On this day, we remember three of our Braunhart descendants whose lives were taken from them during the Holocaust.

We remember, Hanna, Philipp, and Julius Braunhart.  Their photos are below.

Ida Tous Sternbach passed today (January 8, 2012) after a hundred year life.  She was born on March 14, 1911 in Goworowo, Russia (now Poland).  She immigrated to America at 2 years old and became a naturalized citizen in 1932 in Brooklyn, New York.

Ida married her husband Leo George Sternbach on June 29, 1947 in Brooklyn.  They were married until Leo's passing in 1996 - not quite 50 years.

Ida graduated from New York University and became an elementary school teacher in Brooklyn, New York  until she retired. She kept in touch with many of her former students for years.

Ida was a very devoted wife to Leo. She also loved her parents very much and always told stories about her youth with  them. She never had children, but she was very close to and adored her nieces and nephews. They were very good to her and took great care of her. Ida talked about them endlessly and attended all holiday celebrations in their homes.

Bernhard Braunhart - the oldest child of Lewin and Minnie Zadek Braunhart, was the first Braunhart to immigrate to America (in 1857 at the age of 16!).  He eventually landed in California, married in San Francisco, and was a merchant in San Bernardino.

He committed suicide in 1890, despondent over business failures and the breakup of his marriage to Rosa Levison Braunhart.  He left one child - Harry, who lived most if his adult life in Agnews State Hospital in Santa Clara County, California.

Bernhard's gravestone marker has just been found.  He is buried at the Home of Eternity Cemetery in San Bernardino, California.