Motek (Max) and Hersh Rotbart (Max's father)were hatmakers in Klodawa. Dean Rotbart, who began www.klodawa.org is the son of Max Rotbart. Yurig Francuz remembers them both, and the shop where they did their hatmaking. Hersch was married to Dvorah Gnendel Rzeszewski.

According to Michael Pizer, the Rotbarts and Bornsteins lived and worked side by side on Rynek Square.

Per entry from klodawa.org from Tal Rotbart: Hersz Rotbart was the name of my great grandfather. His son, Szlama, my grandfather was a hat-maker as well. His French immigration card lists his as from Katowice, Poland. But it seems to have been the regional capital rather than his real town of birth. Szlama fought as part of the French army against the Germans (the part that didn't immediately surrender...) therefore spent World War II as a prisoner of war. His fellow prisoners hid the fact of his Judaism from the German authorities, thus he survived the war making hats in the prison camp. After the war Szlama immigrated to Melbourne, Australia where he opened a hat factory. Just wondering, was your Hersz' wife called Fradla by any chance? Regards, Tal Rotbart.

PHOTOS SENT BY FRED ROTBART-FATHER OF TAL, SON OF SZLAMA, GRANDSON OF HERZ. [ NOTE: NOT ALL PHOTOS HAVE BEEN POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED.]

Herz Rotbart [Unconfirmed]	Szlama Rotbart(left) and Possbly Max Rotbart (Right)	Herz Rotbart [Unconfirmed]

SZLAMA ROTBART	Szlama ID Card in France.	Fred Rotbart (son of Szlama)