My great-great-great Grandfather, Israel Wohl (1883-1933). Born in Austria. Fled anti-Semitic persecution with his family to the United States in 1887 from Mogilev, Russia (modern day Belarus). Working on a new series based on research of my family's immigration history to the United States. 

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Based on a photo from 1910, New York, NY