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| Date | Location | Description | Filter | Links | Images |
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| 1932-1938 | Lauterbach | Bea's family home in Lauterbach. | Home | ||
| 1938-1940 | Karlsruhe | The Stern family moved here from Lauterbach because their home and business were confiscated. They lived with relatives and then in a small aparmtment until they were rounded up and sent to the Gurs Internment Camp in France. | Home |
Yad Vashem entry on Transport from Karlsruhe,Baden,Germany to Gurs,Camp,France on 22/10/1940 |
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| 1940-1941 | Gurs | Collage of personal items from the Bea Pappenheimer Family Collection. Included is a rope bag created by Bea’s mother in the Gurs internment camp in France. | Internment Camp |
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia entry on Gurs |
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| 1941-1941 | Rivesaltes | As seen in the attached letter, the Stern family pleaded with relatives in the US to try to help the family out of Gemany before the war. Rosa Stern continued to seek refuge for her daughters after their deportation to the French Internment camps. Bea and her sister, Susie were saved at separate times by the OSE who took them out of Rivesaltes. | Internment Camp |
USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia entry on the OSE |
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| 1941-1942 | Chateau de Chaumont | Bea testifies that she was moved at least 14 times during her rescue with the OSE and in the convents.While at the Chateau Cheaumont, she was reunited with her sister, Susie. Many years after the war, Bea and her husband, Bob, traveled to visit some of the chateaus. Bea appears as the small figure in the collection of chateau travel photos. | Hiding OSE |
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| 1941-1943 | Chateau du Couret | Bea at the wedding of Vivette and Julien Samuel who helped rescue children with the OSE. Photo taken at Chateau du Couret, France in October 1942. A postcard from Bea's mother written from the Rivesaltes Internment Camp. | Hiding OSE |
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| 1943-1943 | Chateau du Masgelier | A postcard written to Bea at Chateau Masgelier from a girlfriend located at the Chateau du Couret. | Hiding OSE |
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| 1943-1943 | Chateau Montintin | A postcard from Bea's father, internned at Les Milles - sent to Chateau Montintin. | Hiding OSE |
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| 1943-1944 | Convent in Millau | Exact dates unclear. | Convent |
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| 1944-1945 | Convent Limoges | Exact dates unclear. | Convent |
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| 1945-1945 | Chateau La Borie | Group portrait of Jewish DP youth outside the Chateau La Borie children's home near Limoges. Susie is the steps on the far right. Beatrice (Beate) is standing second from the left, between and behind a young boy and a dark-haired girl. Exact dates unclear. | |||
| 1945-1945 | Paris | Exact dates unclear. | Liberation |
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| 1946-1947 | London | Bea and Susie lived with their Aunt Mary and Uncle Siegfried in London until they learned it had been their parents' wishes to send them to Aunts in the US. They flew to the States with assistance from the Sears Roebuck Foundation. | Liberation | ||
| 1947-1951 | Long Island, NY | Bea and Susie move to Long Island. Bea later married Bob Pappenheimer. | Liberation |
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| 1951-1952 | O'Neill, NE | Bea and Bob Pappenheimer moved to the midwest to run grocery stores, Outlaw, Midwest Wholesale, for Bob's brother-in-law, Phil Cohn (married to Alice Pappenheimer). | Married Home |
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| 1952-1953 | Winner, SD | Exact dates unclear. | Married Home |
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| 1953-1956 | O'Neill, NE | Photo of Bea and Bob's four daughters. Top left, Rose Ann. Top right, Jeany. Bottom left, Deborah. Bottom right, Nancy. | Married Home | ||
| 1956-1958 | Broken Bow, NE | Exact dates unclear. | Married Home |
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| 1958-1961 | Rapid City, SD | Exact dates unclear. | Married Home | ||
| 1961-1964 | O'Neill, NE | Bea passes test for American citizenship. | Married Home | ||
| 1964-2019 | Omaha, NE | Bea settled in Omaha for many years. She spoke to groups regularly about the Holocaust. | Married Home |
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| 1938-1938 | Lauterbach to Karlsruhe | Home | |||
| 1940-1940 | Karlsruhe to Gurs | Internment Camp | |||
| 1941-1941 | Gurs to Rivesaltes | Internment Camp | |||
| 1941-1942 | Rivesaltes to Chateau de Chaumont | Hiding OSE | |||
| 1941-1942 | Chateau de Chaumont to Chateau du Couret | Hiding OSE | |||
| 1943-1943 | Chateau du Couret to Chateau du Masgelier | Hiding OSE | |||
| 1943-1943 | Chateau du Masgelier to Chateau Montintin | Hiding OSE | |||
| 1943-1943 | Chateau Montintin to Convent in Millau | Convent | |||
| 1944-1944 | Convent in Millau to Convent Limoges | Convent | |||
| 1945-1946 | Convent Limoges to Chateau La Borie | Liberation | |||
| 1945-1945 | Chateau La Borie to Paris | Liberation | |||
| 1945-1946 | Paris to London | Liberation | |||
| 1947-1947 | London to Long Island, NY | Liberation | |||
| 1951-1951 | Long Island, NY to O'Neill, NE | Married Home | |||
| 1952-1952 | O'Neill, NE to Winner, SD | Married Home | |||
| 1953-1953 | Winner, SD to O'Neill, NE | Married Home | |||
| 1956-1956 | O'Neill, NE to Broken Bow, NE | Married Home | |||
| 1958-1958 | Broken Bow, NE to Rapid City, SD | Married Home | |||
| 1961-1961 | Rapid City, SD to O'Neill, NE | Married Home | |||
| 1964-1964 | O'Neill, NE to Omaha, NE | Married Home |
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