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Walther, Sonja Niekerk
The documentation of the Holocaust of World War II reveals the desperation of Jewish families to protect their loved ones from doom. In this oral history, Sonja (neé Niekerk) Walter recalls the story of being an infant handed off to a family friend for safety and nurturing. Next to Sonja is Wilma, her “sister” and the biological daughter of that friend.
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Ellsworth, Emma, 1902-1988
Emma Ellsworth was born in Payson, Utah on September 25, 1902. She moved to Pioche, Nevada shortly after getting married to her husband. She later moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and raised her children there.
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Ishman, W. Dean
W. Dean Ishman was born in Bronx, New York and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1995. In 2003, he became the President of the Las Vegas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. As president he reorganized the NAACP and put effort into recruiting more Hispanic people to the organization.
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Clark, Georgie White
Georgie Clark was born in Chicago, Illinois on November 13, 1910. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969. She was a real estate agent, river runner, and a ferry command civil servant in World War II.
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Mason, Beverly
Beverly Mason was born on October 30th, 1968 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mason grew up in West Las Vegas and was part of the school integration movement in the 1970s. She was a industrial hygienest at the Nevada Test Site and worked in the School Community Partnership Office as a program manager.
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Brooks, John Lutton, 1937-2014
John Brooks was born November 12, 1937 in Las Vegas, Nevada. As a child Brooks sold Review-Journal newspapers. He graduated from Las Vegas High School. Brooks began working in the gaming industry in Las Vegas in 1958.
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Broxterman, David
David Broxterman had a long career with the Air Force and was a member of an Air Force association that helped push for an engineering school at the UNiversity of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). As of 2007, he is the administrative manager for the Clark County School District and works on green building certification for the district.
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Seidman, Lorne
Lorne Seidman was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969 because he was hired to teach business law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas(UNLV). He was also the discipline officer, assistant general counsel, and deputy attorney general of UNLV.
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Underhill, Byron (Byron DeForrest)
Byron Underhill was born February 02, 1919 and moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1927. Underhill and his father owned and operated the first Coca Cola Bottling Company in Clark County, Nevada. Underhill had three children, born between 1948 and 1955.
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