Brettschneider

Brettschneider is a German surname.
Brett means "dimensional lumber" and Schneider means "tailor".
In another derivation, a "Brettschneider" (lit. 'board cutter') is a sawmiller who is cutting wood into boards, for example in a sawmill.

The surname is commonly found among Jewish families, with many Jewish Brettschneiders originating from Galicia, Romania, and surrounding regions of present-day Ukraine.

Notable people with the surname include:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Brettschneider". namenforschung.net (in German).
  2. ↑ "Surnames in Dictionary of German-Jewish Surnames". Avotaynu, Inc.
  3. ↑ "Shoah Names Database". Yad Vashem: The World Holocaust Remembrance Center.
  4. ↑ "Struma: A Romanian Tragedy". Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture.
  5. ↑ "The Brettschneiders: Collaborative Research on a Galician Family". Gesher Galicia.
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