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The family secret behind granddad's desk calendar
A surprising artifact discovered after a parent's death leads to a series of discoveries and an ongoing interest in genealogy.
October 1937 – August 2006
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Motives for mercy — the consuls of Toulouse
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
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If walls could talk — 75 years in a Parisian villa
The home of a French Jewish jeweller was "Aryanized" and became a Nazi salon during the Occupation.
1932 – 2013
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The Ruby-Rustad experiment — what went wrong?
How and why did Stan Ruby's important post-graduate research go wrong, and what impact did it have on his career in physics?
19 JUL 1924 – 18 OCT 2004
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Ringel-Kaufler roots in Austrian Galicia
Schija Ringel and Feiga Kaufler came to Berlin as young people in the 1880s. They had their roots in Jewish Galicia.
1829 – 5 NOV 1885
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Stan finds love outside of a 10-block radius
Home from the war, Stan Ruby is a graduate student at Columbia. His bride, Helga Ringel, is a smart, pretty war refugee from Berlin.
1947 – 2005
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The Ringels in Berlin — time of prosperity
From 1880s to the 1930s, the Ringel family prospered in the garment trade in the German capital. Herman made men's outerwear.
1880 – 1933
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The Ringels in Berlin — the Nazi years
During the first five years of Hitler's reign of terror, Jewish families of Berlin faced one repression after another.
1933 – 1938
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Ringel vs. Ruby in World War I
Herman Ringel and Walter Ruby wore opposing uniforms in the Great War.
1914 – 1918
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Lest we forget — Ringel Holocaust testimony
Rosa Shatner, née Ringel, and her lovely daughter Margot perished in a Serbian death camp. In 1957, Rosa's son Ze'ev Sharon gave testimony.
1943 – 1943
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