Local Survivors Archive - Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh https://hcofpgh.org/category/local-survivors-archive/ connecting the horrors of the Holocaust and antisemitism with injustices of today Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:57:07 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hcofpgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-newlogoblue-150x150.jpg Local Survivors Archive - Holocaust Center of Pittsburgh https://hcofpgh.org/category/local-survivors-archive/ 32 32 Dr. Frederick Reif https://hcofpgh.org/dr-frederick-reif/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dr-frederick-reif Fri, 28 Feb 2025 19:38:25 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27810 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…

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]]> Harry Drucker https://hcofpgh.org/harry-drucker/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=harry-drucker Mon, 03 Mar 2025 19:39:36 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27815 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…

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]]> Walter Boninger https://hcofpgh.org/walter-boninger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walter-boninger Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:54:48 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27804 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…

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]]> Margit Annemarie Diamond https://hcofpgh.org/margit-annemarie-diamond/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=margit-annemarie-diamond Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:56:57 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27777 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…

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]]> Barbara Welner https://hcofpgh.org/barbara-welner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbara-welner Thu, 27 Feb 2025 20:10:34 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27773 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…

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]]> Leon Metzler https://hcofpgh.org/leon-metzler/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=leon-metzler Mon, 24 Feb 2025 16:57:42 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27766 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…

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]]> Irene Skolnick https://hcofpgh.org/irene-skolnick/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irene-skolnick Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:36:57 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27748 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…

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]]> Hana Kovanic https://hcofpgh.org/hana-kovanic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hana-kovanic Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:04:55 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27745 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…

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]]> Francine Gelernter https://hcofpgh.org/francine-gelertner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=francine-gelertner Fri, 21 Feb 2025 17:52:41 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27741 Francine Gelernter (z”l) February 1, 1932 – December 24, 2021 Birthplace: Kovno, LithuaniaReligious Identity: Jewish “First the Russians invaded Kovno and then the Germans. The…

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]]> Sam Weinreb https://hcofpgh.org/sam-weinreb/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sam-weinreb Mon, 16 Jun 2025 13:57:06 +0000 https://hcofpgh.org/?p=27715 Sam Weinreb (z”l) April 5, 1926 – January 15,  “My number was A4659, I was told that I will no longer need to remember my…

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