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Photograph of Henry and Anita Schuster, circa 2000
Bust-length photograph of Henry and Anita Schuster.
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Photograph of Doug Unger, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 07, 2016
Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center chairperson Doug Unger at the center.
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Photograph of Doug Unger, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 07, 2016
Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center chairperson Doug Unger at the center.
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Photograph of Doug Unger, Las Vegas, Nevada, June 07, 2016
Sperling Kronberg Mack Holocaust Resource Center chairperson Doug Unger at the center.
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Sasha Semenoff oral history interview
Oral history interview with Sasha Semenoff conducted by Claytee D. White on April 29, 2009 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Semenoff begins the interview by discussing his early life in Latvia and learning to play the violin as a child before the Nazi invasion. He describes being a Jewish Holocaust survivor, surviving the ghettos and concentration camp where he was held, and explaining how he immigrated to the United States after he was liberated. Semenoff then discusses moving to New York City, New York, where he joined the musician's union before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1959. He details his career as a prominent lounge and big band violinist in Las Vegas, where he played at several different casinos, including the Desert Inn Lounge, the Dunes Hotel and Casino, and the MGM Grand Hotel. Semenoff also talks about the musicians he has played with, such as Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, his work at the time of the interview, and the presence of organized crime in Las Vegas.
Archival Collection
Las Vegas Jewish community records, 1988-2004
This series is comprised of records created by congregations and other organizations in the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish community from 1988 to 2004. In addition to newsletters from various congregations in the Las Vegas Valley and the Holocaust Survivors Group of Southern Nevada, the series also includes form letters, fliers, programs, invitations, photographs, audiovisual materials, and other ephemera documenting the events and activities of the Jewish community.
Collection Name: Collection on the Las Vegas, Nevada Jewish Community
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Archival Component
Biographical essay by Eva Weisz Vayda, 2014
Vayda's essay describes her young-adulthood in Hungary, and being sent to Birkenau camp in 1944, and successive camps afterward. She came to the United States in 1956 with her husband and children.
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