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Biographical essay about Joseph Frank, 2014

Date

2014

Description

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

Date

2014

Description

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

Date

2014

Description

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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Biographical essay about Stephen Nasser, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Stephen Nasser's family was forced into a ghetto in Hungary, and then sent to an internment camp in 1944. He was liberated from Muhldorf in 1945.

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Handwritten list of names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s

Date

1946-09-26

Archival Collection

Description

This list was written by Charles Salton, brother of Adele Baratz. Salton lists the names of Jewish people living in Las Vegas in the 1940s. The list is dated September 26, 1946.

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Biographical essay by Ann Jenner, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Jenner's essay describes her family's experience in hiding in Holland during World War II.

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Biographical essay about Magda Nissanov, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Magda Nissanov and her family were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau from Hungary in 1944. She and her sister were later sent to a work camp in Bavaria, and eventually Dachau, where they were liberated in 1945/

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Biographical essay about Raymonde Fiol, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Ray Fiol is the daughter of Holocaust victims who died at Auschwitz-Birkenau. Fiol was smuggled out a labor camp and protected by a French family during the war.

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Biographical essay by Simone Salen, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Simone Salen's parents survived the Holocaust, and she describes her life as a miracle. She was reunited with her father's diary, which he kept during the Holocaust, and translated it into English.

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Court filing for University of Nevada Board of Regents reapportionment, July 1966

Date

1966-07

Archival Collection

Description

Writ of Mandamus to the Governor, Secretary of State, Lieutenant Governor, and Treasurer of the State of Nevada calling for the reapportionment of the Board of Regents.

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