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History

Max Liebster

Short Biography Max Liebster

Max Liebster was born to a Jewish family on February 15, 1915, in the small town of Reichenbach (Odenwald), Germany. Max, his parents, Bernhard and

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Simone mit ihrer verwitweten Mutter

Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 6 (1945-1979): Return to Life

During the winter of 1944-45, Allied troops crossed the Rhine River. All the dangerous prisoners had to be “evacuated” to other camps in the German

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Rose Gassmann

Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 5 (1943-1945): Taken Away!

About five weeks after Simone’s departure on August 24, 1943, a rural policeman made the climb up to Bergenbach. Emma guessed that he had come

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Chrimhilde Lederle, Aufseherin der Wessenberg'schen Erzeihungsanstalt für Mädchen

Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 4 (1942-1943): A Mother’s Courage

Emma and Simone faced their first frigid winter alone. The slow-burning coal kept the stove going overnight. In the morning, ice covered the windows and

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Simone Arnold-Liebster en 1942

Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 3 (1940-1941): World War II and Persecution

German forces skirted the Maginot Line and stormed into France in June 1940, retaking the formerly German Alsace with a vengeance. Emma feared that war

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Eugénie kurz vor dem Zweiten Weltkrieg

Biography Emma Arnold (1923-1939): Wife and Mother

Eugenie grew up to be a lively young lady. She liked to go dancing on Saturday evenings, and Emma had to go along as her

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Die Familie Staffelbach (von links nach rechts): Valentine, Emma, Germain, Rémy, Marie, Eugénie

Biography Emma Arnold Chapter 1 (1898-1922): The Stranger’s Daughter

Emma was born April  17 1898  in Strasbourg, the capital city of Alsace, to Marie and Andreas Fiorvante Bortot. She had her mother’s light complexion

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Emma Arnold

Short biography Emma Arnold

Emma Arnold, née Bortot, was born on April 17, 1898 in Strasbourg, Alsace. At the tender age of four she had already lost her father.

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Die vereinte Familie 1977 vor dem Haus. Von links nach rechts: Max, Simone, Emma, Adolphe, Eugénie

BIOGRAPHY ADOLPHE ARNOLD CHAPTER 9 (1963-1977): A full life and peaceful end

The Arnolds made their new family home in the beautiful alpine town of Aix-les-Bains, where as yet no congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses existed. Adolphe’s great

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