Uncovering Their Names and Stories (LJLA & AJGS Author Talk)

David Marlow will be speaking to the AJGS Vic about his family history research undertaken for his new book ‘Uncovering Their Names and Stories: 300+ Years of a German-Jewish Family 1697-2024’. The book has been published by JewishGen Press in the USA. His book uncovers three hundred years of German Jewish history through the lens of his family’s lives in German speaking lands. David will explain the key sources and resources used, including his self drive research road trip through Germany in March 2024. His research discovered many interesting and tragic ancestors and stories, including a theatre fire to and cigar manufacturer who fought in the American Civil War, 20 who fought in the German Army in WW1 and over 110 family members murdered in the Holocaust, including two of David’s grandparents.