Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Lest we forget—family Holocaust testimony
  • 1941 - 1942

Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.

Our Israeli cousins
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Ze’evs progency: a new generation of vibrant, contemporary Israelis.

The Ringels in Berlin—time of prosperity
  • 1881 - 1931

From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.

The Scheunenviertal in the 1880s
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Schija Ringel came from Poland to seek his fortune in Berlin’s old Jewish district.

Ze'ev and Penina Sharon of Kibbutz Afeq
  • 1935 - 2009

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.