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Barbed wire fence and brick barracks inside Auschwitz concentration camp on a foggy day, symbolizing Holocaust imprisonment and loss.

Yvonne Sommerfeld’s Family: Survival and Loss Under the Third Reich

This is Part 2 of a five-part series on the Sommerfeld family, tracing the fates of the wider family—so many of whom were caught up in the Holocaust.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. […]

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Film Review – Conspiracy (2001)

One of my contacts brought this film to my attention a few years ago, and I tracked it down on Crave. It is a complete coincidence that this movie also has Colin Firth in a supporting role (see my earlier post about the Operation Mincemeat film). Add in Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci… and I

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The Unusual Case of H. Ely Goldsmith – Part 5: Virtually Invisible Female Relations

N.B. This is Part 5 of a 5-part series on Ely Goldsmith. Links to earlier articles are at the bottom of this post. Introduction We’ve learned a lot about Ely Goldsmith over the last four blog posts. He left a very large footprint in the court records and press. But what of his family? His

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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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Book Review – Out of Nazi Germany and Trying to Find my Way – Irene Matthews

The Book Out of Nazi Germany and Trying to Find my Way. Irene Matthews. Upfront Publishing. 2002. Background A relation of the Hagen clan, living in Norway, put me onto this book. Irene Matthews is the daughter of Ernst David & Clara Hagen, individuals who appeared as clients of Jürgen Ziebell in the black market

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The Jewish In-laws of Josef Jakobs – Gustav Goldemann

During his court-martial, Josef told the court that he had direct Jewish ancestors. This was quite a revelation, as he had earlier told military interrogators that he was not Jewish. His court martial testimony, that his own grandfather was Jewish, seems like a desperate bid to gain the sympathy of the court. My own genealogical

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The Jewish In-Laws of Josef Jakobs – Abraham Wolfgang Elkan

During his court-martial, Josef told the court that he had direct Jewish ancestors. This was quite a revelation, as he had earlier told military interrogators that he was not Jewish. His court martial testimony, that his own grandfather was Jewish, seems like a desperate bid to gain the sympathy of the court. My own genealogical

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