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9 November 2015
“Jewish Life in Themar” by Achim Hess for Rennsteig.tv “On November 9 2015, Themar remembered its Jewish citizens. The artist Gunter Demnig laid more Stolperstein,… Read More »9 November 2015
Achim Heß, “Local History – Jewish Life in Themar”.
Rennsteig.tv, November 11, 2015 “On November 9, 2015, Themar commemorated its former Jewish fellow citizens. The action artist Gunter Deming continued to lay Stolpersteine to… Read More »Achim Heß, “Local History – Jewish Life in Themar”.
Collections: Memories of Themar
This website began with a ‘collection’ — the Photo Album of Manfred Rosengarten, Themar, My Hometown. The creation of the photo album in the early 1980s… Read More »Collections: Memories of Themar
Maik Ehrlich and the Jewish soccer players from Themar!
Here you can know all about it! An article by Maik Ehrlich. . .
Summer 1921 — Minnie & Lloyd visit the rellies!
On 3 March 1921, Minnie Marks applied for a passport for herself and her five-year-old grandson Lloyd Marx to travel to Germany. Her purpose? To visit… Read More »Summer 1921 — Minnie & Lloyd visit the rellies!
8 May 1945 — Liberation of Ghetto Theresienstadt
“On May 8, 1945, a young soldier rode on his horse into the courtyard of the barracks in Theresienstadt bearing the greatest gift — freedom… Read More »8 May 1945 — Liberation of Ghetto Theresienstadt
June 3, 2015: “The Jewish families at the end of the 2nd World War”.
WHEN: June 3, 2015 at 19.30 WHERE: Amtshaus Themar WHO: Sharon Meen, historian from Canada, and Renate Mayer-Merkl, great-great-granddaughter of Meier and Karoline Mayer
Who was ‘cousin: Leo Gassenheimer’?
‘Cousin’ Leo Gassenheimer — on the passenger list of the ship Hansa arriving in New York on 16 April 1939 — caught our attention! He was sponsoring cousin… Read More »Who was ‘cousin: Leo Gassenheimer’?
27 January 2015 — 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz!
For update of this post based on new research, see: 1945: Liberation of Auschwitz. On Saturday 27 January 1945, Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz. Of the 7,000… Read More »27 January 2015 — 70 Years after the Liberation of Auschwitz!