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- About Me:
- I´m architect and teacher, dedicated to the study of postwar synagogues all over the world, its expression and architecture. I have also designed and constructed the Holocaust Memorial in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (Please, check the website).
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- Academic, Architect
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brian@breakdancechicago.com
I originally wrote this email to a Ricardo Ekerman in Brazil that I found on Google, but I also found you in a Google search, if you think we may be related, or can help me track down some cousins, that would be great. Thanks for any help.
My name is Brian Ekerman. I am from Chicago, Illinois, USA. I was always told by my family that we have cousins in Brazil, and I was just trying to track some down. I did a google search and you're one of only a couple of Ekerman's in Brazil who came up. This is not a scam or something, and I am not going to ask you for anything, just simply to track down cousins to know for certain who they are. I am a famous dancer here in Chicago, somewhat of a local celebrity, so feel free to google my name or my company, and you'll see that I am telling you the truth.
I know it's a long shot, but I figure it's worth a try to ask you. I appreciate you even reading this. I'll briefly explain my family's history, and if it sounds like we might be related, that would be good to know. My grandmother on my mothers side (no relation to Ekermans) just died recently, and she was my last grandparent, so I have no more grandparents, and it just really got me thinking how I really want to get as much family history as I can.
My father is Irving Ekerman, and is of Jewish decent. He has one sister, Tobi Ekerman. Their parents were Goldie Ekerman and Ira Ekerman. Their parents were victims of Nazi Germany, and were in concentration camps, and lost all of their immediate family members to the Holocaust. My Aunt Tobi, was born in a concentration camp in 1944, and my father was born in a Siberian labor camp after the war in 1948. Thier parents were not able to find a sposnor to get into any country right away. They finally came to America in 1952, and settled in Chicago. We still don't even know who it was that sponsored them.
They worked at a lunch counter and eventually opened their own Deli at a department store.
That is pretty much all I know.
As I said, my brother and I were always told that some of my grandparents surviving family went to Brazil, where or who, we don't know.
If this sounds like we might be related, it would be good to know. Since my grandparents only made it out with their two children, I really don't have family on that side besides a couple cousins (my Aunt Tobi's Children.) So it would be nice to know that I have some other Ekerman family somewhere. It is rare that it is spelled without the C, as I'm sure you know, so I think their may be a good chance that you may be decended from those cousins who emigrated to Brazil.
Please let me know what you think, I can provide more detailed info if you have any questions. I can ask my father and he can help.
Sincerest Regards,
Brian 'B.Rock' Ekerman
Executive Director
Breakdance Chicago Inc.
brian@breakdancechicago.com
773.512.7384
www.breakdancechicago.com
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