Ruth Pfifferling

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2992 Torah brought with Ruth Liebermensch, who, with her sister Hanna, fled Mannheim, Germany, for Great Britain on a Kindertransport in summer 1939, and then went to New York in May 1940. The book is stamped Israelitische Gemeinde Mannheim [Jewish Community Mannheim.] Ruth and Hanna’s father Samuel was killed in Auschwitz in September 1942.

Also in Richard Pfifferling and Ruth Pfifferling Knox family collection The collection consists of a tefillin set and storage pouch, two tallits, a tallit storage pouch, a stole, publications, and photographs relating to the experiences of Richard Pfifferling, who left Germany for the United States in 1939, and of documents, photographs, and publications relating to the experiences of his wife, Ruth Liebermensch (later Knox), and her sister, Hanna Liebermensch (later Lewin), who left Germany on a Kindertransport in 1939.

• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Sep 12 2020, 4:33:03 UTC