The sweep of family history across the generations
Farmers and seafarers from the south Norway coast
Remembering our Ringel and Wohlgemuth/Paechter family members who perished in the Shoah.
The Ringel family crossed from Lisbon on the SS Guine—but their entry to the U.S. was anything but routine
Abe Blokh became Abe Ratner to avoid conscription and get out of Russia. With his young wife and her mother, they voyaged from Bremen to Leeds to New York
Walter Ruby's boss in the liquor business became an influential figure in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
The Clerc jewelry assets were seized and resold to an Aryan buyer. The Nazis kept perfect records of the transactions.
A newspaper clipping placed Walter Ruby on the scene of an automobile wreck in Hudson County, N.J. Not every lead pans out.