Dr. Frederick Reif (z”l) Frederich (later Frederick) Reif was born in Vienna, Austria in 1927 to Gerschon Reif, a dentist, and Klara (Chaja Lea) Gottfried…
Harry Drucker (z”l) About Harry Oral history interview with Harry Drucker This Holocaust survivor built a life in Pittsburgh. Now he’s turning 100. | Pittsburgh…
Walter Boninger (z”l) June 21, 1928 – March 25, 2018 Birthplace: Hamburg, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “I used to say I wasn’t a Holocaust survivor- I…
Margit Annemarie Diamond (z”l) b. December 2, 1927 “My mother found out about the Kindertransports, which took children to safety. In May of 1939 she…
Barbara Welner (z”l) Barbara Welner (z”l) was smuggled out of the Lvov ghetto at age 12 by her parents who not survive the Holocaust. Barbara…
Leon Metzler (z”l) May 18, 1928 – July 21, 2016 Birthplace: Sobernheim, GermanyReligious Identity: Jewish “When the Nazis came into our house they had axes…
Irene Skolnick Birthdate: August 22, 1937Birthplace: Przemysl, PolandReligious Identity: Jewish “One of my father’s sisters didn’t feel she needed to wear the white armband with…
Hana Kovanic (z”l) May 17, 1936 – July 26, 2019 Birthplace: Velká nad Veličkou, Czech RepublicReligious Identity: Reform Judaism “To us it was temporary; we…
Francine Gelertner (z”l) February 1, 1932 – December 24, 2021 Birthplace: Kovno, LithuaniaReligious Identity: Jewish “First the Russians invaded Kovno and then the Germans. The…
Irene Furst (z”l) October 1, 1921 – November 30, 2019 Birthplace: Lodz, PolandReligious Identity: Jewish “My father was separated from us in Auschwitz and he…