Stories about Germany

Germany

A repository for information about the life of my late great grandfather Hyman Victor, a Jewish immigrant who came to America in 1913.

1883 – 1960

Tracks the Suttleman/Zitelman family from the area around Rivne, Ukraine to Baltimore, Maryland and Curitiba, Brazil

4/18/1858 – 2011

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?

May 1940 – July 1940

The story of how my great-grandmother almost didn't make it to the U.S.

12/4/1901 – 2000

The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.

1932 – 2013