Five generations.
One family's journey.
The Oppenheimer family from Gemmingen, Baden-Württemberg —
traced through archival documents, family photographs, and wartime
correspondence from 1860 to the present day.
108
People
101
Events
74
Locations
151
Photos
84
Letters
Family dinner, Munich, February 1932
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Family Tree
108 people across five generations
People
Biographies, photos, and documents
Timeline
101 events from 1894 to 2019
Map
74 locations across 3 continents
Photos
320 family photographs across 5 albums
Key Family Members
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Moses Oppenheimer
1874–1940
murdered
Julius Isaak Oppenheimer
1882–1942
Holocaust
Margit Edith Erna Bernstein
1922–2006
consequences of camp illnesses
Josef Oppenheimer
1925–2019
natural
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Änne Berger
1919–2014
natural
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Siegfried Michelbacher
1923–1945
typhoid — died of starvation and disease
By Category
40
Other Family
8
Weiler / Kaufmann
13
Holocaust Victim
25
Emigrated
1
Holocaust Survivor
3
Michelbacher Family
18
Ancestor
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Oppenheimer/Shacham Family Archive
personal
Personal documents, photos, and correspondence - USHMM Carl and Mina Weiler Papers institutional
- ITS Archives (International Tracing Service) institutional
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Zeichen der Erinnerung (Stuttgart)
memorial
https://www.zeichen-der-erinnerung.org -
Stolpersteine Stuttgart
memorial
https://www.stolpersteine-stuttgart.de - Landesbezirksstelle für die Wiedergutmachung Stuttgart governmental
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USHMM Kaufmann Family Correspondence
institutional
Letters from Josef and Margit Oppenheimer to cousin Mina Kaufmann (1939, 1944, 1946) -
USHMM Kaufmann Family Photographs
photographs
320 photographs from the Weiler/Kaufmann/Oppenheimer family collection -
Geni.com World Family Tree
genealogy_database
Collaborative genealogy profiles managed by Randy Schoenberg. Profiles for Joseph Marum Oppenheimer and Mina Oppenheimer (née Kirchhausen).
https://www.geni.com -
Kehilat Moran Memorial Page
community_memorial
Memorial page for Dani Tzor z"l at Kibbutz Moran community website
https://www.k-moran.co.il/http_new/viewpage.asp?pagesCatID=34513&MemorialPage=1&Personkey=31AC8A0D4C5BFC9A&siteName=imoran -
Margit Bernstein Memoir (קורות חיים)
primary_source
19-page handwritten Hebrew memoir/autobiography by Margit Bernstein (née Oppenheimer). Written in Israel in her later years. Covers childhood in Germany, Holocaust experiences (Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, Bad Kudowa-Sakisch), liberation, and emigration to Israel. Original title: קורות חיים של מרגיט אהרן ברנשטיין, מקודם אופנהיימר -
Margit Bernstein Memoir (English Translation)
primary_source
11-page English translation of Margit Bernstein's Hebrew memoir/autobiography. Written in 1963. Title: 'The biography of Margit Edith Bernstein born Oppenheimer'. Covers childhood, father's arrest and imprisonment, Jewish orphanage in Esslingen, Kristallnacht, forced labor, deportation to Theresienstadt, Auschwitz, factory camp in Silesia near Czech border, liberation at Nachod, emigration to Palestine via Belgium, post-war life in Israel. Ends with 'I Accuse.'