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Oral History Interview with Betty LustigThis oral history interview includes the story of the Lustig family immigrating, their part in the Cotopaxi Colony, membership with the Hebrew Educational Alliance when it began, and Jewish family…
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Oral History Interview with Sam BeckSam Beck explains how his family escaped from Russia when he was very young and lived in Cotopaxi, Colorado, before settling in Denver. He discusses his life in Denver in the early 1900s, including…
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"Small Town Jews" Interviewsvideo includes the 2014 interviews with Sandy Vinnik, Evan Makovsky, Alan Golin Gass, and Ben Weindling. The interviews were conducted for the film "Small Town Jews: Creating Colorado…
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Striking Liquid Gold: Colorado Jews in the Oil BusinessBrief biographies of Jewish men and women who were or who are in the oil business in Colorado. Written and directed by Jeanne Abrams for the 2016 RMJHS Dinner.
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At Home on the Range: Colorado Jewish Cowboys, Cattlemen, and Poultry GrowersBrief biographies of Jewish Cowboys, Cattlemen, and Poultry Growers in Colorado. Written and directed by Jeanne Abrams for the 2015 RMJHS Dinner.
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Kurt Heimann Holocaust StoryOral history interview with Kurt Heimann. Kurt, born December 7, 1912 in Berlin, Germany, describes being barred from advancing in his early career because of the German antisemitic laws in the…
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Lotte Heimann Holocaust StoryOral history interview with Lotte Grünfeld Heimann. Lotte, born September 3, 1918 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her happy childhood in prewar Germany; her parents Leo (Eliezar) and Erna (Esther)…
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Out of the Holocaust: Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Grünfeld Heimann Part 2Part 2 of oral history interview with Gerhard Heimann and Lotte Gruenfeld Heimann. Gerhard Heimann, born on September 29, 1921 in Berlin, Germany, discusses his childhood in Berlin, where he…
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Margot Grünfeld Shafran: Escape from Nazi Germany Survival in the Shanghai GhettoOral history interview with Margot Grünfeld Shafran. Margot, born on January 10, 1924 in Berlin, Germany, discusses her early years as a treasured only child; growing up with an extended…
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Lotte Grünfeld Heimann: Holocaust Story in 100 Years of SongsHolocaust survivor Lotte Grünfeld Heimann sings songs from her childhood in Yiddish, Hebrew, and German. Songs in Yiddish: "Dos iz a sud derbay" (Perlmutter, Schorr; from the…
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George and Alexander Tscherny: Escape from Nazi GermanyIn the aftermath of Kristallnacht, in December 1938, two young Jewish boys, ages 12 and 14, boarded a train out of Berlin for Holland, to escape the escalating brutality against Jews in Germany.…
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Erna Witsches Schmidmayer: A Holocaust Story from Kindertransport to Pioneer in IsraelOral history interview with Erna Witsches Schmidmayer. Erna, born in Odessa, Ukraine, discusses her childhood in Danzig, Germany (now Gdansk, Poland); escaping Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport…
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