The Perl Family

Origin of the name, history and genealogy of the Perl lineage — a Jewish family name and the traces it left behind.

Patronyme porté par une figure juive documentée du corpus (États-Unis) : Gisella Perl.

Geographic origin: États-Unis

A book yet to be written

The Great Book of the Perl lineage has not yet been written.

Claude Opus 4.8 will compose an original work from archival items in the corpus that mention this lineage, in-depth web research, and family contributions already submitted. The work will comprise approximately 30 to 40 pages — introduction, 5 to 7 chapters, conclusion — and will be automatically enriched with each new contribution.

Collection

Location of archival items, responsa and articles in the corpus that cite the lineage or its variants.

Web research

Claude explores external sources (encyclopaedias, academic databases, digital archives).

Writing

Outline, chapters, bibliography — every page is sourced. Live streaming.

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In the meantime

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Lineage Map

Place of Origin Diaspora Memory (transmitted)Regions reconstructed from documented origins and diaspora.

This book tells the story of the Perl. Your own family may also have its Great Book — search your name to discover it, or to bring it to life.

To explore more deeply the memory, family archives, and testimonies of the lineage Perl, remember and share its dedicated address:

zakhor.ai/perl

The address zakhor.ai/perl leads directly to this page. The archives, genealogy, and accounts that the community deposits there will complement the historical portrait presented here.

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<a href="https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/perl">Perl — Zakhor</a>

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Perl — Zakhor, https://zakhor.ai/en/grands-livres/familles/perl

Variants of the name (2)

One name, a hundred faces.

The same surname, transcribed differently across languages, eras, and diasporas.

PERELPERE

Does your family write this name differently?

Notable figures

1.
Gisella Perl
gynécologue américaine

In memory

The Central Database of Shoah Victims' Names at Yad Vashem records the women, men, and children murdered during the Shoah. You can search there for the people who bore the name Perl.

Search “Perl” on Yad Vashem

The search is performed directly in the Yad Vashem archives; Zakhor neither copies nor retains any personal data. The presence or absence of a name in the database is not exhaustive. Learn more

Works & texts (1)

Documents published on Zakhor linked to this lineage through their keywords.

litteraire

I Was a Doctor in Auschwitz

Gisella Perl

Mémoires de la gynécologue Gisella Perl sur son expérience de médecin déportée à Auschwitz.

Notable figures of the lineage

Perl, Joseph

Gisella Perl

גיזלה פרל

1907–1988

Diaspora regions

États-Unis

The days of this book

This book bears no memory day yet. The sources that document Perl give years and centuries, never a day; we do not invent one.

You know a date — a remembrance, a hilloula, the anniversary of a departure? Give it its day

Recorded burials

Perl Alon

Cimetière juif de Koenigshoffen de Strasbourg · Strasbourg

Perl Anna

Nouveau cimetière juif de Gliwice · Gliwice

Perl Aron

Nouveau cimetière juif de Gliwice · Gliwice

Perl Avraham Chaim