My grandfather, Friedrich Grünebaum, (1889-1943) died in Auschwitz. As a young man he served in the German infantry in WW1, during which he was wounded several times. I have copies of letters that he

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The USHMM website provides a link to an online searchable database of the names in this publication. The link given is http://germanjewishsoldiers.com/introduction.php but unfortunately this seems no

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Hi Ernst-Peter Thank you for such a detailed and helpful response. As I have writtten to Ines, I also had wondered if the two dates mught be the date of the entry and the date on which the event occur

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Hi Ines Thank you so much for replying. Your help is much appreciated. It had crossed my mind that the two dates could be for the reason you have suggested, and the fact that both that you and Ernst-P

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The attached image is of my grandfather’s index card in the Meldekartei. In the lower left quarter are details of his movements. Most of these relate to time spent in the Prussian Army. For example, h

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A postscript to my earlier response .... I mentioned that many thousands of those Germans and Austrians who arrived in London were 'registered' at Bloomsbury House, including a large number of young w

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A considerable amount of research into the lives of Jewish women who came to the UK to work as 'domestic servants' has been carried out by Prof Tony Kushner (The Parkes Institute for the study of Jewi

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This is a rather obscure request! I am researching and writing the life stories of my mother, Karola GRÜNEBAUM, and her parents (Sophie and Friedrich), who lived in Offenbach am Main. She was born in

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