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Help[Surname] Re: Krivoshein and Unshlikht
in reply to a message by Anya Mel’nik or Mel’nyk
Unshlikht becomes Unschlicht in German transcription, and there is a notable namesake with this surname:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Unschlicht
(article in German).
Unschlicht can be analysed as a German adjective un-schlicht "not simple, not plain, not stupid". I don't know if there are specific Jewish connotations for the choice of this surname going beyond the simple German meaning. Unschlicht is a rare to obscure name in Germany, a phone book search gives zero hits, and GND authority control data have one the Josef Unschlicht mentioned above.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Unschlicht
(article in German).
Unschlicht can be analysed as a German adjective un-schlicht "not simple, not plain, not stupid". I don't know if there are specific Jewish connotations for the choice of this surname going beyond the simple German meaning. Unschlicht is a rare to obscure name in Germany, a phone book search gives zero hits, and GND authority control data have one the Josef Unschlicht mentioned above.
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On the Russian article of Iosif Unshlikht it says he was born into a rich Polish-Jewish family in the biography section so I assumed it was Yiddish. I could be wrong but that's what made me think it was Jewish.
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%85%D1%82,_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%85%D1%82,_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%84_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87
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I also found this guy Juljan Unszlicht who is also Polish-Jewish.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347393907_A_Polish_Weininger_The_Case_of_Julian_Unszlicht_1883-1953
https://www.bibula.com/?p=927
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347393907_A_Polish_Weininger_The_Case_of_Julian_Unszlicht_1883-1953
https://www.bibula.com/?p=927
This message was edited 12/14/2024, 11:02 AM
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Here I found Zofia Unszlicht on a genealogy records site. According to here she's a sibling of both Iosif (Józef) and Juljan so I'll assume they're all related are one of the few families with the surname.
https://www.geni.com/people/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8C%D1%8F-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F/6000000051036052037
https://www.geni.com/people/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%8C%D1%8F-%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F/6000000051036052037
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