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Brettschneider

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Brettschneider is a German surname. Brett means dimensional lumber and Schneider is taylor.

The surname is also found among Jewish families, with many Jewish Brettschneiders originating from Galicia (Eastern Europe), Romania, and surrounding regions of present-day Ukraine.[1][2][3][4]

Notable people with the surname include:

See also

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