The two silver items were confiscated from the Ackermann family by the Nazis in 1939 and returned to the London Jewish Community Foundation on April 12, 2024.
It was a reunion 85 years in the making and though no one from the Ackermann family is alive to witness the act of
Adolf and Mina and their daughter were all murdered in the Holocaust, as well as much of their extended family. Their surviving son, Theodor, went to South Africa and later to London, Ont., where he was a chemistry professor at Western University. He and his wife, Ellen, had no children and died in 1993 and 2004, respectively.
Julie Bevan, executive director of Museum London, was unable to provide an exact date for when the items will be on display there, but said the “plan is to integrate these artifacts into an exhibition calledNearly 1 in 4 federal inmates are receiving treatment for opioid addictionTeacher fired after competing on ‘Survivor Québec’ reality show
Often the most difficult part is not locating the rightful descendants, but getting them to respond, he explained, as many people initially think it’s a scam.Initially, Weniger did not plan to travel to return the items, but he felt it was unfair of the families to ask them to spend money to travel to Germany, and he felt shipping the items was complicated and “undignified.”
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