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Oral histories

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 579 Collections and/or Records:

Margot Grünfeld Shafran: Escape from Nazi Germany Survival in the Shanghai Ghetto, 2015-09

 Item
Identifier: B452.01.0001.0004
Abstract Oral history interview with Margot Grünfeld Shafran. Margot, born on January 10, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her early years as a treasured only child; growing up with an extended Jewish family in Berlin in the 1920s and 1930s; her father Reuben Grünfeld, a Polish citizen who in October 1939 was seized and deported to the Polish border where he languished for nine months until his wife, Lotte Secher Grünfeld, arranged for three sets of papers and...
Dates: 2015-09

Maria Lowenstein Oral History Transcripts, 2001-2002

 File
Identifier: B333.09.0014.0005
Scope and Contents

Folder contains transcripts of oral histories by Maria Lowenstein, most done in the late 1970s. Maria talks about her childhood in Estonia, WWI, WWII, Nazis, finding Henry Lowenstein, Karin Steinberg, and Ingrid Lind. Also, one DVD with 29 mp3 files of the interviews and an Excel index. Oral histories were transcribed by Henry Lowenstein on 2001-2002.

Dates: 2001-2002

Marjorie Hornbein on the Jewish History of Trinidad, 1979 June 26

 Item
Identifier: B098.01.0003.00058
Abstract

Marjorie Hornbein giving a presentation for Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society about the history of Jews in Trinidad.

Dates: 1979 June 26

Mary Pepper Segal Video Interview, 1987

 Item
Identifier: B098.15.0019.00007
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1987

Max Sklar Video Interview, 1987

 Item
Identifier: B098.15.0019.00009
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series features oral history video recordings of Denver's Jewish community and of the Hispano Crypto-Jewsish Resource Center. Among the events covered is a recording of Peryle Beck's 80th birthday party in 1995.

Dates: 1987

Michael Saliman Papers and Religious Objects

 Collection
Identifier: B342
Abstract The Saliman family of Denver, Colorado dates back to Paul Michael (known as Michael) and Bessie Radetsky Saliman, both from Russia and born in 1852 and 1853, respectively. As did most Jewish families, Paul Michael and his wife Bessie Radetsky Saliman settled on the west side near Sloan's Lake in 1886. Michael pushed a cart through the alleys of Denver collecting rags and junk to re-sell, finally developing a business of collecting, cleaning and recycling milk bottles for local...
Dates: circa 1825-1980

Mike Zelinger on Jewish Community Center, circa 1978

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Identifier: B098.01.0001.00019
Abstract

Mike Zelinger talks about the startup of the community in Denver as well as the Jewish Community Center (JCC) starting in the early 1920s.

Dates: circa 1978

Minnette Miller and Edward Blair at Leadville, Colorado, 1978 July 9

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Identifier: B098.01.0002.00033
Abstract "Edward Blair, curator of Healy House, a museum in Leadville, Colo., answers questions from a Rocky Mountain Jewish Historical Society (RMJHS) tour group about the Healy House and Jewish families in Leadville. Minnette Miller, the oldest living Jewish resident of Leadville at that time, talks about growing up in Leadville and what it was like to live there.Minnette Miller taught school in Leadville, Colorado for 25 years and served as the director of the Lake County Department of...
Dates: 1978 July 9

Moe Katz on Atwood Colony and Various Synagogues, 1979 May 20

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Identifier: B098.01.0003.00045
Abstract

Moe Kattz is interviewed on the Atwood Colony, 10th Street Shul (Shearith Israel), living on 11th Street, the Marion Street Shul (Oheb Zadek) and Beth HaMedrosh Hagodol.

Dates: 1979 May 20