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Nashelsky family

 Family

Biography

Julius (1887) and Friedl (1897) Nashelsky were married in Gudensberg, Germany in 1919 and were parents of Dieter (1920), Margot (1921), and Gunter Martin (1926). Julius Nashelsky served in the German army during WWI and was a leader in the small town. Gudensberg and nearby villages were easy prey for the Nazis in Hitler’s very early years. Hitler chose Gudensberg and four other small villages with viable Jewish communities in his experiments of hatred, persecution, and violence far from larger centers of population. Julius Nashelsky had a brother in Oklahoma who sponsored the family to come to the United States. The family left Germany in January of 1934, settled first in Oklahoma, and then established a Ben Franklin store in Fowler, Colorado. When Julius and Friedl Nashelsky wanted to retire around 1950, Victor and Margot Stone took over the store.

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Ben Franklin Store in Fowler, Colo. , circa 1955

 File
Identifier: B444.02.0002.0004
Abstract

Photo envelope contains color photographs of the Ben Franklin Store in Fowler, Colorado and the Nashelsky family. A black and white photo of Julius, Friedl, and Gunther Martin in front of the Nash Store which became the Ben Franklin store in Fowler, Colorado and a second photograph of Margot Nashelsky Stone on a float as President of the Fowler Chamber of Commence, Volunteer of the Year.

Dates: circa 1955

Box 1, 1891-1994

 File — Box B444.01.0001: Series B444.01 [Barcode: U186023300518]
Identifier: B444.01.0001

Family Trees and Biographical Information, 1933-1994

 File
Identifier: B444.01.0001.0001
Abstract

Contains family trees, correspondence, and biographical information.

Dates: 1933-1994

Holocaust Accounts, 1938-1993

 File
Identifier: B444.01.0001.0002
Abstract Dr. Fritz Steinthal was a Rabbi in Munster and gave a report of events from Kristallnacht through his survival in Buchenwald concentration camp; a letter from a cousin of Meta Stone; a letter to Victor Stone from a German Catholic woman who did research on the history and fate of the Jews of in Munster; a report from Julius Nashelsky giving the names of Nazis who took Jews into custody and who participated in the violence against Jews in Gudensberg on June 30, 1933; and an account by Gunter...
Dates: 1938-1993

Margot and Dieter Nashelsky in Gudensberg, Germany

 File
Identifier: B444.02.0002.0003
Abstract

Margot and Dieter Nashelsky in Gudensberg, Germany.

Dates: 1890-1960

Scrapbook of Nashelsky Family in Germany

 Item
Identifier: B444.02.0002.00001
Abstract

Photo scrapbook of the Nashelsky and related families in Germany.

Dates: 1890-1960

Victor and Margot Nashalsky Stone Papers

 Collection
Identifier: B444
Abstract Meta Loewenstein was born May 10, 1891, in a small town in Germany. In 1914, she met Paul Katzenstein, but before they could be married World War I began, and Paul was taken into the German army. He served four years in the army and came home severely wounded. Paul and Meta were married in 1919. Their first son was named Otto in honor of Paul’s brother who died in the war. But he was called by his middle name Victor most of his life. When the family immigrated to the United States, their...
Dates: 1890-1960

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Archival Object 6
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Subject
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 3
Jewish families 3
Correspondence 2
Emigration and immigration 2
Gudensberg (Germany) 2