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Chapter I: Between twilight and dawn, gazing towards a bewildering horizon
I.1 Reflections at the beginning
I.2 Manneberg: a strange name
I.3 The Prussian government in the "triangle": Manneberg family life
I.4 Emanuel Manneberg from Loslau and his talented son, Loebel Leopold
I.5 Loebel Leopold and Rosalie Manneberg
I.6 The new synagogue in Rybnik, or "The Temple in Haase's back yard"
I.7 The years preceding World War I
Chapter II: Jewish Soldiers
II.2 Finding new historical facts, and what the heck is the real plot of this story?
II.3 Ismar Manneberg: a Bavarian officer, a German war hero
II.4 A meeting of Jews in the train on their way to the Western Front
II.5 Post-modern meetings
II.7 Yitshak-Isaac Zuckerbraun's journey from Lithuania to Jerusalem
II.8 Haim Segal, Ruth's grandfather – an Ottoman soldier
II.9 A meeting at the crossroads between "the Next World" and "the New World": "Baba" in God's service
II.10 The Oko brothers, Jewish soldiers in the army of Czar Nikolai II, or "the Russians" in Germany
Chapter III: Between the two World Wars, or the never-ending war
III.0 Between the wars
III.1 Rosel Manneberg in Hanover, the revolving sword and banishment from "Paradise Lost"
III.2 Hans – life in a happy childhood bubble
III.4 Leopold the Second, the Third, the Fourth? Depends upon where one starts counting. Hans or Janik? Depends upon one's perspective.
III.6 Rosel Manneberg's store
III.7 "The deal"
III.8 Jozef the merchant and Jan the policeman have some garlic soup
III.9 The journey to Palestine in 1934
III.11 Nathan Oko, "the Russian" in Württemberg, Germany
III.13 "The Black Forest Maiden": from Sofaleh in Rottweil to Sofie Oko in British Mandatory Palestine
III.14 The dream and its collapse - David, son of Haim Segal from Jerusalem, and Chia, daughter of Rosa Rosenstein from Brooklyn: pioneers in Palestine
III.15 Drumbeats and clouds of war darkening the horizon
III.16 One thousand pounds sterling in gold – the entrance price to "Paradise Lost"
III.17 "The escape" – about-face and flight from the inferno
III.18 Tango of War and Peace: the dance of life and death
Chapter IV - Epilogue
IV.1 "Finished but not completed" – reflections in summary
IV.2 "The Manneberg House" project – A humanistic center in Rybnik, Upper Silesia, Poland
IV.3 "Foreplay" and surprises around every corner
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Manneberg Family
Manor Family
Manning Family
Oko Family
Segal Family
Rosenstein Family
The Manneberg House
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Family Album
Manneberg Family
The Manneberg Family Tree
Eli Manneberg - Photos
Ya'akov Manneberg - Photos
Michael Manneberg - Photos
Manor Family
The Manor Family Tree
Manor family - Photos
Manning Family
The Manning Family Tree
Manning family - Photos
Oko Family
The Oko Family Tree
Oko family - Photos
Segal Family
The Segal Family Tree
Segal family - Photos
Rosenstein Family
The Rosenstein Family Tree
Rosenstein family - Photos
Everything Happened - but Not Really
Manneberg family
The Manneberg Family Tree
Eli Manneberg - Photos
Ya'akov Manneberg - Photos
Michael Manneberg - Photos
Manor family
The Manor Family Tree
Manor family - Photos
Manning family
The Manning Family Tree
Manning family - Photos
Oko family
The Oko Family Tree
Oko family - Photos
Segal family
The Segal Family Tree
Segal family - Photos
Rosenstein family
The Rosenstein Family Tree
Rosenstein family - Photos