The sweep of family history across the generations
Before he became Abe Ratner, he was Abraham Blokh from Minsk.
During the first five years of Hitler's reign of terror, Jewish families of Berlin faced one repression after another.
Herman Ringel and Walter Ruby wore opposing uniforms in the Great War
The Ringel sisters, Betty Twiasschor and Rosa Schattner, lived with their children in adjacent apartments on Lothringerstraße.