The sweep of family history across the generations
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.
Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century Danzig operated a coffee and tea import business. Hugo Lewi married into the family and was a dealer in military effects.
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.