refugee experience
The hardships of lives uprooted by historical circumstances
Story Portfolio
Edith and Gina — the Ringel cousins in London
Betty Ringel's two daughters were able to leave Germany before 1938. They were in the twenties and they settled in London.
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If walls could talk—75 years in a Parisian villa
Insider dealings in the French jewelry trade. Swank cocktail parties for the Nazi elite. A rough-cut Jewish jeweler and his ebullient new wife.…
from Ruby Family History Project
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Lisbon to New York—with a detour to Havana
The Ringel family crossed from Lisbon on the SS Guine—but their entry to the U.S. was anything but routine
from Ruby Family History Project
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Motives for mercy—the consuls of Toulouse
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?
from Ruby Family History Project
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Rosa’s fateful choice
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
from Another Time, Another Place
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