hirschland

One Lost Home: Salomon and Clara Hirschland in The Hague

A new research lead from The Hague connects a Hirschland family home, three wartime deaths, two…
Book Published: Die Hirschlands: Aufstieg und Vertreibung einer jüdischen Bankiersfamilie

Hirschlands in Essen Book Published
The Villa at Franzenshöhe: A House, a Family, and the Records Still to Be Read

The Villa Franzenshöhe stood above Essen-Werden as a house with more than one history. Before it…
Older Sources, Still Speaking

Last week’s story, “One Lost Home,” followed a new line of research about Salomon and Clara…
Final Words from Victoria

Hello Friends and Family. In 2003, I returned to the United States with my children after…
Lawyers w/o Courts

Earlier this year, I was contacted by Dr. Susanne Mauss, a German academic and researcher, who…
Where was the money?

From my half-sister, Joan Meijer: For some reason two separate Gonny and Paps stories have conjoined…
Villa Franzenshöhe, Georg S. Hirschland’s Estate

Our correspondent in Essen, Fabio, whose interest is the history of his hometown Essen, recently researched the Georg…