| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Herman Herskovic Family Papers and Photographs
| | | | Creator: | Herskovic, Herman Family | | | | Dates: | 1911-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Herman Herskovic (1921-1983), a Jewish immigrant to Cleveland in 1947, was an owner of a local furniture store, a realtor, and Jewish community leader. He was born in 1921 in Czechoslovakia. Herskovic joined the Czech brigade of the British Army and fought during the invasion of Europe. Herman Herskovic came to Cleveland, Ohio in 1947 and joined his cousin, Gilbert Rosewater, and brother, Martin Herskovic . Herman married Naomi Minster (1924-2017) in 1963 and both were very active in the Jewish community. The collection consists of scrapbooks (including photographs, clippings, correspondence, awards, and other documents), a dentistry license, a diploma, photographs, and a yearbook. | | | | Call #: | MS 5421 | | | | Extent: | 3.01 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize folder) | | | | Subjects: | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 3 | Title: | Leon Weisberg Papers
| | | | Creator: | Weisberg, Leon | | | | Dates: | 2006-2015 | | | | Abstract: | Leon Weisberg was born to a Jewish family in Jedrzejow, Poland, in 1929, and lived in Sedziszow with his six siblings until the German army invaded Poland in 1939. For the next several years, Weisberg and his family were subjected to the constant horrors of the camps and ghettos of Poland, with Weisberg himself being sent from Sedziszow to Skarzysko-Kamienna to Buchenwald and, finally, to Theresienstadt, where he was liberated by the Russian army in 1945. After the war, Weisberg and his surviving relatives slowly began to immigrate outward and Weisberg immigrated to Cleveland in 1951, working in various businesses as an electrician until his retirement. The collection consists of correspondence, a narrative, notes, photographs, a questionnaire, summaries, and transcripts created as part of Weisberg's oral history interview and the research conducted by the Western Reserve Historical Society on his family's experiences during World War II. | | | | Call #: | MS 5363 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews, Polish -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Kol Israel Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Kol Israel Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1973-2001 | | | | Abstract: | The Kol Israel Foundation is an organization of Holocaust survivors resident in Cleveland. It was founded in 1959 to represent area Holocaust survivors while helping secure special education, guidance, vocational training, social and economic adjustment for immigrants settling in Greater Cleveland. A Second Generation group sponsors educational workshops while the foundation sponsors annual Holocaust commemoration events at different synagogues throughout the city. This collection consists of agendas, meeting minutes, bank statements, booklets, correspondence, learning packet, letterhead, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, programs, reports, applications, thank you letters, autographs, certificates, notices, itinerary, mission statements, news releases, photographs, raffle tickets, tables, and scrapbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5404 | | | | Extent: | 3 linear feet (three containers) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) | World War, 1939-1945. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Personal narratives. | War crime trials.
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