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German Jew Werner Adolf Goldstein Sought Refuge from the Holocaust in Italy

This blog is Part 3 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 4 [will be here when it is posted]. While Werner’s father, Willy, perished under the Nazis, Werner himself managed to escape Germany and fled to Italy. He made a good choice. While many […]

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The Jewish Chemist Turned Gold Counterfeiter – Werner Adolf Goldstein

This blog is Part 2 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 1 is here, Part 3 & Part 4 will be here when posted. I never thought I would find any information on Josef’s gold counterfeiting buddy. To me, the name “Goldstein” (Goldstone) seemed too utterly made-up to be real. But, it

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German Spy Josef Jakobs’ Gold Counterfeiting Story Confirmed by Swiss Archives Documents

This blog is Part 1 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 2 is here, Part 3 & Part 4 will be here when posted. I burst into tears the other day. Now, this is not an unusual occurrence when I am researching the lives and deaths of Jewish victims of the Holocaust.

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Lavinia Stratford – A Candidate for Bella in the Wych Elm?

A few months back, I read M.J. Trow’s 2023 volume on the Bella in the Wych Elm mystery. The book was a disappointment. It suffered from a number of errors and inaccuracies. On top of that, the dearth of source citations meant that readers and researchers were left wondering what was fact and what was

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The 1942 Deportation of German Jew Gustav Goldemann from Berlin to Latvia

A few years ago, I told the story of my great aunt’s common-law husband, Gustav Goldemann. While my great aunt was not a Jew, Gustav was a Jew. For many months, he managed to avoid deportation, perhaps because he was in a common-law relationship with my great aunt, Tante Hanni Knöffler. But eventually, his luck

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Robin W.G. Stephens – A Younger and Leaner View of the Man

And…. I’m back! Sorry for the long radio silence on this blog. Life got a bit hectic and writing seems to be the first thing to go. I’ve also been waiting on a few books/documents which seem to be taking forever to arrive. I’ll just blame it on Covid and supply-chain issues! I’m still chipping

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