The sweep of family history across the generations
Historical blogging makes strange bedfellows. A French jewelry critic and I were both interested in the history of the Clerc jewelry business during the Nazi era
Stan strung transmission wires in the South Pacific during World War II.
Three brothers of the Kleemann family from the Weinberg district of 19th century Danzig operated a coffee and tea import business. Hugo Lewi married into the family and was a dealer in military effects.
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?