Stories
Maurice Tabaksman fought for many years for the return of properties
Maurice Tabaksman fought for many years for the return of properties – two apartment blocks and a parcel of land – owned by his family in Warsaw before the Second World War.
How my property became the Embassy of France in Croatia
The government of former Yugoslavia gave our property as a gift to the USA which later sold it to France to be used for their embassy.
Praying as German Nazis enter the town
I never met my Grandparents as they all were killed in Poland
Store & Properties in Vienna and Poland
Aryanized stores, homes & merchandise in Vienna & Poland
My 75-year Warsaw property pursuit brief
75 years claiming my father’s property and maybe almost there
Latvian Unicorn Diaspora New Jersey
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Last Permanent Residence: “Nowa Wies Bakobuczstrasse”, Annette Renschowicz
The family was destroyed but the farmstead remained.
The Municipal 5th Dental Polyclinic of Lviv
The family home built by my grandfather, Yitzhak Frucht in 1938, is currently a regional dental clinic in Lviv, Ukraine.
Three Generations
Dr. Tova Friedman, one of the youngest survivors of Auschwitz, along with her daughter Taya Goodman, and her grandson, Aron Goodman, share their own story of what has connected them to their family history.
Bubbies’ Story
Rachel Piuti – The Gold Ring.
My Grandfather’s House Still Stands
When my mother went back to Krakow to reclaim her father’s house, there was a pogrom in progress to kill any Jew who came back. A film is being made about my family’s escape from the Krakow Ghetto. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWTbS3WM2mg&app=desktop
The Story of a Survivor from Ostrava-Svinov
When is someone going to stand up for justice for Czech Jewish refugees?
Discovery
My Mother’s family house no longer existed, but their presence existed for me on every street, store, and corner.
Department of the Tattoo
There was this nice lady who worked in the little cubby hole Post Office in the back corner of the Woolworth Store in the Admiral shopping center just two blocks from my home in Tulsa.
A Good Life
I wanted them to know!
THE SATMAR’S OWN CHAIDER
Our carpentry turned Satmerer’s chaider and Czech elementary school n°1
Escape From Vienna
My grandparents and their 12-year-old daughter (my mother) left Vienna in 1938, leaving everything behind.
compounding to the initial theft
This story, while not unique, is a constant reminder of the loss of my family.
Where to begin?
How can I start without a trace?
Sami’s Story
Lottumstrasse 15, Berlin, Germany; expropriated by Germany 3 times from the Austrian Jewish owners; Legalized Theft
Budapest – Walking Towards Dad’s House
I find that my parents and I have all left the past in the past.
Omama
A Jewish Frankfurt family in 1937
From Dzialoszyce to Philadelphia – a Story of a Hidden Child
Narrowly avoiding the grasp of the Nazis, Sala Nisenbaum lived under an assumed name with her benefactor, Adela Nemeth, and survived the Holocaust, ultimately arriving in the U.S. in 1947.
Liquidating a Life’s Work
My great-grandfather’s business was aryanized then “liquidated” leaving him almost penniless at age 63.
House in Korczyna, Poland
My great grandfather, Abraham Chaim Horowitz owned a house in Korczyna Poland, and my grandfather Yosef Bendet lived in the family home before he was sent to his death at Belzec in August 1942.
Shoshana’s Story
“Despite all the efforts I made and everyone I turned to in court, my saga of recovering the property is at a standstill.”
Lorraine’s Story
“We felt that it was our inheritance to try to take back some of that sense of joyfulness that existed in the house.”
David’s Story
“The restitution of property [in Poland] will be a historical justice and will bring Polish and Jewish people closer together.”
Yoram’s Story
“Compensation is a binding chain that ties the story together.”
Greta’s Story
…then upon my return home, the memory of seeing the stolen rings of my dead sister on another woman’s hand in a café.
Lea’s Story
“I will not give up”