The sweep of family history across the generations
Our reconstructed timeline: How Elly and Helga Ringel were smuggled with SS escort out of Germany and across the Belgian border in October 1938
In July 1940, consular officials from three nations conspired to open an escape route for Jews out of occupied France. Why did they do it?
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.