July 2019   Blum, Manheim and Loeb.    Jewish Heritage in Franconia, Württemberg, Alsace Lorraine.    Roundtrip from Frankfurt, 6 days, 3 people  4 hotel nights

Judith Blum from California had collected extensive information on her ancestral families that were part of the Jewish emigration mid of the 19th century and I had prepared our itinerary with activities and meetings along the way. She was accompagnied by her son Scott Ragsdale as we met at Frankfurt. A tour full of discoveries followed and later in Straßburg her son Marc joined the party for the Alsace places on our itinerary. Highlights were receptions by major Tanja Riedel and the friedship society at the former synagoge and todays cultural center at Ottensoos, Franconia, where Judith left family artefacts at Isaac Manheims former home, and many local excursion. Elisabeth Böhrer and Sandra Höfling helped in Ottensoos and Wilmars, Karin Beh in Ichenhausen, Württemberg and in and around Straßburg we were again welcomed by great people. A wonderful experience with Gerard Salomon's apartment in Straßburg as a final highlight after remarkable days of which Scott's diary created meanigful memories and reflexions.