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Klein, Gerda Weissmann, 1924-
Bio taken from Wikipedia: "Gerda Weissmann Klein (born Gerda Weissmann, May 8, 1924, Bielsko, Poland) is a Polish-born American writer and human rights activist. Her autobiographical account of the Holocaust, All but My Life (1957), was adapted for the 1995 short film, One Survivor Remembers, which received an Academy Award and an Emmy Award, and was selected for the National Film Registry. She married Kurt Klein (1920–2002) in 1946.
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Frank, Joseph "Joe", 1937-
Joe Frank is a Holocaust survivor. He was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1937.
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Jewish Federation correspondence, meeting minutes, and other records, item 41
Annual report for the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, January 1990-June 1991.
Pamphlet from the 8th annual Jewish Family Service Agency Tsedakah event, 2015
This pamphlet contains statistics about Jewish Family Service Agency services provided to the community, and sponsorship advertisements from local businesses.
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Transcript of interview with Lori Chenin-Frankl by Barbara Tabach, June 7, 2016
Lori provides a wonderful narrative of her Judaism, her love of teaching children and her devotion to family and music. She talks about growing up in Las Vegas and becoming a bat mitzvah, a rarity for girls in 1973. Throughout her life, including the period where she moved around with her Air Force husband, she sought Jewish connections to help her feel at home no matter where she was.
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Biographical essay by Lucy Gliuck Jacobs, 2014
Lucy Gliuck Jacobs describes her time in Auschwitz, where her parents perished. She was the only survivor of her family of seven children.
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Doug Unger oral history interview
Oral history interview with Doug Unger conducted by Barbara Tabach on August 26, 2014 for the Southern Nevada Jewish Heritage Project. In this interview, Unger discusses his upbringing in Cleveland, Ohio, working at a family-owned mattress factory, and attending boarding school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He recalls joining Jewish youth groups in Cleveland, his employment with Sealy Corporation, and buying his own mattress factory in Las Vegas, Nevada. Unger then talks about being invited to a Jewish Federation meeting, attending Temple Beth Sholom and Congregation Ner Tamid, and becoming more involved with the Jewish Federation (currently known as Jewish Nevada). Lastly, Unger discusses being co-chair of the Holocaust Library committee, fundraising for the Jewish Federation, and obtaining funding from Governor Brian Sandoval for the Jewish Federation.
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Salen, Simone Goldhirsch, 1939-
Simone Salen wrote a book interpreting her father's diary, which he kept during the Holocaust. The diary was recovered from the family of the Salen family's gardener.
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