The sweep of family history across the generations
Our reconstructed timeline: How Elly and Helga Ringel were smuggled with SS escort out of Germany and across the Belgian border in October 1938
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century Danzig operated a coffee and tea import business. Hugo Lewi married into the family and was a dealer in military effects.
In July 1940, consular officials from three nations conspired to open an escape route for Jews out of occupied France. Why did they do it?
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy
In 1907, Moritz Feidt built a department store in Berlin Stieglitz. It still stands today
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative
The estranged husband of Betty Ringel was one of the 1000 war evacuees who found safe haven in the only U.S refugee camp
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.