by GAIC_Admin | Oct 13, 2015 | Real People, Repatriated & Exchanged Families
The Grabers, two young boys and their German-born parents, lived in New Jersey in an apartment building owned by a Polish landlord. When Hitler invaded Poland, the relationship became strained, so the Grabers moved. The landlord contacted the FBI. Mr. Graber worked on...
by GAIC_Admin | Sep 18, 2010 | Real People, US Citizen Internees, US Resident Internees
Alfred and Susan Schmidt married in Germany in 1932, moved to the U.S. the following year, eventually working their way to Honolulu. In 1935 Alfred began a roofing business of his own, and in 1940, he and his wife became naturalized American citizens, changing...