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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

Telegram from OSE Paris to Louise Gordon

  • Format: telegram

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

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

Letter from Jeanette Gottlieb and Hildegard Gottlieb

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

Beate Stern exit visa application

  • Format: document

Susie Stern's exit visa application

  • Format: document

Susie Stern's exit visa application (pink form)

  • Format: document

Telegram from OSE Paris to Louise Gordon

  • Format: telegram

Telegram from OSE Limoges about status of visas

  • Format: telegram

Letter from Bertha Gottlieb and Flora and Albert Schmidt to Siegfried and Miriam Stern

  • Creator(s): Gottlieb, Bertha | Schmidt, Flora | Schmidt, Albert
  • Format: letter

Letter from Esther and Roewel to Bea Karp

  • Creator(s): Esther | Roewel
  • Format: letter

Letter from OSE Paris to British Red Cross

  • Format: letter

Letter from Beate and Susie Stern to Bertha Gottlieb

  • Creator(s): Karp, Bea | Stern, Susie
  • Format: letter

Letter from Susie Stern to Bertha Gottlieb

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

Letter from the Gottliebs to Beate and Susie Stern

  • Format: letter

Letter from Beate Stern to Bertha Gottlieb and Flora and Albert Schmidt, May 13, 1946

  • Creator(s): Karp, Bea
  • Format: letter

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

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

Letter from Bertha Gottlieb

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

Letter from Bertha Gottlieb to Beate and Susie Stern

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

Bea Karp and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Shoah Foundation

Bea Karp and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Shoah Foundation

Jeanette Gottlieb with Susie Stern and Beate Stern (Bea Karp)

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

War Bundle Carried by Beate Stern (Bea Karp)

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) at Chateau Couret

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) at wedding of Vivette Samuel

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Stern Family Home

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Stern Family in Lauterbach, Germany

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Stern Family Home in Lauterbach, Germany

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Bridesmaid

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) Naturalization Card

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Moritz Stern with Hat

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Moritz Stern at Desk

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Rosa Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Rosa Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Beate Stern (Bea Karp) with Grandmother

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Susie Stern and Beate Stern (Bea Karp)

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Susie Stern and Beate Stern (Bea Karp) with Uncle Siegfried

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph
  • Source: Pappenheimer, Deborah

Bea Pappenheimer (Bea Karp) and Bob Pappenheimer

  • Format: photograph

Bea Pappenheimer (Bea Karp) and Bob Pappenheimer

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp and Her Daughters

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp (Beate Stern) and Susie Stern

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp with Her Four Daughters

  • Format: photograph

Pappenheimer Wedding Photo

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp with Grandchildren

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp Speaking at SAC

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp Posing with Students

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp Honored at Creighton University

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp with Students

  • Format: photograph

Bea Karp with Students

  • Format: photograph
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