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Biographical essay by Sasha Semenoff, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Sasha Semenoff survived several internment camps during the Holocaust, and ultimately recovered and became an entertainer in Las Vegas.

Text

Photograph of Sasha Semenoff, 1990s

Date

1990 to 1999

Archival Collection

Description

Sasha Semenoff playing the violin at a Jewish Federation event.

Image

Video, Generations of the Shoah interview with Sasha Semenoff, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Interview with Sasha Semenoff by Esther Finder. Semenoff is a Holocaust survivor, and discusses his life after he was liberated from a concentration camp in Europe in 1945.

Moving Image

Holocaust Education Conference program, 1997

Date

1997

Archival Collection

Description

Booklet program from the Holocaust Education Conference, 1997.

Text

Audio clip from interview with David and Iris Torjman, November 12, 2015

Date

2015-11-12

Archival Collection

Description

In this audio clip, Iris and David speak about going to shows at the hotels in Las Vegas in the 1960s through the 1990s. David Torjman was the Hebrew School teacher at Temple Beth Sholom and taught the children and grandchildren of many hotel owners and operators. They speak about their wedding reception during which Sasha Semenoff played.

Sound