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…
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…
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…
Malka Baran (z”l) January 30, 1927 – May 7, 2007 Malka Baran, whose birth name was Mela Klin, was born in Warsaw, Poland on January…
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.”…
Shulamit Bastacky (z”l) August 25, 1941 – January 1, 2021 Birthplace: Vilna, LithuaniaReligious Identity: Jewish “I was locked up there, and the reason I was…
Oscar Singer (z”l) Oscar Singer (z”l) was born in Radomysl Wielki, Poland in 1925. As a teen and young adult, Oscar survived imprisonment and forced…
Moshe Baran (z”l) December 1st, 1920 – February 3, 2024 Birthplace: Horodok, Poland (now Belarus)Religious Identity: Jewish “We were in a village, and I was…