Our education blog entries are researched and written by interns in our Charles D. Zucker Jewish Studies Internship Program. For questions about educational programming and internships, contact Public Programs Manager Lizzi Meister. Gunther Kargar was born in Schmieheim, Germany, in 1933 to Herbert and Ida Karger. They lived across the street from the town castle with his grandparents, Karolina and Gustav Offenheimer. As the Nazis seized power, the country became increasingly