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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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Deborah Pappenheimer

  • Date: 2014
  • Format: photograph

My Broken Doll

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

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

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

Resistance: Simone Saves Refugee Children

  • Date: 2019
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: North Carolina Council on the Holocaust

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

Homage to OSE in Washington, November 2000

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

Small Resistances

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Fighting Back

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Hiding Out

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Remembering the Past

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Speaking for the Masses

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Making a Lasting Impact

  • Date: 2021
  • Format: digitalpub
  • Source: University of Nebraska at Omaha

Enlighten yourselves

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

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

  • Format: telegram

Letter from Union OSE, March 24

  • Format: letter

Telegram from OSE Paris to Louise Gordon

  • Format: telegram

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

  • Format: document

Susie Stern's exit visa application

  • Format: document

Telegram Regarding Beate and Susie Stern's Travels

  • Format: telegram

Bea Karp and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Shoah Foundation

Bea Karp and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Shoah Foundation

Rosa Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Bea Pappenheimer (Bea Karp) and Bob Pappenheimer

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp (Beate Stern) and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp with Her Four Daughters

  • Format: photograph

Letter from the Gottliebs to Beate and Susie Stern

  • Format: letter

Letter from Jeanette Gottlieb and Hildegard Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Gottlieb, Jeanette | Gottlieb, Hildegard
  • Format: letter

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

  • Format: telegram

OSE Questionnaire Regarding Bea Karp

  • Format: document

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

  • Format: document

Letter from Bertha Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Gottlieb, Bertha
  • Format: letter

Poster for Bea Karp's Book Launch

  • Format: document

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

  • Format: telegram

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

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