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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.


311 items

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

  • Date: July 1, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Letter from Flora Gottlieb Schmidt to Chateau de Chammont, July 1, 1942

  • Date: July 1, 1942
  • Creator(s): Schmidt, Flora Gottlieb
  • Format: letter

Beate Stern OSE Individual Registration Form

  • Date: June 29, 1942
  • Format: document

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

  • Date: May 28, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Postcard from Rosa Stern to Bertha Gottlieb, May 16, 1942

  • Date: May 16, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Message from Rosa Stern to Bertha Gottlieb, May 13, 1942

  • Date: May 13, 1942
  • Format: document

Postcard from Rosa Stern to Beate Stern (Bea Karp), January 28, 1942

  • Date: January 28, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

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

  • Date: January 17, 1942
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

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

  • Date: [December 1941]
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Postcard from Moritz Stern to Beate Stern, December 11, 1941

  • Date: December 11, 1941
  • Format: postcard

Postcard from Moritz Stern to Beate Stern (Bea Karp), December 5, 1941

  • Date: December 5, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Moritz
  • Format: letter

List of Bea Karp's possessions

  • Date: November 1941

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

  • Date: October 26, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

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

  • Date: October 16, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Note Concerning Rosa Stern's Visa Application, [September 30, 1941]

  • Date: [September 30, 1941]
  • Format: letter

Letter from Bertha Gottlieb to Moritz Stern, September 9, 1942

  • Date: September 9, 1942
  • Creator(s): Gottlieb, Bertha
  • Format: letter

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

  • Date: July 23, 1941
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Letter from Flora Gottlieb Schmidt to the Wertheimer family, May 5, 1941

  • Date: May 5, 1941
  • Creator(s): Schmidt, Flora Gottlieb
  • 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 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 Flora Gottlieb, December 12, 1940

  • Date: December 12, 1940
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa | Stern, Moritz
  • Format: letter

Letter from Fanni Hoffman to Sofie and Markus Stern, November 1940

  • Date: November 1940
  • Creator(s): Hofmann, Fanni
  • Format: letter

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

  • Date: August 5, 1940
  • Creator(s): Stern, Rosa
  • Format: letter

Letter from Flora Gottlieb Schmidt (Last Page Only)

  • Date: July 1940
  • Creator(s): Schmidt, Flora Gottlieb
  • Format: letter

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) age 7

  • Date: 1939 ca.
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Letter from Max S. Perlman to Flora Gottlieb, November 29, 1938

  • Date: November 29, 1938
  • Creator(s): Perlman, Max S.
  • Format: document

Moritz Stern ID Photo

  • Date: 1938
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Rosa Stern ID Photo

  • Date: 1938
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) Age 5

  • Date: 1937 ca.
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Susie Stern Age 2

  • Date: 1936 ca.
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) Age 3

  • Date: 1935 ca.
  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

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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