The sweep of family history across the generations
German refugees in the UK, even Jews like Gerhart Feidt, were deemed potential enemy aliens
In December 1937, the Feidt and Lewi family members share a last holiday together
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
Ze’evs progency: a new generation of vibrant, contemporary Israelis.
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
Seymour, also called Samuel, was partly estranged from the family. He worked as a truant officer in the New York City schools. His daughter Harriet Berkowitz discovered our blog and contributed a trove of precious documents.
A pioneer to Palestine in 1936, Ze’ev married Penina and they did their part to build the state of Israel as founders of Kibbutz Afek.