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Bea Karp

Bea Karp was born Beate Stern in Lauterbach, Germany in 1932. She and her family were forced from their home and transported by passenger train to internment camps in the south of France. Bea and her sister Susie were saved by the Jewish French Underground, Œuvre de secours aux enfants (OSE), and were hidden in numerous chateaus and convents until the end of the war. They were never reunited with their parents who were murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Bea arrived in the US in 1947, later settling in Omaha with her husband and four daughters. Bea spoke extensively about her Holocaust experiences with Nebraska and Iowa schoolchildren and at community gatherings. Hear Bea's testimony in her own words.


310 items

Letter to SER Paris, July 19, 1945

  • Date: July 19, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter to Bertha Gottlieb, November 5, 1945

  • Date: November 5, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter to Beate Stern, July 19, 1945

  • Date: July 19, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter to Beate and Susie Stern, March 9, 1945

  • Date: March 9, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter from Victoria to Bea Karp, July 18, 1945

  • Date: July 18, 1945
  • Creator(s): Victoria
  • Format: letter

Letter from Union OSE, March 24

  • Format: letter

Letter from the Jewish Refugees Committee to Bertha Gottlieb, December 20, 1944

  • Date: December 20, 1944
  • Format: letter

Letter from the Gottliebs to Beate and Susie Stern

  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon to OSE Paris, March 9, 1945

  • Date: March 9, 1945
  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon to OSE Paris, March 14, 1945

  • Date: March 14, 1945
  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon to Madame Mazour, March 27, 1945

  • Date: March 27, 1945
  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon to Beate Stern, December 27, 1944

  • Date: December 27, 1944
  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon to Beate and Susie Stern, February 2, 1945

  • Date: February 2, 1945
  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Suzanne Bardon responding to OSE request

  • Creator(s): Bardon, Suzanne
  • Format: letter

Letter from Susie Stern to Bertha Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Stern, Susie
  • Format: letter

Letter from Susie Stern to Albert and Flora Schmidt and Bertha Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Stern, Susie
  • Format: letter

Letter from Sophie and Jenny to Bea Karp, July 19, 1945

  • Date: July 19, 1945
  • Creator(s): Sophie | Jenny
  • Format: letter

Letter from Siegfried Gottlieb to OSE Paris, March 4, 1945

  • Date: March 4, 1945
  • Creator(s): Gottlieb, Siegfried
  • Format: letter

Letter from SER Paris to OSE Paris with inquiries about Beate and Susie Stern, February 25, 1946

  • Date: February 25, 1946
  • Format: letter

Letter from SER Paris to OSE Paris about location of Beate and Susie Stern, July 12, 1945

  • Date: July 12, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter From Sente Loewenstein to Bob and Bea Pappenheimer (Bea Karp), July 5, 1985

  • Date: July 5, 1985
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to Suzy and Beate Stern, December 28, 1944

  • Date: December 28, 1944
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to Suzy and Beate Stern containing translated letter from Flora and Albert Schmidt

  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to Siegfried and Miriam Stern, June 27, 1945

  • Date: June 27, 1945
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to OSE Paris, May 20, 1945

  • Date: May 20, 1945
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to Beate and Susie Stern, July 11, 1945

  • Date: July 11, 1945
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta Loewenstein to Beate and Susie Stern, January 29, 1945

  • Date: January 29, 1945
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta
  • Format: letter

Letter from Senta and Mimi Loewenstein to Bea and Susie Stern, July 17, 1945

  • Date: July 17, 1945
  • Creator(s): Loewenstein, Senta | Loewenstein, Mimi
  • Format: letter

Letter from Rosa Stern with note from Moritz Stern to Flora Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa | Stern, Moritz
  • Format: letter

Letter from Rosa Stern to Flora Schmidt, October 16, 1941

  • Date: October 16, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer papers, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Flora Schmidt, August 5, 1940

  • Date: August 5, 1940
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer papers, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Flora and Albert Schmidt, October 26, 1941

  • Date: October 26, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Flora and Albert Schmidt, January 17, 1942

  • Date: January 17, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Bertha Gotlieb, July 23, 1941

  • Date: July 23, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer papers, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Beate Stern (Bea Karp), May 28, 1942

  • Date: May 28, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Beate Stern (Bea Karp), July 1, 1942

  • Date: July 1, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa Stern to Beate Stern (Bea Karp), [December 1941]

  • Date: [December 1941]
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa and Moritz Stern to Flora Gottlieb, December 12, 1940

  • Date: December 12, 1940
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa | Stern, Moritz
  • Format: letter
  • Source: Beatrice Pappenheimer Papers, 1990.153, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Letter from Rosa and Moritz Stern to Bertha Gottlieb, March 2, 1941

  • Date: March 2, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa | Stern, Moritz
  • Format: letter

Letter from Rosa and Moritz Stern to Bertha Gottlieb, March 1941

  • Date: March 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Moritz | Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Letter from Pierre Drai to Beatrice Karp, January 22, 2002

  • Date: January 22, 2002
  • Creator(s): Drai, Pierre
  • Format: letter

Letter from Paulette Rimmer to Beate Stern, June 27, 1943

  • Date: June 27, 1943
  • Creator(s): Rimmer, Paulette
  • Format: letter

Letter from Paulette Rimmer to Beate Stern, June 16, 1943

  • Date: June 16, 1943
  • Creator(s): Rimmer, Paulette
  • Format: letter

Letter from Paulette Rimmer to Beate Stern, July 8, 1943

  • Date: July 8, 1943
  • Creator(s): Rimmer, Paulette
  • Format: letter

Letter from Paulette Rimmer to Beate Stern, [1943]

  • Date: [1943]
  • Creator(s): Rimmer, Paulette
  • Format: letter

Letter from Paulette Rimmer to Bea Karp, April 3, 1943

  • Date: April 3, 1943
  • Creator(s): Rimmer, Paulette
  • Format: letter

Letter from OSE Paris to Suzanne Bardon, March 21, 1945

  • Date: March 21, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter from OSE Paris to Suzanne Bardon, March 20, 1945

  • Date: March 20, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter from OSE Paris to Suzanne Bardon, February 23, 1945

  • Date: February 23, 1945
  • Format: letter

Letter from OSE Paris to Siegfried Gottlieb, April 13, 1945

  • Date: April 13, 1945
  • Format: letter
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