The sister of Pinkas Twiasschor who perished in Kolomea with her husband and son. A daughter, Ruth, made it to the United States. She arranged for the placement of the Stolpersteine memorial to the family outside of their former Berlin residence.
Ringel-Twiasschor family member who, along with her sister, escaped from Germany to London in 1938. She married and lived a long life in England but did not have children.
Most of the saga of our family's German citizenship restoration was unfortunately not recounted in the blog. Here is the full story of Joanne's successful application for restored German citizenship, and of Dan's rejection. Download the article here.
Our founding document is the 50-page memoir "The Ruby Family Histories: The Early Lives of Stanley and Helga Ruby," written by Walter in 2006.
Walter had always been the historian, as well as the most prolific writer, in the family. In the months after our father's death, he took the initiative to interview Helga about details of her life, especially her flight from Europe in 1938-41.
Daughter of Walter Ruby and Selma Ratner. Brother of Stanley. Mother of Wendy, Marsha and Robert. Wife of Milton Felestein and later Ruby Meyer.
Marsha remembers: "When I was a kid, Grammy always took me to all kinds of wonderful places. Grammy didn’t care if it was the Jewish holidays; if you wanted pastries, she would take you to the place on 72nd Street. She would take me to my favorite shows at Radio City Music Hall. Later on, if I wanted to have a date with a boyfriend in the City, she would let me stay over at her place."
That would have been the apartment at 5 Riverside Drive that Selma inherited from Dr. Prager, where she would reside the rest of her life.