Marie Helene Margarethe Batzke (Greta)
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Looking through the writings of Grete (Margarete Fechenbach) I found this postcard from 1915.

And on the reverse side of the postcard It says

"Dear Miss, in possession of your worthy letter, I hereby give you my sincerest thanks. As counterpart ...

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The British Government was sending a relatively small number of aliens to the British Dominions, but when the tragedy on the 2 July, 1940 with the sinking of the liner Arandora Star by the German submarine U-47, the British Government had to re-think its policy of transferring aliens. the Arandora Star was taking 754 Italians and 479 Germans from ...

Felix Fechenbach
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Felix Fechenbach had become an active official in the labour movement. During this time he went to continuation school to extend his elementary knowledge.

On 30th August 1914, he received a letter of conscription to active service. In February 1915 he was wounded whilst out on patrol. In March he wrote cheerfully from the military hospital ...

Max Kahn
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During the so-called "crystal night”, 8th November 1938, a victorious NAZI mob broke into Max Kahn's house, where they cut off the beard of the widely respected Rabbi, Dr. Moses Kahn, harshly maltreated him and threw him down the staircase. Dr. Kahn with his wife emigration to Palestine in August 1939, where he died on the 2nd January 1946 in ...


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