The sweep of family history across the generations
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end
Helga expressed a commitment to liberal values in her lifelong work for the League of Women Voters.
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Two young Berliners make a modern marriage—with lasting consequences
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
Most of what we discovered about Rabbi Spektor's genealogy was entirely true. All but the myth of our family's connection to it
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.
Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that suggested a more tenuous connection.