Fritz was a German journalist who stood against the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. He was sadly murdered at Dachau Concentration camp on June 30, 1934 during the "Night of The Long Knives".
Norma Umphlet Skurzewski I dont remember exactly.. uncle Google says: British concentration camps refers to camps which were operated by the British in South Africa during the Second Anglo-Boer War which lasted from 1900–1902. The term concentration camp grew in prominence during that period.
Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich was born on February 15, 1883 in Wrocław, Wrocław County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship Poland, and died at age 51 years old in 1934 in Dachau, Upper Bavaria County, BY Germany. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Carl Albert Fritz Michael Gerlich.
A horrific period in history during the 1930s and 1940's where over 6,000,000 Jews, Roma, and Sinti people along with the handicapped, mentally ill, political prisoners, and others were murdered under...
German people through time: A visual retrospective.
Located in Central Europe, Germany was unified as a nation-state in 1871 under Prussian leadership, forming the German Empire. Before unification, it was a collection of independent states within the ...
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator. My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.