Taking stock of our Paechter census

Roots: The Julius Paechter family prospered in the Vistula delta town of Tiegenhof, but their roots go back further in west Prussia

The Paechters of Märkisch Friedland—how are we related? • The Hirsch Paechter family in Kolberg • The Jewish history of Märkisch Friedland • Intermarriage with the Jacobi family from Neuteich

Diaspora: After the Shoah, Paechter descendants ended up on every continent after World War II

Emigre physiologist Ernest Simonson • social critic Henry Pachter • musicologist Anneliese Landau • social scientist Carrie Paechter • gay-rights pioneer Renee Cafiero • Zionist artist Hermann Struck