The oldest documented member of the Silesian Branch is one Fajwel Rotenberg, who was born around 1788 but probably not in Silesia, but most likely in Mazovia — in the town of Magnuszew, 59 Km south-east of Warsaw. The origin of the Jewish population settling in Magnuszew is not entirely clear. They most likely arrived…
In the early afternoon of Friday August 23rd, 1929, Yosef and Yehuda Rotenberg, master plasterers and whitewashers, were wrapping up another day of work on a transformer belonging to the Jerusalem Electric Company. The Sabbath was only a few hours away and they were hurrying home. Yosef and his younger brother Yehuda, still carrying his…