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German Activities
- Obermayer
German Jewish History Awards are to be given each year to five Germans
who have made extraordinary contributions to preserve and record the
Jewish history, culture and remains of their local communities. The
first awards were presented in November 2000 in Berlin.
- Creglingen
Jewish Museum is in the southern Germany town of Creglingen-on-the-Tauber.
The maternal grandparents of Arthur Obermayer were born in Creglingen,
and the museum is located at the site where his ancestors lived almost
400 years ago. Through the combined contributions of Germans and Jews
this museum is leading to mutual reconciliation and understanding.
- GerSIG:
German Jewish Special Interest Group on JewishGen. Its purpose is
to present and preserve genealogical information about the Jewish communities
in German-speaking regions and to trace ancestors and better understand
the lives they led. We are the webmasters for this website.
- Bundesverdienstkreuz
Award, the highest award of the Federal Republic of Germany, was
presented to Arthur Obermayer in 2007 on behalf of the German President
by the Consul General for New England for his work in fostering German-Jewish-American
relations.
- The
German Conscience: Keeping Alive the Jewish Memory is an article
that describes the personal experiences of Arthur Obermayer when doing
genealogical research in Germany in 1997.
- Ancestor Archives
provide family documents of special interest from centuries past.
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