Reading Room
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Halberstadt and Wernigerode
Photographs
The Reichenbach family
Dolf stands beside Margarete and Paul in the principal surviving family portrait from before 1935.
Halberstadt and Wernigerode
Photographs
Kaufhaus Reichenbach at Martiniplan 10 at night
A family-held night photograph records the illuminated Martiniplan 10 façade and display windows.
The American chapter
Photographs
Susan “Subie” Ulmer Reichenbach at seventeen or eighteen
A family-held studio portrait shows Susan “Subie” Ulmer at about seventeen or eighteen, before her marriage to Dolf.
The American chapter
Photographs
Classmates already called her Subie
The 1943 Simmons yearbook gives Susan Berne Ulmer’s portrait, school record and the nickname Subie.
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