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Eva Ostwalt was born in Cologne, Germany, to Jewish parents. She had two younger sisters, Kate and Trude. In 1927, Eva moved with her daughter, Heidemarie, and non-Jewish husband to Dresden. Eva and Karl later divorced, and Eva received custody of Heidemarie. Mother and daughter moved to Merano, Italy. When Eva’s passport expired in 1938, she had to return to Germany. Believing that Heidemarie would be safer with her father, Eva gave custody back to Karl in Dresden. Eva returned to Cologne, where both…
SS officer Gerhard “Gerd” Pleiss (1915-1941) served as a member of Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard. His pre-war photo album documents his military training as well as his security details at Nazi rallies, the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and at Hitler’s residence in Berchtesgaden. The front cover bears an SS emblem and is embossed with "Zur Erinnerung an meine Dienstzeit bei der Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” (“In memory of my service with the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”).
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