By Rashi Rosenzweig
“Two yellow Stars of David with the word ‘Juif ‘ are taped to the middle of Paulette’s bureau. She told me that these were patched to her clothes when she was a young girl in Nazi occupied France.”
It Began with a Picture
Germany
A Whole Other Family, Buried in Antique Russian Cursive
“The ability to read pre-Revolutionary Russian cursive writing turned out to be the key that unlocked the entire history of my grandfather’s father’s family.”
How I Found My Father’s Roots
“When I learned that Dad’s father … was buried in a Jewish cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas, I began to wonder. I especially wondered why our family was Methodist.”
From Our Archives:Romance in F-Major: Searching for Rózsi
From our Archives we re-post this moving story: “Preceding deportation, ten-thousand people were herded together in terrible conditions of crowding, fear, and filth. I there met Rózsi, who was even then clutching the case of her dear violin.”