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Stephen Pierce and Sharon Sigesmund Pierce at home, Las Vegas, Nevada: digital photograph
Stephen Pierce and his wife, Sharon Sigesmund Pierce, pose in their Turnberry Place condo for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project.
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Maurice Halfon Behar oral history interview
Oral history interview with Maurice Halfon Behar conducted by Barbara Tabach on March 14, 2016 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. Behar tells his Holocaust survivor story of being protected in France before immigrating at age of nine to live with relatives in the Bronx borough of New York City, New York. Behar also talks about his big real estate deal before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada, and getting into the hotel security career.
Archival Collection
Handwritten to-do list from Holocaust Resource Center, 1980s - 1990s
Handwritten to-do list outlining people to contact and facilities to rent from the Holocaust Rescource Center.
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Kit Waldman oral history interview
Oral history interview with Kit Waldman conducted by Claytee D. White on October 09, 2000 for the Boyer Early Las Vegas Oral History Project. Waldman begins by describing her early life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the Great Depression, which forced her family to move to Las Vegas, Nevada due to financial reasons. She discusses life in Las Vegas during the 1930s and 1940s and how the city has changed since then. Waldman also talks about her career working as an assistant at her brother's law firm and being a member in the Jewish community of Las Vegas.
Archival Collection