# Lakarov VeLarahok (לקרוב ולרחוק), January–February 1947 — Michael Blumenthal in two sections — ids lakkarov19470109-01.2.3 and lakkarov19470206-01.2.3
Read 2026-10-27 through jpress_get_article. Page images are locked on the NLI site (copyright); only the OCR text was read. OCR as returned (noisy); the relevant lines only.

## 1. 9.1.1947 — "עולי קפריסין ... בעתלית" — lakkarov19470109-01.2.3
URL: https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/?a=d&d=lakkarov19470109-01.2.3
The introduction (summary): of the Cyprus exiles returned to the country, part were moved to the Jewish Agency's immigrants' camp at Kiryat Shmuel near Haifa; the list gives 247 of the immigrants still in Atlit, due to be released in February; "למערכת אין פרטים נוספים על העולים הללו" ("the editors have no further details on these immigrants"); two names to a printed row.
Entry (OCR): `בארקוביצ׳י יצחק; בלומנטאל מיכאל ד בראון ישעיהו;`
Reading: "בלומנטאל מיכאל" — Michael Blumenthal, among the Cyprus returnees in Atlit. Names only: no age, parents or origin.

## 2. 6.2.1947 — "פנה למדור לחיפוש קרובים בחיפה" — lakkarov19470206-01.2.3
URL: https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/?a=d&d=lakkarov19470206-01.2.3
The introduction (summary): those concerned are asked to apply to the Jewish Agency offices in Haifa; the number is the file number, to be quoted; "שם המבקש — בסוגריים" ("the seeker's name — in parentheses"; the OCR prints "בסונרייס").
Entry (OCR): `בלומנטאל איגנאץ־יאנו (מיכאל בלומנטאל) 4868`
Reading: "Ignác-Jenő Blumenthal" is sought by Michael Blumenthal, file 4868. The Hungarian given names Ignác (איגנאץ) and Jenő (יאנו) are joined by a hyphen: one man with two names, or two brothers.

## What it shows
- Text: מאומת (as OCR).
- A Michael Blumenthal in Atlit in January 1947, and a Michael Blumenthal seeking an "Ignác-Jenő Blumenthal" four weeks later.
- The Nógrád county archive book lists among the twelve children of Benő and Ida Blumenthal an Ignác (1919), a Jenő (1922) and a Miklós (1926), and identifies Miklós with the Michael of the Page of Testimony of 1995 (report, 4.8). That this Michael is that son, and that he was looking for his brothers: אפשר ש… (טעון אימות) — names only, and Blumenthal is a common name.
- Found in the sweep logged in [jpress_NEGATIVES_sweep_miriam-and-yaakov_1944-1952_2026-10-27.md](jpress_NEGATIVES_sweep_miriam-and-yaakov_1944-1952_2026-10-27.md), B-5.