Once again, I call attention to Hans-Peter Klein and his good
works in support of descendants of the Jewish Communities of North-Hessen. I
asked him for advice in scheduling a visit in October of this year to the
International Tracing Service (ITS) in Bad Arolsen, Germany. ITS holds in its archives some 30 million
documents recovered from the Nazi regime.
It makes these documents available in order to provide information on
the fates of victims of Nazi persecution. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in
Washington also has access to the full ITS database.
As I have come to expect from Hans-Peter, he joined me on the
visit to the ITS that he arranged. We
had a revealing and emotional three hour visit there. Our host spent the entire time with us and provided
surprising documentation of my grandparents’ and aunt’s fate. In addition, while we were there, she found
information on many other members of my family and promised to eventually send
more.
The ITS recently published an article about Hans-Peter and our
October visit:
