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Biographical essay by Samuel Newman, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Samuel Newman describes his experience during the Holocaust and being separated from his siblings at different orphanages. He was in Kyrgyzstan from 1943 to 1946, and at an orphanage in Poland until 1951. Newman trained in graphic arts and spent some time in the military in Israel. He came to the United States in 1968.

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Video, "A Place of Hope: The Story of the Warsaw Ghetto Remembrance Garden," 2017

Date

2017

Archival Collection

Description

This documentary is about the Warsaw Remembrance Garden at Temple Beth Sholom in Las Vegas, Nevada. The film is written, produced, and directed by Ben Huber. It provides the historical context of the Warsaw ghetto during World War II and tells Henry Kronberg?s and Ben Lesser?s personal stories of survival. Barbara Tabach was a consultant on the film and the off-screen interviewer to whom Henry tells his story. Mark Scheiner is executive producer and Robert Machado is director of photography.

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Biographical essay by Jacques Ribons, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Jacques Ribons describes his life during the Nazi occupation of Poland. During the liquidation of the Jewish ghetto, his family decided to turn themselves in to the Germans. They were sent to a prison and separated. He and his brother survived and went to France with the OSE, and came to the United States in 1947.

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Overview of Jewish Family Service Agency operations, 2013-2014

Date

2013 to 2014

Description

This document contains graphs and charts to document the services provided to the community by the Jewish Family Service Agency in 2013 and 2014.

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Photographs of Yom Ha'Shoah at Midbar Kodesh Temple, 2000

Date

2000

Archival Collection

Description

Photographs of people during Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Biographical essay about Meta Doran, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Meta Doran's family was deported from Germany to Poland in 1938. She was sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in 1944, where her mother perished.

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Biographical essay by Celia Strauss, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Celia Strauss describes her family history in Poland and fleeing the Nazis, narrowly escaping being captured or shot several times. She and her family came to the United States in 1947.

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Videos, Interview with Gary Rosenthal, by Esther Finder, 2013

Date

2013

Description

Two versions of an interview with Gary Rosenthal with Esther Finder. Mr. Rosenthal discusses his family's journey to the United States, and his career as an electrical engineer.

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Biographical essay by Martin Kohn, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Martin Kohn describes being taken to a concentration camp and being separated from his family. He was later moved to several other camps and eventually liberated in 1945.

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Biographical essay by Alexander Kuechel, 2014

Date

2014

Description

Alexander Kuechel describes the events leading up to Kristallnacht in 1938, being the sole survivor of his family, enduring seven concentration camps.

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