Friday, March 6, 2015

Jastrowie Flag


Jastrowie (German: Jastrow) is a town in Poland of over 9,000 inhabitant is where our family originated.

During the WW2 the Jastrow family name was changed to Jaster for documenting purposes. It also had to be changed because our name was Polish and part Jewish; which were two ethnicities being killed off during the genocide.

Fun Fact: Four people managed to escape ashwitz in WW2 by dressing up in guard uniforms and stealing a nazi car; one of those people was Stanislaw Gustaw Jaster. If he did not escape, my family and I would not exist today!

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  1. UnknownMarch 13, 2015 at 10:12 AM

    Here's a video on it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDcX6Nx8DQ&t=81

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