Moshe Taube (z”l) June 17, 1927 – November 11, 2020 Birthplace: Krakow, PolandReligious Identity: Jewish “It was a transition of great importance, a tragic transition;…
Manny Kolski (z”l) August 21, 1914 – November 11, 2020 Birthplace: Lodz, PolandReligious Identity: Jewish “Can you imagine…I was 23 years old, that’s all… the…
(Abraham) Judah Samet (z”l) February 5, 1938 – September 27, 2022 Birthplace: Debrecen, HungaryReligious Identity: Jewish “Only a change of underwear, they told us. We…
Malka Baran (z”l) January 30, 1927 – May 7, 2007 Malka Baran, whose birth name was Mela Klin, was born in Warsaw on January 30,…
Fritz Ottenheimer (z”l) March 18, 1925 – July 20, 2017 Birthplace: Konstanz, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “When my father was arrested by the secret police and…
Melvin Goldman (z”l) Melvin Goldman (z”l) seemed to be a typical successful American, living with his family in Squirrel Hill, a multicultural Pittsburgh neighborhood with…
Herman Snyder (z”l) January 1, 1921 – September 10, 2019 Birthplace: Vilna, PolandReligious Identity: Atheist “If there was a God, this would not have happened.”…
Solange Lebovitz b. August 6, 1930 Birthplace: Paris, FranceReligious Identity: Jewish “The French man’s wife took me to Normandy to live with an older Catholic…
Edith Bell (z”l) November 11, 1923 – May 22, 2022 Birthplace: Hamburg, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish – not observing “We arrived in Auschwitz. The officer said,…
Yolanda Avram Willis (z”l) October 2, 1934 – October 1, 2023 Birthplace: Salonika, GreeceReligious Identity: Jewish “I was one of the lucky ones. I was…