N.B. This is Part 2 of a 5-part series on H. Ely Goldsmith. Part 1 can be viewed here. Links to the other parts are at the bottom of this post. Introduction Ely Goldsmith seemingly had it made, carving out a new life for himself in the USA. He was a naturalized citizen. He was […]
How does a Certified Public Accountant end up in jail, not once, but twice, for smuggling aliens into the USA? How does a tax accountant end up dabbling in passports and visas? When I first came across H. Ely Goldsmith’s name in the Swiss Archives files, I had no idea he would lead me down
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While searching for nuns and spies the other week, Google presented a few results that piqued my curiosity. All of the hits revolved around a lady named Margaret Spencer from Eastbourne. She had passed away in June 2014 and, after her death, her family revealed that Margaret had been a wartime spy. Now, this is
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I’ve been absent from this blog for almost a year but I am now back in the blogging saddle! I hope. It is amazing how times flies! Life can get hectic and sometimes choices have to be made. I am slowly learning that I cannot do “everything”. For the past year, other life projects took
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I interrupt this series on Yvonne Sommerfeld for just a moment… Digging through the Swiss Archives online…. I have been a bit like a child in a candy shop. Stunned and gobsmacked… staring around me with wide-eyed wonder and glee. I’ll have this one… and this one… oh, and this one too! Oh heck… I’ll
This is Part 1 of a five-part series on the Sommerfeld family, beginning with Yvonne Sommerfeld and her entanglements with Josef Jakobs and Werner Goldstein.Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Part 5 is hereN.B. An Addendum can be found here, touching on Yvonne’s French military connections. Josef Jakobs was
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This blog is Part 4 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 1 is here, Part 2 is here, Part 3 is here. Werner Adolf Goldstein, chemist and gold counterfeiter was a mysterious man. While I have uncovered the barest outline of his life, there are still many frustrating unknowns. The core mystery
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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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This blog is Part 2 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 1 is here, Part 3 is here & Part 4 is here. 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 would
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This blog is Part 1 of a 4-Part Series on German Jew Werner GoldsteinPart 2 is here, Part 3 is here & Part 4 is here. A follow-up post can be found here. I burst into tears the other day. Now, this is not an unusual occurrence when I am researching the lives and deaths
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