Bust-length photograph of Henry and Anita Schuster.

Anita and Henry Schuster (beige coats) are seated with others at an event.

In this oral history, the long married couple Henry and Anita Schuster recall the history of the 1930s and how they eventually met and created a life together. Their childhoods were distinctively different, but charter a future where they would inevitably meet. Born in Germany in 1926, Henry recalls the dawn of Hitler and the Nazism. His mother would arrange for his evacuation to France, where he would not know her fate or that of his two sisters for a number of years. Along with hundreds of other displaced children, he escaped to America and lived with relatives in Louisiana where he finished his schooling and joined the US Army. Anita on the other hand grew up with her family in New York. They share the story of meeting when she was 16, falling in love and marrying in 1948. They had four children and moved several times before settling in California. They retired to Las Vegas in 1993. Henry's recollections include childhood memories of the Holocaust and its affect on his family, including the loss of his mother and one of his sisters. Finding his surviving sister Bertel (Betty Kale) after the war is a heartwarming tale of survival. The Schusters are part of the approximately 300 members of the Holocaust Survivor Group that has settled in southern Nevada and Henry was President Emeritus of the group. He published his memoir, Abraham's Son-the Making of an American, in 2010.

Group of letters about the activities and concerns of the Holocaust Survivors' Group of Southern Nevada.

Group of documents from the 2005 luncheon held at Nellis Airforce Base to commemorate the Holocaust.

Group of essays written by Henry Schuster about his experiences in Europe during the Holocaust and his life in the United States. Schuster was placed in an orphanage after his father died and came to the United States via France and the kindertransport with hopes of being reunited with his family.

Bust-length portrait of Henry Schuster in military uniform.