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Demise of the cultured Lewi family
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end
from Another Time, Another Place
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Love conquers all as Gerhard marries Ilse
Two young Berliners make a modern marriage—with lasting consequences
from Another Time, Another Place
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Your first family story
Family stories may be sweeping or specific. They capture some essential aspect of the family's generational journey.
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Stan finds love outside of a 20-block radius
Home from the war, Stan Ruby was a graduate student in physics at Columbia University. Helga Ringel was a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin…
from Ruby Family History Project
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Yichus and our relation to the famous rabbi
Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that…
from Ruby Family History Project
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