Charlotte Beigel
Name at birth
Ursula Lottie Schiff
Where were you born?
Where did you grow up?
Frankfort, Germany
Name of father, occupation
Paul Schiff,
Owner of a department store
Maiden name of mother, occupation
Annie Stern ,
Worked at family owned department store.
Immediate family (names, birth order)
Parents, Children - Eva, Otto, Charlotte
How many in entire extended family?
Large extended family
Who survived the Holocaust?
All survived - family was able to leave Germany in 1938
Before 1938 it was clear that the Schiff family knew they needed to leave Germany. It took quite a while to get visas for their whole family which arrived just before Kristallnacht. The day after Kristallnacht Charlotte's father was arrested by the Gestapo and her mother got him released by showing them that they had the visas to leave. On November 17, 1938, they left Frankfurt and made their way to Bremerhaven to leave on the ship to the United States. With Charlotte's parents and siblings were her father's twin brother and his wife and child.
When did you come to the United States?
Left Germany in November, 1938
Where did you settle?
New York City
Spouse
Bernard Beigel ,
Charlotte and Bernie owned Charlottes Knit Shop and All That Glitters, an accessories store
Children
Two daughters - Barbara (Howard) and Sharon (Andy)
Grandchildren
Scott, Jaclyn, Zachary and the late Seth; great-grandchildren Jolie and Chase
Interviewer:
Donna Sklar, Zekelman Holocaust Center
Interview date:
08/01/1995
To learn more about this survivor, please visit:
The Zekelman Holocaust Center Oral History Collection
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