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Henry Kronberg Papers

Identifier

MS-00718

Abstract

The Henry Kronberg Papers is comprised of photographs, newspaper clippings, and business records from 1945 to 2017 that document Henry Kronberg's business, Stoney's Pawn Shop, his personal life, and his involvement with the Jewish community in Las Vegas, Nevada. The collection also includes A Place of Hope, a documentary about the Warsaw Remembrance Garden at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas featuring Kronberg.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Dennis Sabbath with Annette and Tom Lantos, date unknown

Description

Tom Lantos was the only Holocaust survivor to serve in the U.S. Congress.

Biographical essay about Meta Doran, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Meta Doran's family was deported from Germany to Poland in 1938. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in 1944, where her mother perished.

Text

Photograph of event hosted by the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, 1998-2000

Description

Group of adults lighting candles (Holocaust remembrance day?)

Photographs of Yom Ha'Shoah at Midbar Kodesh Temple, 2000

Date

2000

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of people during Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Image

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 25

Description

Jewish Federation of Las Vegas Board of Directors meeting minutes, November 9, 1988.

Jacques Ribbons photos and narrative about Nazi gold, 1999

Level of Description

File

Scope and Contents

Jacques Ribbons was a Holocaust survivor who later resettled in Las Vegas; this folder contains a story by the New York Times about American G.I.'s looting Nazi gold and Jacques Ribbon's recollections about that event

Archival Collection

Joshua Abbey Papers
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Collection Number: MS-00820
Collection Name: Joshua Abbey Papers
Box/Folder: Box 01

Archival Component

Sasha Semenoff oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02609

Abstract

Oral history interview with Sasha Semenoff conducted by Claytee D. White on April 29, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Semenoff begins the interview by discussing his early life in Latvia and learning to play the violin as a child before the Nazi invasion. He describes being a Jewish Holocaust survivor, surviving the ghettos and concentration camp where he was held, and explaining how he immigrated to the United States after he was liberated. Semenoff then discusses moving to New York City, New York, where he joined the musician's union before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959. He details his career as a prominent lounge and big band violinist in Las Vegas, where he played at several different casinos, including the Desert Inn Lounge, the Dunes Hotel and Casino, and the MGM Grand Hotel. Semenoff also talks about the musicians he has played with, such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, his work at the time of the interview, and the presence of organized crime in Las Vegas.

Archival Collection