Family Story Finder
The sweep of family history across the generations
Internment on the Isle of Man
German refugees in the UK, even Jews like Gerhart Feidt, were deemed potential enemy aliens
Janis Brenner—a Ratner in motion
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
Last Christmas in Berlin
In December 1937, the Feidt and Lewi family members share a last holiday together
Long Beach—taking in the Klein family
During the Depression, families helped each other out. The Kleins moved in with the Rubys in Long Beach.
Rosa’s fateful choice
Rosa Feidt was the only Lewi sibling who got out, to her everlasting remorse
Sandy Klein
A precocious Ratner girl takes on life in midcentury America.
The Klein family in the 1940s
Leon Klein continued to work for American Spirits as its upstate New York sales representative