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Vera Schiff Awarded Order of Canada in 2020 Awarded two Honorary Doctorates; Thompson Rivers University (2020) and UNB-Saint John (2012, shown left) Widowed, 2 children, 6 grandchildren, great-grandchildren Retired medical technologist, author, public speaker Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1926 Lived in Czechoslovakia, Israel, Canada Parents: Elsa and Zibrid, died in transit camp Theresienstadt https://stumblingstones.ca/beny-maissner daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619704911642-4TJPT5KOQYQCPGHL12PP/IMG_7743.jpg Beny Maissner - Benjamin (Beny) Maissner Married with 3 children and 6 grandchildren Cantor Emeritus, Holy Blossom Temple, educator Born in Israel, 1944 Lived in Israel, United States, Canada Parents: Isaac and Regina, fled to Israel from Germany https://stumblingstones.ca/ralph-stern daily 0.75 2021-04-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1618084350320-VN52LWYTL210EHBOFJU9/RalphSmiling+EDIT.jpg Ralph Stern - Ralph Stern Professor and former Dean at University of Manitoba Accomplished architect, educator and administrator Past instructor at Columbia University, MIT, London School of Economics, Technical University of Berlin, Born in Denver, Colorado, 1956 Grandfather: Philipp Joseph Stern, committed suicide prior to deportation transport https://stumblingstones.ca/testimonymaissner daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://stumblingstones.ca/testimonywillinger daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://stumblingstones.ca/testimonystern daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://stumblingstones.ca/testimonyschiff daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://stumblingstones.ca/gershonq1 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619055189289-I75N958RGVVM6J0L5MF2/Copy+of+29.jpg GershonQ1 - The Palasthotel Baruch, Bad Wildungen, Germany where Gershon’s father lived and worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619055188907-NL9ZD4UGGVB911EWOYAH/Copy+of+28.jpg GershonQ1 - The Palasthotel Baruch, Bad Wildungen, Germany where Gershon’s father lived and worked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619058401131-X77MCFTN0K2OMH5JAZJA/Copy%2Bof%2B27.jpg GershonQ1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056922386-J7IMDCUKE9YCBXEDLW8T/Copy%2Bof%2B26.jpg GershonQ1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056855238-QJEW0ZIMKQ194XBE66QR/Copy%2Bof%2B26.jpg GershonQ1 https://stumblingstones.ca/ralphq1 daily 0.75 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056475002-857XTRRXM6LXBU39GGR9/Copy+of+Grandfather.1911.jpg RalphQ1 - Paternal grandfather Phillip, 1911 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619541823530-SZJET42W34T3XB1FKPPZ/Father1930s+%282%29-min.jpg RalphQ1 - Ralph’s father circa 1930s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056475066-VNN5HXBNMSTMXM0X6LNR/Copy+of+Grandparents.1937.jpg RalphQ1 - Grandparents Bertha Emilie (Milly) Rosa Brökl and Philipp Joseph Stern, 1937 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056476537-A60C1AG3EU7D5YDPV7NO/RalphMotherStanding.jpg RalphQ1 - Ralph as a child with his mother Sonja Böhne in Colorado https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056475858-7NRHIKF7M26R7I3A7UPC/Ralph_Father.jpg RalphQ1 - Ralph as a child with his father Gus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056475722-WINDNA4TFVW7889VS8EW/Copy+of+RalphMother.jpg RalphQ1 - Ralph with his mother Sonja Böhne in Colorado https://stumblingstones.ca/story1 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638706858-H4WQKP314RF0IU8WUDKP/Beny+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639216546-5HC0T8H3D7GH0L5EL5L0/Vera+Banner+2.png Story 1: Stone Significance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance https://stumblingstones.ca/beny-q1 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619069225697-D4KPYEFPB83F8RF5IGR8/DSCF3765.jpg BenyQ1 - Beny speaking to media after laying of Stolpersteine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619054886826-D5QRSNAZIT3TZEB8WX23/DSCF3730.JPG BenyQ1 - Students participating in Stolpersteine ceremony https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619054877024-15FF818CQRPCUW2XR0WL/Copy+of+29.jpg BenyQ1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619054877024-VBVALQB7SXIHHHK1QAGM/Copy+of+34.jpg BenyQ1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619054877753-3LXTAUQXSTA50I4XARPK/DSCF3753.jpg BenyQ1 - A memorial to the murdered Jews of Hanover outside where main Synagogue stood https://stumblingstones.ca/veraq1 daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056273222-6DYUW9C2MR6M1W63RVOT/Copy+of+Eva+Vera+sports.jpg VeraQ1 - Vera and her sister Eva and members of the Hagibor youth group playing sports https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056273369-6FZRCWFEEH1LVNC7B5Y6/Copy+of+Family.jpg VeraQ1 - Vera with her parents Elsa and Zibrid, sister Eva and grandfather Hynek Taussig https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056274185-Q83BCB1WSCJCUDXKETC4/Copy+of+Vera+Schiff1.jpg VeraQ1 - Vera as a child https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056274370-UQ7GKY3LQVE5Z8XN7C0L/Copy+of+VS_008_recto+TrioB+Hagibor.jpg VeraQ1 - Vera and members of Hagibor youth group https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619056274885-3VA321HCPAGAFYF8IW3U/Copy+of+VS_023_p2+Identity+card+2+holes.jpg VeraQ1 - Vera’s identity card https://stumblingstones.ca/ralph-q2 daily 0.75 2021-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207740764-DFZGBATLCXE0R5M2LUAS/Philipp_Stern_03+%282%29-min.jpg RalphQ2 - Oil painting of grandfather Philipp that was hung in the Stern Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1620156945247-PU36UJSG5P40RXMUBQBI/N959-1_01-1_02.jpg RalphQ2 - Stern Bank in Cologne, 1924 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1620171468554-O9L2VZW68J8KEU2ANLQJ/N959-1_12-1b-min.jpg RalphQ2 - Philipp Stern working https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1620171468748-FWU5R0ADRNRFWIGT5MWR/N959-1_05-1b-min.jpg RalphQ2 - Inside Stern Bank https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207741122-7KXWMCSIGG0HQYF7NU5Q/PhillipStern.jpg RalphQ2 - Philipp Stern's identity card https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207739560-GTQWNDD464CP6ID2JBJQ/ColourCorrected.jpg RalphQ2 - Paternal grandfather Philipp and his brother August, 1898 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207739564-65RO33KDYJQRS4KQ6RDZ/GrandfathersCar.jpg RalphQ2 - Ralph’s grandfather’s car https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207740276-7NYAR00GC7X59AIUCJXQ/Grandparents.1920.jpg RalphQ2 - Paternal grandparents, Philipp and Emilie 1920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207740481-XVMZM42E2U4ZU7BH3HME/GrandparentsHoneymoon.1911.jpg RalphQ2 - Ralph’s grandparents on their honeymoon, 1911 https://stumblingstones.ca/vera-q3 daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209754039-2AKSGGSHOONB7RDTFZI5/Not72dpi.Copy+of+Letna+Park.jpg VeraQ3 - Vera and her mother Elsa and sister before the war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209754729-FJ9265Y3A212V3CQBFL4/Not72dpi.Copy+of+VS_003_recto+Parents.jpg VeraQ3 - Vera’s parents Elsa and Zibrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209753215-ZYRA953IB9GF4CI76IU3/Copy+of+VS_002_recto+Circle+Dress.jpg VeraQ3 - Vera as a young woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209752005-NJUZBBCBNG6UOBWD4GCE/Copy+of+Stroll.jpg VeraQ3 - Vera and late husband Arthur, they married in Theresienstadt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209752045-X5WNZLX1LWKM9ZOSDC76/Copy+of+Two+girls.jpg VeraQ3 - Vera (r) and her sister Eva (l) before the war https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209756783-CD89N6JRZ84YLBE9PT1K/Copy+of+VS_029_recto+Vera+School+equiv..jpg VeraQ3 - Vera’s high school equivalency diploma https://stumblingstones.ca/ralph-q4 daily 0.75 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211772689-9WVI5320WLQBPCZK3ZMX/RalphLecturn.jpg RalphQ4 - Ralph speaking at University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture Centennial Event https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211772014-C184M2967Z5MZ14Y3G68/Copy+of+RalphParentsStanding.jpg RalphQ4 - Ralph’s parents Gus and Sonja in Colorado circa 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211771976-GC2WEQLSRIET7IDW4GA8/Copy+of+ralphmother.jpg RalphQ4 - Ralph and his mother Sonja https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211772800-NDJ59DMSOXP3OZRPJDYL/RalphStudentsAntigua.jpg RalphQ4 - Ralph with students in Antigua, Guatemala https://stumblingstones.ca/gershon-willinger daily 0.75 2021-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1615410866254-Q4I6DTD57XS6M16SN06P/GershonPortrait2.jpg Gershon Willinger - Gershon Willinger Married with 3 children and 7 grandchildren Retired social worker, public speaker Born in Holland, Amsterdam 1942 Lived in Amsterdam, Israel, Canada Parents: Guido and Edith. Fled to Holland from Germany, murdered in concentration camp Sobibor https://stumblingstones.ca/beny-q4 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211234701-R725I5KPKHHJXHSVVVOG/DSCF3881.JPG BenyQ4 - Beny speaking with journalist in Hannover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211218691-GSZXUKFPI4TZYBKJ29I9/42.jpg BenyQ4 - Family menorah brought to Israel from Vienna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619637014700-W03DW6KJU89583RYN6NU/41.jpg BenyQ4 - Kiddush cup that belonged to Grandfather Bernhard Maissner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211210573-BVF9Y282J027ALN8DJHL/35.jpg BenyQ4 - Stolpersteine prior to installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211202104-J65E3TCSG9JKTH9XZ2FQ/34.jpg BenyQ4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211229576-YEJ1X94VNFUWA5Q01H3B/DSCF3816.JPG BenyQ4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211225047-2FDGSAXYM3QQGN8UQKC7/36.jpg BenyQ4 - Stolpersteine after installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211230957-GXPM4KQTVW44DY1REQ5K/DSCF3873.JPG BenyQ4 https://stumblingstones.ca/beny-q2 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206994564-3YRSQQU6Q60R4816X5YZ/33.jpg BenyQ2 - Paternal grandmother Rivka https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206993587-USHP0N6G24WWW52S10PN/30.jpg BenyQ2 - Paternal grandfather Bernard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206991854-FV2JCKKIWTF49N5B4MUW/12.jpg BenyQ2 - Hannover Synagogue, built 1831-1880 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207138287-LV6BNFCX5E0XNFK90J5C/Shul_after.jpg BenyQ2 - Hanover Synagogue destroyed in Kristallnacht, 1938 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206991785-DDHMIQN04I4QVTNL70PW/14.jpg BenyQ2 - Apprenticeship graduation certificate – Furrier, belonging to Beny’s Father https://stumblingstones.ca/story2-1 daily 0.75 2021-05-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Story 2: Names on the Stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638764562-7YQH82IUI3JJTPEQ4DCF/Beny+Banner.png Story 2: Names on the Stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639142616-9KPRO9YBX5WPCYO5T6TQ/Vera+Banner+2.png Story 2: Names on the Stones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Story 2: Names on the Stones https://stumblingstones.ca/story3 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Story 3: After The Holocaust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638801214-O4EYLERY40DSILCPO9D2/Beny+Banner.png Story 3: After The Holocaust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639105106-24H1A3DDIODDLON1SGBU/Vera+Banner+2.png Story 3: After The Holocaust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Story 3: After The Holocaust https://stumblingstones.ca/vera-q4 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211398610-MUJ0Q0DZUDD70TWWRU1U/Copy+of+Schiff+BookPen.jpg VeraQ4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211398059-TUP3QGECD2HC12GMKLGC/Copy+of+bookNew.jpg VeraQ4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211399323-5DVXVKY9J5N3YF8M2FNK/Copy+of+Vera+Schiff+Book.jpg VeraQ4 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211398003-YP1ZA1HHM8H2JJZS8IPT/Copy+of+beach.jpg VeraQ4 - Vera and her sons https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211398937-YL1FODAWL9PBWOTE5J65/Copy+of+Vera+Pink.jpg VeraQ4 - Vera circa early 2000s https://stumblingstones.ca/story4 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Story 4: Future Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638833489-XEXSRWUB0XEYS7JBJDUJ/Beny+Banner.png Story 4: Future Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639074200-ULJYML9NOBM3PV8ZIZXV/Vera+Banner+2.png Story 4: Future Generations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Story 4: Future Generations https://stumblingstones.ca/gershon-q3 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208794701-M0GPNVL7YID5J777G1DL/Copy+of+21.jpg GershonQ3 - Gershon and his birth sister Rita after his placement with Jewish foster parents https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208795838-BYX7QXB5E3A6ZMT4CFPE/Copy+of+22.jpg GershonQ3 - Gershon and Rita, last picture taken together before she was taken to States with paternal aunt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208791566-OUUFX1XG3I0M9B3RLE6R/Copy+of+4.jpg GershonQ3 - Gershon with his birth sister Rita and his Christian foster family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208793659-6PI86T0FKM48SZTASK64/Copy+of+12.jpg GershonQ3 - Jewish foster family home, Holland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208794132-M3ZFEV68NEWHQ7L6K8PT/Copy+of+15.jpg GershonQ3 - Gershon as a young boy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208792092-UMRZSYSD8T8PKOOILAR5/8.jpg GershonQ3 - Esther Klafter, Gershon’s Jewish foster mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208793508-XAUXKXFZQ6J29Q6FAX0H/Copy+of+11.jpg GershonQ3 - Manfred Klafter, Gershon’s Jewish foster father circa early 1950s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619208794300-8GW52ZY1QH52FY601VLA/Copy+of+20.jpg GershonQ3 - Gershon’s adoption papers https://stumblingstones.ca/gershon-q4 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211063721-JGYCQR5M3ARAFLAD1F9U/Copy+of+23.jpg GershonQ4 - Gershon as a reservist in the Israeli army, circa late 1960s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211064399-R50RL8DUFZLDK3AGY56X/Copy+of+24.jpg GershonQ4 - Gershon in the Israeli army, reservist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211064500-R9MXYBVE0QLWQFKPXM9O/Copy+of+65.jpg GershonQ4 - Gershon and Jane’s wedding photo and family pictures https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211065102-EUY43QM1Y5XZUG7XUBZ5/Copy+of+67.jpg GershonQ4 - Article published in the Canadian Jewish News, written by Gershon’s grandson Ethan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619211065149-V6ABINR5KFQTZKE5MZ1D/Copy+of+69.jpg GershonQ4 https://stumblingstones.ca/vera-q2 daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207438534-DRFKNGY9B268AHDFTXZH/Copy+of+Grandmother.jpg VeraQ2 - Vera’s grandmother Elenora https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207407664-2PETVQ5ZY0WGEEGHOZQW/Copy+of+VS_019_recto+Mom+1912.jpg VeraQ2 - Vera’s mother Elsa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207407699-MFDRKXLDHWJ166SH7EH7/Copy+of+VS_005_recto+Sigfried.jpg VeraQ2 - Vera’s father Zibrid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207407100-R70ZVMFSP36X24ZKYL4K/Copy+of+Eva+Katz+sister.jpg VeraQ2 - Vera’s sister Eva https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619207408423-580XOUI3G2RZSQH0BM5S/Copy+of+VS_022_recto+Smile.jpg VeraQ2 - Vera as a young woman https://stumblingstones.ca/gershon-q2 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206762463-QZEPEAC1Z70UL6BIN4ZO/Copy+of+1.jpg GershonQ2 - Gershon’s mother Edith Willinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206762468-93AQS6W5WBY65JAJ0Z3T/Copy+of+2.jpg GershonQ2 - Gershon’s father Guido Willinger and sister Rita Willinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206763114-SGRHBCG62PBEWKW3ICRS/Copy+of+61.jpg GershonQ2 - Gershon’s father and mother, Guido Willinger and Edith Willinger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619206763250-MV8XIRZGMAF9X5IYQQYK/NotProcessed.Copy+of+64.jpg GershonQ2 - Memorial Book for the Dutch Jews containing his parents’ name https://stumblingstones.ca/beny-q3 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209086863-RUL0ZAY5NMAXAJ90CZDF/21.png BenyQ3 - Beny’s father’s family (Maissner) in Hannover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209033935-7PKJTT6YIACQR4VB9CAP/39.jpg BenyQ3 - Beny’s Uncle Israel Alter and family and Regina Sobol, Beny’s mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209033444-Y4V584BCUSJY6TEZWH9E/22.jpg BenyQ3 - Beny’s mother’s family (Sobol/Brennar) in Hannover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209033412-4WSOD0F6LQJW76TZG01O/17.jpg BenyQ3 - Regina’s passport, Beny’s mother https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209032603-PHCPBIT7KIWL8QSGB98J/11.jpg BenyQ3 - Beny's uncle Israel Alter, world renowned Cantor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619209034387-VKL0GOVBGSQLFALAS4F4/IMG_7739.jpg BenyQ3 https://stumblingstones.ca/ralph-q3 daily 0.75 2021-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210253444-7ZYE5JPU8CE087DM52BU/family.1920s.jpg RalphQ3 - Ralph’s father August/Gus as a boy with family friends, 1920s https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210255444-39OJ32XLSRYM7DNFA1K7/Ralph_sFatherGeneva.jpg RalphQ3 - Ralph’s father August Ludwig Eduard Stern https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1620225232961-TBGYWUIJ1ZLSPMI0BSSJ/Letter.jpg RalphQ3 - Letter written by Emilie Stern, 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210253476-5LNU0IUGP3ES0207CA0B/Family1928.jpg RalphQ3 - Ralph’s father and grandparents, 1928 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210258050-55NXIKYKXBHW3QTCU9N0/GreatGreatGrandfather.PhillipFeisStern.jpg RalphQ3 - Philipp Feis Stern, Ralph's great great grandfather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210254718-SB8VI986AOB6IRIHJ9GO/house.1920s.jpg RalphQ3 - Stern family villa https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619210263374-1SJ521T673ZIP9A9TR07/Villa.Hallway.Art.jpg RalphQ3 - Stern family villa in a suburb of Cologne https://stumblingstones.ca/story1-1 daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638667245-W3BDOWQTGCII67NHSM9Z/Beny+Banner.png Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639251444-H1E50TD8BZFFROHJSHZG/Vera+Banner+2.png Introduction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Introduction https://stumblingstones.ca/story-1-stone-significance daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619121965102-GRA252CCUB5WJSMHHS49/Gershon+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance - DO NOT DELETE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619638738938-Q6BO5I45IGUG4QILT20J/Beny+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance - DO NOT DELETE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619639180503-X7TQ9M3FQJG1ZIGWZ85R/Vera+Banner+2.png Story 1: Stone Significance - DO NOT DELETE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619122050176-CU6BDRS5A8QEYRECNHZ7/Ralph+Banner.png Story 1: Stone Significance - DO NOT DELETE https://stumblingstones.ca/gershonintro daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629411683-XTQIT44KOX24EL57LAOB/GershonPortrait2-min.jpg GershonIntro - Gershon in his home, Richmond Hill, Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629410119-9ID8ZFGYRS9N9EQV1FZA/Copy+of+41-min.jpg GershonIntro - Gershon with wife Jane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629410369-CC02MJNWH53ND4WGO90R/Copy+of+43-min.jpg GershonIntro - Gershon and Jane with their grown children and grandchildren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629410666-ASNYHCE3Q262GFMDBQBZ/Copy+of+45-min.jpg GershonIntro - Gershon and his cousin Rosalie in Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629410913-RYQURPSHN2H59G22V13E/Copy+of+48-min.jpg GershonIntro - Ink drawing of Gershon’s synagogue when he lived in St. Catherines, Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629411295-X60D5I1VE2T21R1A8QQ3/Copy+of+50-min.jpg GershonIntro - Gershon’s siddur (prayerbook), teffilin and tallis bag https://stumblingstones.ca/benyintro daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629658852-WR4Y5IG20W29QA3DFXQE/BM-min.jpg BenyIntro - Beny in his home, Toronto, Ontario https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629756613-7BOFI4TAWH68PD9RVFAU/IMG_7743-min.jpg BenyIntro - Beny with wife Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629658454-TZ0N5ZIKB7WDXDUHAFBA/24-min.jpg BenyIntro - Beny and Hope with their grown children and grandchildren https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619629658303-P38ZBIUF9L9YQ3FSQ4OZ/23-min.jpg BenyIntro - Beny and Hope with their children https://stumblingstones.ca/veraintro daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630487200-NCGK49N9PKGTL1UEUBWB/Copy+of+Vera+Writing.jpg VeraIntro - Vera at work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630033089-MON8CH4JRH9YHI8GOSS1/Copy+of+Graduation_001-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera receiving honorary doctorate degree, Thompson Rivers University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619633105111-GDCPI0R0RUI6E83Z8RR4/Copy+of+Couple-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera with her late husband Arthur https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630035035-S8BUYHV8TUDXTG1VNEXI/Copy+of+VS_014_recto+Vacation-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera with parents Elsa and Zibrid and sister on a family vacation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630033335-TQU9UA8SUOB2B2LJYU9P/Copy+of+VS+Coat-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera as a young woman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630034154-A7S07MXMEULF0X8JDOMJ/Copy+of+VS_006_recto+Jerry-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera's sister Eva (l) and Vera (r) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630034312-7UQL40CLH7STOGSOSLDG/Copy+of+VS_009_recto+Solo+Hagibor-min.jpg VeraIntro - Vera as a teenager https://stumblingstones.ca/ralphintro daily 0.75 2021-04-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619633505876-J0ZORUBB76KDRDNVK9SM/RalphSmiling+EDIT.jpg RalphIntro - Ralph, University of Manitoba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630160927-EAQOESHH4FLF8VX9WVOG/RalphChild.Overalls-min.jpg RalphIntro - Ralph as a child of 3 years, visiting Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630161474-ITXEWT9FRSRPAZ6PGA9J/RalphOregon-min.jpg RalphIntro - Ralph as a young adult in Oregon, US https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619630321735-NMZJYPY79OZG7LNFWTTZ/Ralph%27sParents.jpg RalphIntro - Ralph’s parents Gus and Sonja circa 1950s https://stumblingstones.ca/vera-schiff-3 daily 0.75 2021-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/603d830e0916052fc1500833/1619704982599-93Y5FM7608P6BXT2BOUQ/Copy+of+Graduation_001.jpg Vera Schiff - MOBILE - Vera Schiff Awarded Order of Canada in 2020 Awarded two Honorary Doctorates; Thompson Rivers University (2020) and UNB-Saint John (2012, shown left) Widowed, 2 children, 6 grandchildren, great-grandchildren Retired medical technologist, author, public speaker Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1926 Lived in Czechoslovakia, Israel, Canada Parents: Elsa and Zibrid, died in transit camp Theresienstadt