The Gonif — wayward son in the Crimean war
They say the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree, but this crab apple landed in a whole different district.
Berlin-Weißensee
District of Berlin. Former residence of Wohlgemuth and Ringel families. Site of Berlin's major Jewish cemetery, Weißensee Friedhof, in operation since 1880.
Plan to datamine our founding document
Way back in 2006, about the time this blog was also getting started, Walter authored a wonderful first written draft of the Ruby family history.
It was titled The Ruby Family Histories — The Early Lives of Stanley and Helga Ruby. Fourteen years later, despite some errors and information not yet known, it is very much well worth reading. It is available in the sidebar to download as a PDF.
Most of the contents of the document never made it into the blog, leaving holes in the blog narrative that could be filled in with Walter's writings.
Jean-Jacques Richard
French jewelry blogger who opened doors to discovery of the Clerc-Liebman history
Amalie Katz
Cousin of Betty Wohlgemuth who made her funeral arrangements in February 1942. Three months later, he was deported to Theresienstadt and
Ze'ev Sharon
Born Woif Schattner, Ze'ev went to Palestine as a young man, and therefore escaped the fate of his family members. With his wife Penina, he was a founder of Kibbutz Afek. Their descendants across Israel are the legacy of Ringel family in the land of milk and honey.
Betty Ringel
Sister of Hermann Ringel who married Pinkas Twiasschor and raised two daughters on her own after Pinkas abandoned the family. Betty was deported from Berlin in 1942, and she perished at the Sobibor death camp.