cumpleaños, ca. 1955.jpg |  Niko Sifnaghel and Fred Grunewald holding hands with unidentified girl -- ca.jpg |  Fred Grunewald _ Bim Bam Bum -- ca.jpg |
 Fred, Ralph, and Peggy Grunewald -- 1956, Guayaquil |
GRUNEWALD, FRED
 Ilse Koppel Grunewald & Heinz Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  From left_ Manea Sifnaghel, Magda (_Moschi_) Koppel (nee Partos), John (_Aki_) Koppel, Katja Sifnagh |  Ilse Kopppel -- ca.jpg |
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 Ilse Koppel Grunewald & Heinz Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Heinz Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and father, John Koppel _ Fellmann Bar Mitzvah -- 1957, Guayaquil |
 Peggy Grunewald, Fred Grunewald, and Tom Koppel (cousins) -- 1955, Guayaquil |  Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and Heinz Grunewald -- 1957, Guayaquil |  Peggy Grunewald and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |
 Fred, Ralph, and Peggy Grunewald -- 1956, Guayaquil |  From left front, clockwise around table_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), |  Ralph Grunewald (with unidentified girl) in Parque Centenario -- ca.jpg |
 Peggy, Ralph, Ilse (nee Koppel), and Fred Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Magda Koppel (nee Partos) and John Koppel -- 1960, Guayaquil |  Niko Sifnaghel (center) and Fred Grunewald (right) -- 1960, Guayaquil |
 Peggy Grunewald _ Bim Bam Bum -- ca.jpg |  School award ceremony at Escuela Americana -- ca. 1957, Guayaquil.jpg |  Peggy, Ralph & Fred Grunewald -- 1961, Guayaquil |
 Fred, Ralph and Peggy Grunewald -- ca.jpg |  Peggy Grunewald (center) _ Escuela Americano -- 1960, Guayaquil |  Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) with daughter, Jeanny Koppel and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) with son, R |
 Rolf Stern Bar Mitzvah -- 1958, Guayaquil |  Grunewald Family -- ca.jpg |  Photo taken at Bar Mitzvah of Danny Kaufmann_ Back row (L - R)_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) , Heinz |
 Fred Grunewald _ Bim Bam Bum -- ca.jpg |  Cousins (top from L - R)_ Peggy Grunewald & Fred Grunewald (bottom from L - R)_ Ralph Grunewald, J |  Christian Braasch's first birthday party. Back row, far left_ Else Wellisch (nee Deller); far right |
 From left_ Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Gert Koppel (back to camera), G |  Peggy Grunewald (far right) _ Escuela Americano -- 1960, Guayaquil |  Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) holding son, Ralph, and Heinz Grunewald, with daughter, Peggy -- 1956, |
 Ralph Grunewald (left) -- 1960, Quito |  Ralph Grunewald _ Bim Bam Bum -- ca.jpg |  Grunewald Family (back row_ Heinz & Ilse; front row_ Ralph, Peggy & Fred) -- ca.jpg |
 Cousins (from left)_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Grunewald, Jeanny Koppel, Ralph Grunewald -- |  Amalie _Malchen_ Koppel (nee Heilbut) -- ca.jpg |  Fred Grunewald _ Escuela Americano -- 1959, Guayaquil |
 Marriage of schaliach Moshe Rubin to his wife, Rama _ the Centro Israelita Club -- July 12, 1959, Gu |  Back row, left to right_ Ralph Grunewald, Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos), John (Aki) oppel (hidd |  From left_ Fred Grunewald, Peggy Grunewald, and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- 1953, Guayaquil |
 From left_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Peggy Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch) |  From left_ Ralph Grunewald, Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Peggy Grunewald, Fred Grunewald -- 1960, Q |  Peggy Grunewald _ Escuala Americano -- 1961, Guayaquil |
 Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and Heinz Grunewald perform in a skit at Centro Israelita -- undated, Gu |  Going-away party for Heinz & Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- Centro Israelita -- November 28, 1961, G |  Magda and John Koppel -- 1962, Hotel Humboldt, Playas |
 Ralph Grunewald, Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), Peggy Grunewald, Fred Grunewald -- 1958.jpg |  Cousins (from left - right)_ Fred Grunewald, Peggy Grunewald.jpg |  Cousins reunited -- From left_ Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Ratner (nee Grunewald), Jeanny Dav |
 Photo at Left (left to right)_ Niko Sifnaghel, Fred Grunewald, Peter Albers, Ralph Yanowitzer; _boy_ |  Ralph Grunewald -- First day of kindergarten at Darnall Elementary School -- Sept.jpg |  Peter Albers birthday -- June 1961 |
 20th anniversary celebration of the Frauenverein -- Centro Israelita -- August 27, 1960, Guayaquil |  Page from John and Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) album with Koppel and Grunewald family members |  Peter Albers birthday party -- June 1960, Guayaquil |
 Cousins reunion in Colina del Sol Park (San Diego, CA)_ (L - R) Fred Grunewald, Tom Koppel, Peggy Gr |  Fred Grunewald at 9 years of age -- 1959, Parque Centenario, Guayaquil |  Peggy Grunewald, Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and Ralph Grunewald -- 1957, Guayaquil |
 Fred Grunewald (on right) _ Escuela Americano.jpg |  Family portraits for Ecuadorian passports for immigration to the United States -- 1961, Guayaquil |  Front of photo_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), srollingh with her grand-mother, Amalie Koppel (Oma Ma |
 Fred Grunewald's 11th birthday -- August 1961, Guayaquil |  Heinz Grunewald's certificate, issued in Rome, |  Heinz Grunewald and son, Ralph -- 1957, Guayaquil |
 Heinz Grunewald's prized achievement of the Life Master, awarded by the ACBL -- 1995 |  John and Magda Koppel with Katja Sifnaghel |  Page from photo album of Magda and John Koppel -- 1956, Guayaquil |
 Ralph Grunewald -- 1961, Guayaquil |  Magda Koppel (nee Partos), John Koppel, and Amalie Koppel (nee Heilbut) -- May 1949, Guayaquil |  Grunewald Family in Mexico City on a stop to San Diego from our emigration from Ecuador-- December 1 |
 2 years old), Guayaquil |  Back of photo_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel), srollingh with her grand-mother, Amalie Koppel (Oma Mal |  January 30, 1955 |
 Three sisters_ Margit Braasch (nee Partos), Magda (Moschi) Koppel (nee Partos) and Elisabeth (Liesch |  From left_ Margot Braasch (nee Partos), Gustav Gumpel, Elisabeth (Lieschen) Gumpel (nee Partos), Han |  Performance at Centro Israelita -- December 1961, Guayaquil |
 Photo at left_ Fred Grunewald |  Heinz and Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- December 1961, Mexico City |  Amalie Koppel (Oma Malchen, nee Heilbut) with great grand-daughter, Peggy Grunewald -- June 6, 1955, |
GRUNEWALD FAMILY
 Documentacion oficial de la salida de Europa de mi Padre y de todas las escalas que hizo hasta llega |  Mi Padre en 1947.jpg |
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GOLDBAUM, ROBERTO
 Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |
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 Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |
 Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |  Sonja Gely-Zurita and her daughter, Miriam, visit Washington, DC from Switzerland, along with Miriam |
GELY (NEE ZURITA), SONJA
 Salomon Neumann giving the priestly blessing to a newlywed couple in Quito, Ecuador -- 1944 |  Salomon Neumann reading the Torah in Quito, Ecuador -- 1944 |  Salomon Neumann -- Quito, Ecuador -- 1945 |
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 Salomon Neumann officiating at a wedding in Quito, Ecuador -- 1944 |
FRUHMAN, FREDEL (NEE JACOBS)
 Playas, probably 1947 or 1948. John _Puli_ Fried in back, center.jpg |  My grandfather, Elkuno Rosenheck, at the dedication in Quito of a monument to the victims of the Hol |  1957.jpg Rosita Coifman with sons Ronnie and Danny.jpg |
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 1947 photo of an event (probably Purim or Hannukah) at the Beneficienca (I think) in Guayaquil.jpg |  Puli in Ecuador (undated) |  John _Puli_ Fried -- ca.jpg |
FRIED, JOHN (PULI)
 BEATE, OMA LOLA, HIRSCH, MAMI, JANOWITZER, YARO, OMA ALICIA Y LUCY, FELMAS, KLEIN, WALO, ETC.jpg |  Club festivity |  Club en el Malecon -- Guayaquil |
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 El Club -- Guayaquil |  El Club (Centro Israelita) -- Children and parents |  HANUKAH -- ROBBY FISCHLER Y VIVI CZARNINSKI |
 PART OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN GUAYAQUIL |  GRUNEWALD, YARO, PAPIS, ETC |  MAMI, ANNE Y GERARDO ANKER |
 INGE FISCHLER, CZARNINSKIS, EMBAJADOR ISRAEL |  OMA ALICIA, META, LUCY, LOLA,BEATE, MAMI HIRSCH, RUTH, ANNIE LEVY, ETC |  FISCHLERS |
 FISCHLER, GRUNEWALD, KETTY |  PAPI, OMA LUCY, TIA BETTY, KICZY, TIA MARTHA -- JUNIO 28 1950, Guayaquil |  FISCHLERS, LOS HOLTZ, MANEA SIFNAGHEL, ALFREDO CZARNINSKI |
 FISCHLERS, CZARNINSKIS, ETC |  TE EN CASA JUNIN |  ROBBY EN MOSHAVA TINGO |
 HIRSCH, WALO, FELMAN, LUCY, ALICIA, YARO ETC |  WIZO Event -- EL Club, Guayaquil -- OMA LOLA, OMA META, KOPPEL, GRUNEWALD, ALBERS, ZURITA.jpg |  Fischler, Suster, Wellisch, Czarninski -- 1979, Guayaquil |
 LUCY FISCHLER, SRAS.jpg GUMPEL, JANOWITZER, FELMAN, YARO, WELLISH, CLUB CALLE AGUIRRE.jpg |  REUNION EN CASA JUNIN DE COMUNIDAD JUDIA -- 1959, Guayaquil |  Oma Meta |
 Inge and Arturo Fischler |  Fischler, Lenk -- Quito |  PAPIS, HOLTZ, CZARNINSKI, MAX STERN |
 Lucy & Artur Fischler, Holtz, Yaro, Czarninski, and Pepe |  ROBBY EN MOSHAVA TINGO |  Club Israelita de Guayaquil, ca. 1964.jpg |
 PETER ALBERS, SAUL Y DINA SUSTER, FITO, ROBBY, MONICA, DANNY, FREDDY BERGMAN |  Dinner |  Grunewald, Zurita, Rubinstein (consul USA), Czarninski |
 ROSH HASHANA |  Goldschmidt, Czarninski, Grunewald, Koppel, Oma Lucy, Nelly, Vivi, Robby, Monica |  Matrimonio Rama y Moshe Rubin; y Peggy, Vivi, Nury, Monica |
 Robby Fischler (baby), Dina Grunauer; in rear_ Johnny y Alfred Czarninski -- Playas (undated) |  INDEPENDENCIA DE ISRAEL 1969 -- PAPI, ALFREDO Y ROBBY |  INGE AND ARTURO FISCHLER'S WEDDING [Subsequently, John Rosenthal wrote on Jan.jpg |
 Fischlers, Kriel (Israel), Felman, Czarninski |  From left_ Alfred Czarninski, John Koppel, and Arturo Fischler |
FISCHLER, ROBERT (ROBBY)
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FIRST ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR, TUVIA ARAZI, PRESENTING HIS CREDENTIALS (MAY 1957)
 Club festivity |  Club Israelita, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ca.jpg 1960 -- Piscina del Club.jpg |  20th anniversary celebration of the Frauenverein -- Centro Israelita -- August 27, 1960, Guayaquil |
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 Club en el Malecon -- Guayaquil |  El Club -- Guayaquil |  El Club (Centro Israelita) -- Children and parents |
 FISCHLERS, CZARNINSKIS, ETC |  FISCHLER, GRUNEWALD, KETTY |  REUNION EN CASA JUNIN DE COMUNIDAD JUDIA -- 1959, Guayaquil |
 Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) and Heinz Grunewald perform in a skit at Centro Israelita -- undated, Gu |  BEATE, OMA LOLA, HIRSCH, MAMI, JANOWITZER, YARO, OMA ALICIA Y LUCY, FELMAS, KLEIN, WALO, ETC.jpg |  INGE FISCHLER, CZARNINSKIS, EMBAJADOR ISRAEL |
 HANUKAH -- ROBBY FISCHLER Y VIVI CZARNINSKI |  From left front, clockwise around table_ Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel), Edith Koppel (nee Wellisch), |  PAPIS, HOLTZ, CZARNINSKI, MAX STERN |
 FISCHLERS, LOS HOLTZ, MANEA SIFNAGHEL, ALFREDO CZARNINSKI |  Performance at Centro Israelita -- December 1961, Guayaquil |  GRUNEWALD, YARO, PAPIS, ETC |
 Going-away party for Heinz & Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) -- Centro Israelita -- November 28, 1961, G |  Club Israelita, Guayaquil, Ecuador, ca.jpg 1965 -- Niko Sifnaghel lleva la bola.jpg |  Matrimonio Rama y Moshe Rubin; y Peggy, Vivi, Nury, Monica |
 Club Israelita de Guayaquil, ca. 1964.jpg |  Marriage of schaliach Moshe Rubin to his wife, Rama _ the Centro Israelita Club -- July 12, 1959, Gu |
"EL CLUB" -- GUAYAQUIL, ECUADOR (ALSO KNOWN AS THE CENTRO ISRAELITA)
 Balcazar photo 1.jpg |  baltazar 1.jpg |
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BALCAZAR, JOSEPH PATRICK
 Visitor Olga Fisch on the _bridge_ to _La Libertad.jpg |  Hut at the end of the road from Banos, awaiting mule transport to Puyo.jpg |  Werner and Marianne on the way to sell the first products in Puyo.jpg |
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 The Aron family (1941)_ Margot, Werner, Renate, Gert, and Marianne.jpg |  Margot at the kitchen table.jpg |  Milking the first cows under the old house.jpg |
 Werner under the first bananas ripening on the new land.jpg |  Visitors on footpath to Puyo.jpg |  The first house the Aron family lived in, halfway between Puyo and the new homestead _La Libertad.jp |
 Renate on recently-paved Puyo street.jpg |  The first high-quality cow, _Diana,_ which gave rise to a modest prosperity.jpg |  Werner and Margot Aron carrying bananas in home-made clothes |
 Marianne and aunt Annemie Zwirner (1941).jpg |  Gert guiding a canoe through Puyo River rapids.jpg |
ARON (WERNER & GERT) -- PUYO, ECUADOR
 Playas -- Wonderful sea and beach (with my mother).jpg |  Israeli flag waving on the front of the Club Centro Israelita, Guayaquil, 9 de Octubre 106 (undated) |  Playas -- It was really cold! |
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 Playas -- Michael, mother and me.jpg |  Gaby color 8.jpg |  Playas -- On the Humboldt Hotel's terrace.jpg Looking toward the camera, Bruno Mortiz.jpg |
 Our first apartment in Guayaquil. When I was born, we lived on Avenida Olmedo y Pedro Carbo.jpg |  Playas -- One bucket wasn't enough! |  Gaby color 14.jpg |
 In 1952, Bruno Moritz published this book in Ecuador with great success_ Arturo Eichler's book, _Ni |  Gabi Color 11.jpg |  Gaby color 3.jpg |
 Gaby color 21.jpg |  Gaby color 20.jpg |  Gaby color 12.jpg |
 Avenida 10 de Agosto -- Guayaquil -- submitted by Gabriel Alexander (Jerusalem) |  Gaby color 6.jpg |  Attached are a few photos from _Mrs.jpg Lenky's Kindergarten.jpg_ If I'm not too much mistaken, th |
 Playas -- Before 1950. From my grandmother's collection.jpg |  Parque Centernario -- Guayaquil -- submitted by Gabriel Alexander (Jerusalem) |  Playas -- Father, me, and Michael ca.jpg 1960 (one of our last visits to Playas).jpg |
 Playas -- My brother, Michael, and me on the Humboldt Hotel's terrace.jpg |  Playas -- Humboldt Hotel_ Mother and me, about 1 year old (1952).jpg |  Playas -- Robby Fischler and me.jpg |
 Gabi Color 7.jpg |  Playas -- Father and me.jpg |  Gaby color 17.jpg |
 Gaby color 13.jpg |  Playas -- Humboldt Hotel.jpg |  Gabi Color 4.jpg |
 Playas -- Me, always with a big hat.jpg |  I attach a recent photo we took with the family last Friday, July 9, 2010, in Israel.jpg |  Gaby color 9.jpg |
 Gabriel Alexander being washed in the bathtub by my mother, Miriam, while Fred Grunewald is watching |  Gaby color 1.jpg |  Photo taken at Bar Mitzvah of ___ Kaufmann_ Back rom (L - R)_ Ilse Grunewald, Heinz Grunewald, ___, |
 Gabi Color 12.jpg |  Playas -- Father, me, Miriam Grunauer and Ernesto Grunauer(_).jpg |  Gaby color 16.jpg |
 Attached photo of our original cacho cup and dice.jpg |  Gabi Alexander's first bithday party, July 1952, Guayaquil -- I'm sitting on the chair, in the middl |  Gaby color 2.jpg |
 Gaby color 4.jpg |  Playas -- On my way to find what didn't exist in Playas -- dry white sand.jpg |  Gaby color 10.jpg |
 Note from Ralph Grunewald_ This is the Maternidad Enrique C.jpg |  My first car (it didn't work well) |  Playas -- My first girlfriend.jpg If I remember well from mother's stories, she was the daughter of |
 Gabi Color 14.jpg |  On my throne in Playas.jpg |  From left_ NIko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers, and Gabi Alexandrer -- My 4th birthday party -- July 1955 |
 Gaby color 15.jpg |  Gaby color 19.jpg |  Gabi Color 5.jpg |
 Gaby color 5.jpg |  Gaby color 11.jpg |  Playas -- Mother, me and the Israeli flag at the Hotel Humboldt.jpg.jpg |
 The three musketeers sitting on my bed_ Niko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers & Freddy Grunewald. My second |  Photo taken at Bar Mitzvah of Danny Kaufmann_ Back row (L - R)_ Ilse Grunewald (nee Koppel) , Heinz |  Gabriel Alexander being washed in the bathtub by my mother, Miriam, while Fred Grunewald is watching |
 Gabi Color 3.jpg |  Gabi Color 8.jpg |  Gabi Color 2.jpg |
 Gabi Color 1.jpg |  Gabi Color 10.jpg |  Gabi Color 9.jpg |
 Gabi Color 6.jpg |
ALEXANDER, GABRIEL (GABY) & FAMILY
 K 41.jpg |  57 |  From left_ Dita Gumpel (nee Ginsberg) with daughter, Lynn Gumpel, on her lap; Ralph Janowitzer, Niko |
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 Peggy Grunewald and Peter Albers |  Peter Albers & family.jpg |  From left_ NIko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers, and Gabi Alexandrer -- My 4th birthday party -- July 1955 |
 From left (sitting on bench in back) Gerda Sifnaghel (nee Gumpel); Katja Sifnaghel; Peter Albers (in |  The three musketeers sitting on my bed_ Niko Sifnaghel, Peter Albers & Freddy Grunewald. My second |
ALBERS FAMILY
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