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Biographical essay about Ben Lesser, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Bejamin Lesser escaped Poland to temporary safety in Hungary in 1943. He was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, and other concentration camps. He survived and was liberated from Dachau in 1945.
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Biographical essay by Sasha Semenoff, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Sasha Semenoff survived several internment camps during the Holocaust, and ultimately recovered and became an entertainer in Las Vegas.
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Biographical essay about Meta Doran, 2014
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Archival Collection
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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.
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Fiol, Raymonde, 1936-
Raymonde "Ray" Fiol was born August 22, 1936 in Germany. A Jewish Holocaust survivor whose parents were killed in Auschwitz, Fiol was hidden by a Christian family of Resistance fighters during her childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, France. She married American serviceman Phil Fiol and left Paris in 1957. The couple lived in New York City, New York where she worked in inventory control. Fiol retired to Las Vegas, Nevada around 2003 and became active in the local Holocaust Survivors Group.
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Sabbath, Roberta Sterman
Roberta Sabbath was born on December 23, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia. She received her bachelor's degree in French Studies from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1965 and married Dennis Sabbath in 1967. The couple spent two years in Chicago, Illinois before moving to Kodiak, Alaska in 1969 where she started an adult basic education program and a youth program. After about two years in Alaska, Sabbath and her husband moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Biographical essay about Henry Kronberg, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Henry Kronberg was nineteen when the Nazis invaded Poland. He was sent to several labor camps, and liberated in 1945.
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Biographical essay about Janos Strauss, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Janos Strauss was picked up by the Nazis at age 15, but lied and said he was 17, which saved his life. He was liberated during a transport in 1945.
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Biographical essay about Joseph Frank, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Joe Frank's family lived in Germany during Kristallnacht, and was able to escape to England in 1939. They came to the United States in 1940.
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Biographical essay about Judd Nissanov, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Judd Nissanov's journey escaping the Nazis as part of the Polish army took him to Persia, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt.
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Biographical essay by Stan Rubens, 2014
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Archival Collection
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Stan Rubens and his family survived the Holocaust by escaping from a transport and with aid from family. They were able to stay in hiding for the duration of the war.
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