The sweep of family history across the generations
Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end
When Hermann turned 21 in 1906, he presented documentation to secure legal German citizenship.
When and why did Walter Rabinowitz take on our abbreviated last name? He may have gotten the idea during intermission at a Bronx nickelodeon
During the first five years of Hitler's reign of terror, Jewish families of Berlin faced one repression after another.
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
Before moving his family to Berlin in 1912, Isaak Wohlgemuth prospered as a mover in Danzig. His family roots were in nearby West Prussia.