"Melody of Tears" Theme from Two Pieces of Cloth by Joe Gold
the Archive
The Gold family archives are available for viewing below. They are organized chapter by chapter, so you can explore them along with the book.
Photos
Joe, 1952
Photos & Documents
David at age 25
David and Mayer in Bratslavia
David’s family in Cuba
Found note about a street incident
Photos
Aurelia Birnbaum and her sisters. She was the second oldest of five girls, pictured left to right: Elizabeth, Aurelia, Dorothy, Gisella, and Magda
Aurelia at age 24
Photos
David, Andrew, and Aurelia, 1943
Renata (age 4) and Moshe (age 2) Tov
Egon Birnbaum
Elizabeth (Birji) Birnbaum
Josef and Sarah Birnbaum
Joe and Shira at Auschwitz
Documents
David and Aurelia’s marriage certificate, 1941
Hanging incident from affidavit taken in 1956
Documents of deportation
Links
Read about the history of DEGOB (the National Commitee for Attending Deportees).
Documents
DEGOB card
Registration book regarding address in Bratislava
Last address in Bratislava
Documents
Riese Camp survivors list 01
The Books
Gross Rosen camp list
Gross Rosen camp list 02
Gross Rosen camp list 03
Reise Camp survivors list 01
Reise Camp survivors list 02
Photos
David’s ID
David, Aurelia, and Andrew in Montreal, June 1948
Joe
Andrew and Joe, 1947
Aurelia and Joe, 1947
Andrew and Joe, 1948
Gold’s Linen Co. storefront
Aunt Anne, mother of Claude and Mimi
David, Aurelia, Magda, and Andrew, 1946
Elvira and Flora
Family portrait
Harry and Etta Klein
Magda
Golds Fashion Fabrics storefront
Gold’s Fashion Fabrics, interior
Mano with Jeffrey, Eddie, and Robert Riff, 1958
Documents
Ascania ship manifest, reproduced courtesy of the National Archives, UK
The Ascania
Photos
Family on the steps of the 42nd Ave. house
Family, 1950
Memorial at Yad Vashem
Rosa, Luba, Fanny, and Sarah
Sara, Sam, and Ignacio
Shani
Documents
Avraham Pinchas Goldberger
Chayim Goldberger
Dorothy Roth Birnbaum
Egon Birnbaum
Elizabeth Birnbaum
Gisi Birnbaum
Josef Shalom Goldberger
Joseph Birnbaum
Karl Roth
Moshe Tov Yehie Goldberger
Renata Raizelle Goldberger
Sara Goldberger Heinovitz
Photos
David, Aranka, Bundi, and Magda
Dorothy (Dorothea Birnbaum) Roth
Isak, Sara, Jeffrey, Eddie, and Robert Riff
Sara Goldberger
Documents
Chayim Goldberger document
Chayim Goldberger, Yad Vashem page of testimony
Eva Birnbaum, Yad Vashem page of testimony
Josef Birnbaum, document
Josef Birnbaum, Yad Vashem page of testimony
Josef Goldberger, document
Josef Goldberger, Yad Vashem page of testimony
Sara Goldberger, document
Sara Goldberger, Yad Vashem page of testimony
Renata Goldberger, document
Photos
Aurelia and David on a cruise
David at the Wailing Wall, Jerusalem
David giving testimony
David Gold’s headstone, Jerusalem
Joe and the book
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