Published
The front cover of the magazine 'Jewish Affairs', Spring 1999 edition entitled "Jews and the Anglo Boer War". The photograph is of the brothers Joseph Bergman and Jacob Bergman with their nephew, Abraham Perl. They served in the Middelton Town Guard, during the Anglo Boer War 1899-1902. Jacob Bergman (1876-1938) and Joseph Bergman (1876-1908) were the sons of Faive Shraga Gochin and Tsiporah Gochin (nee Goldfus) of Papilė, Šiauliai, Lithuania. Abraham Perl was the son of Sholem Perl and Sarah Frida Perl (nee Bergman/ Gochin), sister of the Bergman brothers, who originally came from Papilė, Šiauliai, Lithuania and lived in Port Elizabeth. The Perl's daughter Lena, married her maternal uncle Joseph Bergman.
Schauder/Abratt Family