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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.


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Holocaust Survivors Share Their Harrowing Stories with Area Students

  • Date: March 8, 2012
  • Creator(s): Real-McKeighan, Tammy
  • Format: newspaper

Holocaust survivor speaks to Arlington students

  • Date: March 22, 2013
  • Creator(s): Real-McKeighan, Tammy
  • Format: newspaper

Deborah Pappenheimer

  • Date: 2014
  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp

  • Date: 2014
  • Format: photograph

Middle School Students Videoconference With Holocaust Survivor

  • Date: April 7, 2014
  • Format: newspaper

Holocaust survivor tells Aurora students her story

  • Date: December 12, 2014
  • Creator(s): Pore, Robert
  • Format: newspaper

My Broken Doll

  • Date: 2014
  • Creator(s): Karp, Bea | Pappenheimer, Deborah
  • Format: book

Holocaust survivor shares her stories

  • Date: January 31, 2015
  • Creator(s): Stewart, Scott
  • Format: newspaper

Survivor’s story a lesson in genocide

  • Date: March 13, 2015
  • Creator(s): Bell, Mike
  • Format: newspaper

Survivor Bea Karp has no plans to stop talking about Holocaust

  • Date: March 15, 2015
  • Creator(s): Hansen, Matthew
  • Format: newspaper

Hansen: A broken doll reflects the horror of the Holocaust, and one survivor's resolve

  • Date: March 15, 2015
  • Creator(s): Hansen, Matthew
  • Format: newspaper

Holocaust survivor speaks at junior high

  • Date: May 20, 2015
  • Creator(s): George, Rachel
  • Format: newspaper

The backbone of our nation

  • Date: November 12, 2015
  • Creator(s): Liewer, Steve
  • Format: newspaper

Holocaust survivor set to tell story to students

  • Date: January 27, 2016
  • Creator(s): Pimper, Sam
  • Format: newspaper

Iowa State University Design Faculty Member Brings Mother's Holocaust Story to School Stages

  • Date: December 6, 2016
  • Format: newspaper

Searching for Humanity

  • Date: January 11, 2017
  • Format: testimony

Holocaust survivor tells her story to Karen Western sixth-graders

  • Date: February 22, 2017
  • Creator(s): Batchelder, Michael
  • Format: newspaper

Holocaust survivor shares stories with UNL students, Lincoln citizens

  • Date: April 20, 2017
  • Creator(s): Taylor, Ryan
  • Format: newspaper

A lesson in humanity

  • Date: May 2017
  • Creator(s): Felsing, Monika
  • Format: newspaper

Bea Karp: Holocaust survivor feels obligation to share painful memories

  • Date: March 15, 2018
  • Creator(s): Biga, Leo Adam
  • Format: digitalpub

Bea Karp Walnut Middle School Testimony

  • Date: February 28, 2019
  • Format: testimony

Remembering Bea Karp

  • Date: March 7, 2019
  • Creator(s): Hamor, Brittany
  • Format: newspaper

Resistance: Simone Saves Refugee Children

  • Date: 2019
  • Format: digitalpub

Homage to OSE in Washington, November 2000

  • Date: November 2000
  • Creator(s): Waksman, Roger
  • Format: document

Enlighten yourselves

  • Date: April 9, 2021
  • Creator(s): Kutler, Sarah
  • Format: newspaper

Small Resistances

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

Fighting Back

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

Remembering the Past

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

Hiding Out

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

Making a Lasting Impact

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

Speaking for the Masses

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub

OSE form completed February 23, 1945, for Beate Stern with letter from Jean-François Guthmann attached

  • Format: document

Poster for Bea Karp's Book Launch

  • Format: document

Letters of Gratitude to Bea

  • Format: book

Letter from Union OSE, March 24

  • Format: letter

Bea Karp's Account of Her and Susie's Location from March 1943 to July 1945

  • Format: document

Telegram from Louise Gordon and Flora Schmidt Regarding Beate and Susie Stern's Travels

  • Format: telegram

Telegram from Siegfried Stern Regarding Beate and Susie Stern's Travels

  • Format: telegram

Bea Karp's Questionnaire for the indemnification of victims

  • Format: document

Dedicate Memorial to Jewish Victims of 'Hitler Holocaust'

  • Creator(s): Leslie, Jerry
  • Format: document

Form for compensation based on French-American Agreements of 2001

  • Format: document

Bea Karp's Power of Attorney for the Commission pour l'indemnisation des victimes

  • Format: document

Questionnaire from Commission for the compensation of victims filled out by Beatrice Karp

  • Format: document

Telegram to Louise Gordon about Beate and Susie Stern's Travels

  • Format: telegram

Letter Concerning Beate Stern

  • Format: letter

Telegram Regarding Beate and Susie Stern's Travels

  • Format: telegram

OSE Questionnaire Regarding Bea Karp

  • Format: document

Letter to Susie and Beate Stern from Senta Loewenstein

  • 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 Suzanne Bardon responding to OSE request

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