Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Five siblings who stayed true to German ideals until the bitter end

Helga's second cousin suffered unimaginable traumas in and around Krakow from 1939 to 1945. She survived and gave testimony later in life

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?

The Clerc jewelry assets were seized and resold to an Aryan buyer. The Nazis kept perfect records of the transactions.

Out of the files of the U.S. Patent Office and into the peculiar subculture of corkscrew collectors

A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and a new pastime in genealogy