Arnold Friedman (1927-2008) was a Holocaust survivor born in Irsava, Czechoslovakia. He immigrated to the United States in 1948 and settled in Cleveland, Ohio. He owned and operated Arnold's Scrap Metals for over forty years on the east side of Cleveland. He and his wife Betty had three children, Sharon, Doreen, and Jeff. In 1972 he published
The Arnold Friedman Papers, 1972-2006 and undated, consist of articles, biographical statements, a book jacket, correspondence, and newspaper clippings.
This collection is of value to researchers studying the history of the Friedman family of Czechoslovakia and Cleveland, Ohio, the experiences of Holocaust survivors, and the effects of Holocaust education. Those studying the history of the Jewish community in Cleveland, Ohio will also find this collection useful. The collection includes correspondence from students thanking Friedman for his presentations.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by document type and then chronologically.
Processed by Lee Hass and Sean Martin in 2013.
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[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5166 Arnold Friedman Papers, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Arnold Friedman in 2006.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.