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Ann-Marja Lander oral history interview

Identifier

OH-03908

Abstract

Oral history interview with Ann-Marja Lander conducted by Claytee D. White on August 14, 2023 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Lander tells the history of her family living in Europe, getting visas for the United States in 1953, and migratng to Seattle. The family then moved to Souther California, and Lander worked in a department store in high school and joined B'nai B'rith as she began to feel closer to her Jewish heritage. After college, Lander recalls following family moving to Las Vegas, Nevada and joined the Westside Newcomers Club and worked as a certified financial planner. Lander discusses being a member of the Second Generation organization, which is composed of children of Holocaust survivors.

Archival Collection

Photograph of Elie Wiesel, Dorothy Eisenberg and Edythe Katz, 1980s

Date

1980 to 1989

Archival Collection

Description

Color photograph of Elie Wiesel, Dorothy Eisenberg and Edythe Katz.

Image

Weiss, Shirley, 1929-

Shirley is a Holocaust survivor. She was born in Kyvjazd, Czechoslovakia.

Person

Edythe Katz-Yarchever oral history interview

Identifier

OH-02038

Abstract

Oral history interview with Edythe Katz-Yarchever conducted by Claytee White on December 09, 2000, February 11, 2003, March 11, 2003, and December 06, 2005 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas History Project. In the interviews, Katz-Yarchever discusses her life in Las Vegas, Nevada, owning movie theaters with her husband, Lloyd Katz, and the strides they made in civil rights. She talks about her service in Civil Defense and the National Guard, moving to various places, and working in Los Angeles, California. She also discusses becoming involved in the community in various ways with Operation Independence and Holocaust education.

Archival Collection

Dubin, Susan

No description.

Person

Klein, Gerda Weissmann, 1924-

Bio taken from Wikipedia: "Gerda Weissmann Klein (born Gerda Weissmann, May 8, 1924, Bielsko, Poland) is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All but My Life (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry. She married Kurt Klein (1920–2002) in 1946.

Person

Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 17

Description

Community Relations Committee meeting mintues for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28, 1988.