My grandfather's name was Abraham Reich. He married a woman named Sarah, and they had two children - my mother and her sister, both in their early 70's now.

My grandfather was the only member of his family to have knowingly survived WWII - prior to the war he had 7 brothers and sisters, parents, and a close family. He had been given an opportunity to move to, what was then called Palestine. He was an accomplished electrician, and began his business in the Tel-Aviv area. Despite his many attempts to find some family members, he was not successful. He found some cousins in South America, made the journey, only to be turned away at the airport due to some supposed problem with his visa. He passed away without aver finding any family, though he did not give up on the possibility of their survival.

He lived in Germany, moved to Palestine/Israel, Johannesburg, South Africa, and then he went back to Israel. He became a renowned Cantor, making several records, and leading congregations in some very famous synagogues.

If anyone is able to help me with any information, I would be grateful. It would be a tremendous gift to our family to find family related to him.

He was a great man - full of compassion, intelligence, love and respect. He passed away many years ago, (30 years), long before his time.

I look forward to any assistance I may glean from any of you - as I am new to this. All replies will be welcome with appreciation and respect.

Thank you for reading this.

Hi, I was talking to my father, I am curios about my family history. My last name is Reek, I was told that when my great grand father immigrated to to the U.S. the last name got changed from possibly Reich to Reek. I am very curios, and want to see where this ends up. My Great granpa's naqme is Gus, (might be Reek or Reich). When he came over from either Germany or Prussia, he had a nervous breakdown, and any information was kept inside. Email me at daveydir@gmail.com, I would like to figure this out.

I read your beautiful note about your grandfather on Ancestry.com, and had to respond. I hope that by now you have had some success in locating family. My "Reich" family was born in Austria, not Germany (tho it was part of the German Empire back then). My great-grandfather, Louis Reich, came to the US around 1888. I know very little about his family, except that his father's name was Benjamin Reich; I do not even know if he or his father had siblings.

I do know that Louis had 7 children, one of whom, Gus, became an electrician in Queens, NY. Louis himself was a bookkeeper. They were a very bright family.

Please feel free to contact me if you think I can be of any further help. Best of luck with your search!