Acknowledgements

This site is very much a work in progress. Mostly it brings together the research of others who provided the factual basis for what has gone in here. Since this site has been placed on the web, I have had generous assistance from a range of close or distant relatives who either have brought to my attention sometimes glaring errors, which I have fixed, or provided me with new carefully researched material which I have incorporated, or am in the process of incorporating. So, whilst noting that all faults, errors and omissions remain my responsibility alone, I would like to acknowledge the much appreciated assistance and contributions of:

• Leslie McNaughton, for introducing me to the mysteries of the reunion software package and her formidable genealogical sleuthing skills, as well as agreeing for me to include those details on the Rowley and McNaughton families which she has researched and I have included.
• Barbara Falk, for access to her photograph collection, and whose works "No other Home" provided initial information insight on the Cohen side of the family.
• Penguin Books for graciously granting permission to reproduce No other Home by Barbara Falk on this website.
• The late Werner Ferdinand (David) Falk (1906-1991), who several years before he died, agreed to sit down and record his memories about the Cassirer and Falk family, much of which is reproduced in the notes, and which formed the initial basis for the construction of a Cassirer and Falk family tree.
• Jeanette Falk for giving permission to put her chapter on "WD Falk, Philosopher" up on this site.
• Adam Falk, who has several times provided me with information and images, especially about the US side of the Falk family.
• Anne and David Lloyd-Thomas for providing me with access to their photograph collection for digital scanning, and who provided me with lots of other information I did not know about Falk, Cassirer, Cohen and Lloyd-Thomas members of the family.
• Rodney Benjamin for providing me with Philip Cohen's work, patiently correcting a number of errors in the contemporary Benjamin entries, and providing me with additional information in relation to them.
• Roger Benjamin for providing me with information about immediate members of his family and putting me in contact with others.
• Nicky Black for drawing my attention to errors and providing me with new information on the Benjamin side of the family
• Philip Cohen, for very generously making available the results of his research on Henry Cohen for inclusion in the data base, and also for translation to HTML and publication as a supporting document on this site.
• The late Henry Robert Cohen (1915-2002) whose research, also published as a supporting document on this site, has informed much of the subsequent research on the Cohen families, and is the basis of much that is found on this site in relation to these families.
• Kate Boyce for making available to me the 250 record database she had compiled based around Barbara Falk's book "No other Home", but then checked against Birth, Marriage and Death records, to produce a string of further improvements on what we know which have been incorported in this site.
• The late Else Schlesinger (1908-2003) who provided some important extra information on the Cassirer family.
• Peter Cassirer for responding so warmly to my e-mail out of the blue and putting me so effectively in contact with others who have worked on the Cassirer family history. Peter has also generously sent to me his copies of Toni Cassirer, Meine Leben mit Ernst Cassirer and Harry Nutt, Bruno Cassirer as well as much amusing and interesting correspondence.You can see more about Peter by clicking on Peter Cassirer's home page.
• Ernest Cassirer, my first cousin (once removed) who has sent me photographs of my great grandfather Isidor Cassirer, as well as the wonderful photograph of his father Rudolph Cassirer's wedding to Eli, and other documents you will find in this site related to Isidor and Lydia Cassirer's life.
• Michael Geballe for providing me with his wonderful work on the Cassirer family tree.
• Dinah Harvey for providing much information:  In particular the information and accompanying notes for the Cohen and Levy families of Maitland and Sydney and the Hart family of Melbourne was largely produced by her based on her research and that done by Pamela Brunel Cohen and NS (Stuart) Cohen.
• Niels Waller for providing me also with his work on the Cassirer family tree, and all the accompanying photographs, as well as a copy of the Anekdotenbüchlein über die Familie Cassirer.You can find his work by clicking on Niels Waller's family tree web site
• Peter Paret, who has generously responded to my correspondence, corrected some typographical and factual errors, added his expert insights, and generously sent me a copy of some of his writing and the Cassirer 1925 Stiftung.
• Olle and Lars William Kellerman, who have so generously provided me with scanned photos of their family, the transcript of a radio interview with Reinhold Cassirer, the copy of the Familie Cassirer booklet, the marriage certificate of Käthe Cassirer and Dr. Paul Herrmann, the original of the 1918 "Deutsche Kriegszeitung", and other details and corrections.
• Claude and Beverly Cassirer and their son David Cassirer who have generously written to me to provide photos, family background, matched ancestors names to their photographs, and welcomed me in many other ways.
• Adalbert Saurma, who has provided me with additional details of the Cassirers as well as some quite extensive corrections and insight on interpretations.
• Ben and Andrew Bano who wrote for the site a moving account of their mother Susanne Bano (ne Cassirer) and grandmother Lilly Lasker.
• Wolf-Erich Eckstein who has provided me with details of his research on the Waller family genealogy.
• Regina Pfennig who has kindly written to me providing a compilation of information about the farm which belonged to Bruno Cassirer in 1931, confiscated by the Nazis, and other other information about Bruno Cassirer and other possible Cassirer relatives as well as photograph, books and other precious documents.
• Daniel Pirani who has provided me with photographs and more details about his immediate relatives;
• Felix Pirani who has provided me with corrections and copies of some books he has written;
• Narelle Pirani for sending me details of the Pirani descendants;
• John and Robbie Falk for providing me with photographs of Fritz Cassirer, and details and photographs of various members of the Matheson family;
• Lucy Schoenbrun Szekely for sending me extensive information about Moritz Cassirer and his descendants;
• John Thorley who has provided a great deal of well researched information on the descendants of James Simmons and Agnes Thorley.
• Mike Stamp for writing with information about Basil Belmore Joseph and (Barbara) Priscilla Carbonell and their descendants;
• Irene Newhouse who has provided extensive information on Cassirer and related genealogy as well as progressively turning her formidable linguistic skills to the translation of the Cassirer Anecdote Booklet (Anekdotenbüchlein über die Familie Cassirer), and
• Aimee Paret, Christian Steineck, Dan Broun, Blair Cohen, Sue Woolf and others who have written to provide me with sundry additional corrections and details.

Jim Falk 1 March 2005

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