chronology

Tools and methods for temporal analysis 

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Arson! The Paechter family store is targeted
  • Sep 20, 2020

In 1898, Paechter’s Kaufhaus in Tiegenhof came under repeated anti-Semitic arson attacks.  

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Escape from Berlin—last good chance to get out
  • Aug 13, 2017

Our reconstructed timeline: How Elly and Helga Ringel were smuggled with SS escort out of Germany and across the Belgian border in October 1938…

from Ruby Family History Project

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Paechter roots in West Prussia
  • Aug 27, 2020

Our Paechter family prospered in the Vistula delta town of Tiegenhof. But their roots probably go back further in west Pomerania.

from Ruby Family History Project

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Abe Ratner in the seltzer business
  • Aug 13, 2017

The Ratner family became established in the Fifth Ward of Albany, N.Y. Abe bottled soda water and Rose nurtured a brood of children.

from Ruby Family History Project

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