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Rosa’s fateful choice
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
The Kaufhaus at Schloßstraße 97
In 1907, Moritz Feidt built a department store in Berlin Stieglitz. It still stands today
Love conquers all as Gerhard marries Ilse
Two young Berliners make a modern marriage—with lasting consequences
Internment on the Isle of Man
German refugees in the UK, even Jews like Gerhart Feidt, were deemed potential enemy aliens
The tragic death of Minna and Hede
Facing imminent deportation, the Lewi sisters took control of their destiny
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Last Christmas in Berlin
In December 1937, the Feidt and Lewi family members share a last holiday together
Mercantile roots in old Danzig
Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century…
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Anguish during the bombing of Berlin
Watching from afar as British ‘heavies’ are lobbed into Berlin's neighborhoods
Demise of the cultured Lewi family
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end