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01/08/2024

Fabulous review of our exhibition in the newspaper today 💕
https://taz.de/!6024132/

16/07/2024

ZLB in die Friedrichstraße. Wie für uns gemacht. Jetzt unterstützen und unterschreiben https://www.zlb.de/unterschreiben

25/03/2024

On rare occasions, we accompany clients to embassy appointments. This client could apply for a passport without previous confirmation of citizenship.

31/08/2023

Not all sources are in an archive. Holocaust victims could claim compensation from the German government after 1959. These files are often still with the holding institution and can be consulted at local courts within Germany. Here we consulted the compensation file of the client’s mother for his citizenship claim.

28/03/2023

At the archives for our clients today 🕵️‍♀️🗃📓📖
The archive holding material on your family is on the other side of the globe 🌏?
You don't even speak the language?
We've got you covered!

28/06/2022

Amazing what technology can do - a Google engineer found a way to identify family in historical photographs https://www.timesofisrael.com/google-engineer-identifies-anonymous-faces-in-wwii-photos-with-ai-facial-recognition/?

While visiting the POLIN museum in 2016, Daniel Patt realized he could be walking by his own relatives without knowing it, so he designed a platform 'From Numbers to Names'

12/01/2022

12/01/2022

Now available online, digitized by us: Leipziger Juedisches Jahr- und Adressbuch from 1933 https://archive.org/details/Leipziger-juedisches-adressbuch1933

11/11/2021

For the sake of your grandchildren, who may one day want to read your letters, please DO NOT turn the page 90° and continue writing to save on paper and stamps 😳
(h/t Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Digital Collections)

14/10/2021

Did you know that the Paddington Bear was inspired by Kindertransport? Many of our clients have Kindertransport children in their family. Not all were received as warmly as Paddington, but all shaped their new lifes into something truly remarkable.

, October 13, 1958, first appeared in the children's book: A Bear Called Paddington. Did you know that the beloved character was inspired by Jewish children who escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport? Creator Michael Bond (1926-2017) was motivated by his memories of children arriving at London’s Reading station during WWII. These young refugees each carried a small suitcase and wore labels around their necks to identify them. It’s no coincidence that in the book, the little bear is found sitting on his suitcase in Paddington Station in London with a note around his neck that reads, “Please take care of this bear. Thank you.” He is discovered and adopted by the Brown family, thus the name Paddington Bear. In the story, Paddington’s best friend is Mr. Samuel Gruber, an elderly Jew from Hungary who escaped the N***s. And guess what!? When “Paddington 2” hit the big screen in Israel in 2018, the voice of one of the characters was played by none other than Nechama Rivlin z”l, the late wife of . Like so many others around the world, Nechama loved Paddington, the little bear with a big heart. ❤️

📷: Felicity McCabe

04/08/2021

Handwriting is a massive obstacle in family research. Even if you teach yourself 19th century Kurrent or Sütterlin, words outside your own vocabulary remain difficult, especially names. Here’s a trick: Copy the handwritten documents, cut out the letters and arrange them into an alphabet. Voilà – your own custom deciphering aid!

Before you ruin your eyes, ask us for a quote. We read and translate German handwritings from the 1800s to the 2020s.

09/07/2021

A new law makes it easier than ever for descendants of N**i victims to get German citizenship. If you're interested in reclaiming citizenship, we're here to help you find the documents you need.

8. July 2021 German Citizenship for descendants of...