The sweep of family history across the generations
How did Betty Katz meet her end in February 1942?
She made each of her six grandchildren feel special
During the first five years of Hitler's reign of terror, Jewish families of Berlin faced one repression after another.
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.
Walter Ruby hustled his way as a traveling silver salesman, with some career side trips into boxing promotion and medicinal alcohol.