Samuel Shear (z”l) 1925 – December 16, 2024 Sam Shear (z”l) was born in 1925 in Bedzin, Poland to Hersh Leib and Blima Szejer. It…
Edith Balas (z”l) June 20, 1929 – November 16, 2024 Edith Balas was born in Cluj, Romania. She recalled having a wonderful childhood there, until…
Marga Silberman Randall (z”l) March 20, 1930 – November 24, 2005 Marga Silbermann Randall was born in Lemforde, Germany on March 20, 1930. In 1934,…
Jack Sittsamer (z”l) December 30, 1924 – October 26, 2008 Jack Sittsamer was born on December 30, 1924, in Mielec, Poland. He lived with his…
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…