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55:34:00VHSDes Moines Holocaust Survivor ProjectJeffrey WinterAnolik, Charles11/25/1985Charles Anolik gives some family history and then lovingly describes the Jewish community in Kaunas, Lithuania as a "cultural pearl" with about 40,000 Jews in a city of 130,000 people. Tells of the escalation of fear and violence that started in 1939, but got worse as of June 1941. He gives examples of atrocities he witnessed and experienced while in the Jewish ghetto, at a labor camp, and at several concentration camps, including Dachau. He details the time the Americans came the morning he was scheduled to be shot. For 4 years after liberation, he was in American-controlled parts of Germany before he got a visa to join an uncle and cousin in Des Moines, Iowa.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Jewish Holidays, Concentration Camps, EducationForced marches, Kaunas, Lithuania, Dachau, Munich, Germany, Des Moines, Iowa
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1:17:18SVHSDes Moines Holocaust Survivor ProjectJeffrey WinterBadower, Fred11/19/1985Starting with a brief history of his Polish family, Fred Badower talks about growing up in a big Jewish community in Lodz, Poland. His father was a tailor and Fred became a tailor, too. Most of the interview focuses on his WWII experiences in the ghetto, labor camps, and 2 concentration camps. After the war, he went back to Poland where he found his brother and others who wanted to leave Poland. Badower shares stories of his time in Germany tailoring and working with the CIC. He briefly details how he came to America and Des Moines in 1949.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Education, Polish, Jewish BusinessesHebrew School; Tailor; Torture, Forced Marches; Weightlifter; Auschwitz; Dachau; Jewish Federation; Munich, Germany; CIC; Fred Badower; Des Moines, Iowa; Lodz, Poland
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1:23:34CassetteBadower, Fred II3/21/1982Fred talks about his father using his tailoring skills during WWI, how his parents met and started a family, and how war overshadowed Fred's childhood. Fred was taught tailoring by his father and these skills helped Fred during the early part of the Nazi occupation of Poland and again after liberation and again when he came to America. During most of this recording, Badower tells of his concentration camp experiences.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Concentration Camps, Immigration, RefugeesTailor, WWI, Shabbat, Jewish Ghetto, Forced March, Auschwitz, Dachau, Lodz, Poland, Sweden, Counter Intelligence Corps, Jewish Federation
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37:03:00CassetteBadower, Fred III3/21/1982Badower talks about his blonde sister's wartime experience but died from typhus. Fred started a tailoring business in Germany, helped his family and others. As some of his sisters and brother were sent to Australia, an Army officer urged him to go to America. Ended up in Des Moines, IA, and got a job in an Italian tailor shop on Walnut. And began again, very successfully.Zionism, Immigration, Refugees, Jewish BusinessesFred Badower; Ann (Cohen) Badower; Lou Williams; Counter Intelligence Corps; Jewish Federation; Jewish Community Center
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47:50:00CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectEsther HockenbergBergh, Esther - Survivor - her life in Germany, Israel, and America4/7/1981This recording talks about Esther Bergh's childhood experiences in Schwabisch Gmund and Munich, Germany. She talks about her kosher lifestyle and the Jewish community. After almost being deported to Poland, Esther was sent to England. Esther describes her life in England and her decision to start a kibbutz in Israel. She ends her story by describing her journey to America and her life in Des Moines.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Keeping Kosher, Antisemitism, Israel, Zionism, RefugeesDes Moines, Iowa; Esther Bergh; Kibbutz; England; Shoah; Amel Laster, Jewish Federation; SS (Schutzstaffel); Red Cross; Bloomsbury House (London); British Museum; Levey Family; Manchester,England; Afford Institute; Kibbutz; Bureau of Jewish Education
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42:28:00CassetteOral History ProjectEsther HockenbergBergh, Hennie4/2/1981In this recording, Mrs. Walter F. Bergh talks about her childhood, and leaving Germany. Hennie Mattisson was born in Berlin in 1906 and enjoyed a middle-class life growing up. She talks of her public school Jewish education and the large Jewish population in Berlin, and how things changed beginning in 1932. When her husband was arrested and sent to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, Hennie got a passport and bought tickets for her family to Shanghai, China, where they endured hard times for 10 years before coming to America and Des Moines.Des Moines, IAFamily History,Antisemitism,Immigrants,Immigration,Refugees,Synagogues,EducationCentral Union of German Citizens of Jewish Faith; Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp; Younkers; Bureau of Jewish Education, Iowa Jewish Home; Jewish Federation; JOINT' Hennie (Mattisson) Bergh; Shanghai, China; Berlin, Germany; Holocaust Survivor
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1:03:36CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectEsther HockenbergBergh, Werner - a Shoah survivor4/8/1981Werner describes his family and life in Germany before WWII. His father was arrested and in a concentration camp for 8 weeks, then released with the demand to leave the country. At 15 years old, he and his family went to Shanghai for the duration of the war. He gives details about that experience, the increased Jewish refugee presence and community in Shanghai, and how they coped with increasingly difficult living situations. After the Japanese surrendered, the family ended up in Des Moines because of an uncle in Clinton, Iowa. He talks about adjusting to America, getting married, and finding a career. He believes a legacy of his Shoah experience was a deeper connection to Judaism and certain resentment to Germans of that era.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Jewish Holidays, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, EducationShanghai, China; Berlin, Germany; Des Moines, Iowa; 1936 Olympic Games; Werner Berg; Walter Felix Zuberbergh /Bergh; Elza Zuberbergh; Hennie Bergh; Esther Bergh; Dr. Johann Prince, Dr. Winchinski; Robinson Wholesale Co.
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DVD-RBeth El Jacob Holocaust Remembrance Program w/David Wolnerman & Rabbi A. Leib Bolel4/7/2013Holocaust Remembrance program at Beth El Jacob Temple on April 7, 2013, with Holocaust Survivor David Wolnerman and the Temple's Rabbi, Aryeh Leib Bolel.Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Synagogues, EducationDavid Wolnerman, Rabbi Aryed Leib Bolel
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1:03:47Celina Biniaz IJHS programIowa Jewish Historical Society and Grinnell College brought Celina (Karp) Biniaz to Iowa to share her life stories and experiences as a Holocaust survivor. She reads poems that grew out of these experiences, written after Steven Spielberg's movie, Schindler's List, "gave her a voice" about her family being on that list and after attending the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz in 2015. IJHS Board member Robbie Winick makes the opening remarks and thanks to sponsors. The recording ends with Celina interacting with people who attended, some of whom have personal connections with her family.Waukee, IAFamily Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Education, PolishIowa Jewish Historical Society; Grinnell College; Shoah Foundation; North High School; Robbie Winick; Oskar Schindler; Emilie Schindler; Josef Mengele; Julius Madritsch; Steven Spielberg; Auschwitz Concentration Camp; Krakow, Poland; Osher Lifelong Learning Institute; Marilyn Hurwitz; Lou Hurwitz, Tome Press; Donna Paulson; Dachau; Matre Leontine; Pogroms
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DONEJanice RosenbergCelina Biniaz interview13-Sep-17In this interview, Celina Biniaz focuses on her connection to the Shoah Foundation because of her family's inclusion on Schindler's List. She speaks about Oskar Schindler and Mr. Madritsch, who first employed the Karps. Celina recalls how Mrs. Emilie Schindler brought Farina to her in the infirmary and about meeting Mrs. Schindler in Argentina after the war. She talks about other after-the-war incidents: running into Mr. Schindler in Munich, the hard work of catching up in education, the healing helpfulness of a nun who taught her English and German, her family's resilience and eventual success here in America. She talks about her children and her children's children. She ends with her friendship with Steven Spielberg and her many speeches at colleges and conferences representing the Shoah Archives and Foundation.Waukee, IAAntisemitism, Immigrants, Israel, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Synagogues, Education, German, PolishShoah Foundation, Holocaust, Genocides (Guatemala, Rwanda, Armenia, Cambodia) Oskar Schindler, Emilie Schindler, Steven Spielberg, Irvin (Izak) Karp, Phyllis (Felicia) Karp, Red Cross ration cards, New York City, Grinnell College. Mrs. Wharry. Dr. Klausen, Columbia Teacher College, East High School, North High School, Sally Robinson, Kay Bucksbaum, International House, Long Island, New York, Robert Harris, Susan Biniaz Harris, Alex Harris, Nicholas Harris, Robert Biniaz, Ben Biniaz, Rachel Biniaz, Kyoto Agreement, Paris Accord, Paul Page, Thomas Keneally, Krakow, Poland, Germany, Argentina
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1:03:47Celina Biniaz post-talkSep-17This recording covers the post-presentation conversations and interactions with Celina. Audience participants came forward to talk to her and to look at her Schindler's List artifacts: the enamel cup her family used and a pair of scissors from Schindler's factory. Much of the talk is away from the microphone and difficult to understand.Waukee, IACelina (Karp) Biniaz
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43:27:00VHSDes Moines Holocaust Survivor ProjectSally Jo Brown-WinterFishel, David Iowa Jewish Historical Society, Caspe Heritage Gallery, IC4111/19/1985David Fishel outlines his early family life in the Jewish community of Bedzin, Poland. He details his experiences in 7 labor or concentration camps and the trauma of seeing deaths almost all the time. He survived by hiding under dead bodies rather than going on a final forced march just before the Allied liberation on April 11, 1945.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Israel, Concentration Camps, Immigration, RefugeesJewish Ghetto; Labor Camp; Death March; Liberation; Bendzin, Poland; Gross-Rosen Camp; Bismarkshute Buchenwald; Langerstein; Messerschmitt
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VHSSurvivors of the ShoahSally Jo Brown-WinterFishman, Linda10/12/1985Linda shares how her early family life was very good in their small Polish town of Szydlowic, which was primarily Jewish. From 1939-1940 this changed as the Germans/Nazis came to Poland. She tells of the living hells she experienced through family separation, prison barracks, labor camps, concentration camps, and forced marches. Liberation brought freedom but not the end of hard times. The first 5 years when living in Des Moines were very rough with little community support, especially when compared to how the new Russian immigrants are treated.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Jewish Holidays, Concentration Camps Immigration, Refugees Education, German, PolishJoseph Mengele; JOINT, Rodomsko, Poland; Szydlowiec, Poland; Skarchetzko, Poland; Des Moines, Iowa; Dachau, Germany; Hotel Elliot; The Rosenberg Restaurant; Bulguhr Labor Camp; Allach Concentration Camp; Fedlenkink DP Camp; Red Cross; Auschwitz; June Daniels
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39:37:00DVDFishman, Linda Holocaust Survivor at North High IC 48 and IC521992At North High school, Linda Fishman shares some of her stories and feelings growing up and being the only survivor of the Holocaust of her immediate family. She tells of when the German Nazis jailed her parents and how hard times were for her and her 4 siblings being on their own. Both she and her father had pre-concentration camp run-ins with Dr. Mengele. While at labor and concentration camps Linda witnessed numerous deaths; some from disease, many from Nazi shootings and torture. One German factory supervisor helped her survive, not through his kindness exactly, but because he knew her as a good worker from previous experience. Linda explains why she is telling her life story now: because it might help stop more genocides. Students ask a few questions about prayer, does she hold a grudge against Germans, how she came to America, how was she educated, and when she was younger what did she want to be when she grew up.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Synagogues, Polish, GermanButcher; Cattle Cars (train); Treblinka; Munitions Factory; Bergen Beltzen; Dachau
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DVDDes Moines Holocaust Survivor ProjectAdele AnolikGlasman, Carolyn11/25/1985Carolyn Glasman recalls the names of family members in Poland. She briefly tells of antisemitism in her hometown. She was the first in her family to be taken by the Germans/Nazis to a labor camp, then joined by her sister and bother; all working at a munitions factory. Then they were shipped to Bergen-Belsen in 1944. Her brother and sister died there. Carolyn was shipped next to Turkheim and lastly to Dachau 2 days before liberation. She then recalls meeting her husband, moving to America, and being in Des Moines. She is Linda Fishman's cousin.Family History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Education, Polish
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59:09:00CassetteKathy HarpsterGoldburg, Erika4/22/1981Born in 1938 on Hitler's birthday, April 22, Erika Goldberg grew up in Budapest, Hungary. Her father died at a concentration camp, but she, along with her mother and grandparents, survived WWII and the Holocaust because they got into a Wallenberg/Red Cross building. Erika tells about incidents of antisemitism and how her years in Hungary made her a lonely person. She shares how she left Hungary after the failed Hungarian Revolution and was in a refugee camp in Austria, and came to America for better opportunities.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Refugees, EducationBudapest, Hungary; Vienna, Austria; Hyattsville, MD; Columbus, OH; Cincinnati, OH; Minneapolis, MN; Des Moines, IA; Camp Kilmer; HIAS, Raoul Wallenberg; Jewish Federation; Rabbi Jay Goldberg; Hungarian Revolution of 1956; Refugee Camp; Yellow Star of David Badge
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26:32:00CassetteKathy HarpsterGoldburg, Erika 2nd tape5/14/1981Erika Goldberg talks about her children and her rabbi husband. She does Friday night candles and speaks about religion being important, but they're not strict at home. Talks about the philosophy of Jewish philanthropy, the positives and negatives. Gives her opinion on Germans, getting restitution, inter-faith marriage, and modern Israel.Des Moines, IAFamily Life, Israel, Tzedakah, SynagoguesRabbi Jay Goldberg; Erika Goldberg; Raoul Wallenberg; Philanthropy; David Goldberg; Jewish Federation
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27:42:00videocassetteLight One CandleDana Mintzer LemanHolocaust Education (Branstad) Total Running Time 27:424/1/1997Iowa Governor Terry Branstad opens this Light One Candle episode. It focuses on Holocaust education in the secular schools, the training for this topic through the Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies, and how they are educating students in the respective school systems. Program ends with some Holocaust survivors symbolically passing their torch of Holocaust remembrance.Des Moines, IAAntisemitism, Concentration Camps, EducationGov. Terry Branstad; Carol Brown; Ron Krull; Des Moines Public School District; Ames Public School District; Nuremberg Laws; Jim Crow Laws; Teachers Institute on Holocaust Studies; Tel Aviv (Israel); American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors; American Federation of Teachers; Jewish Labor Committee; Monek Mischkiet; Fela Mischkiet; Rabbi Bob Addison; University of Chicago; Dr. Israel Know; Jewish Federation of Greater Des Moines; United States Holocaust Museum
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21:47CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRobert MannheimerKarp, Irvin5/12/1981In this 5/12/1981 interview, Irvin Karp discusses his childhood in Doskow, Poland, and describes his parents and siblings. He also talks about the antisemitism in Poland before WWII and the population of Jews in Poland. Karp then moves to the events occurring after war was declared and his family's March 1940 move to the Krakow ghetto. He describes living and working conditions in the Krakow ghetto and labor camp.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Israel, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Jewish Businesses, EducationIrvin Karp; Krakow, Poland; Doskow, Poland; Cyrpla (Szpalpyn) Karp; Leon Karp; Rachel Karp; David Karp; Golda Karp; Felix Karp; Devorah Karp; Saul Karp; Pawla/Paula Karp; Phyllia Karp; Gestapo; Labor Camp
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1:32:51CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRobert MannheimerKarp, Irvin5/19/1981Continuing his interview on 5-19-1981 Irvin Karp describes the transitions between the labor camp and concentration camp in Krakow. Karp was moved to Gross-Rosen for a few days and then was transported to Oskar Schindler's factory in Czechoslovakia in 1944. Karp discussed life in the factory and the end of WWII. In the last part of the recording, Irvin recalls his journey to American and his life in Des Moines.Des Moines, IAImmigrants, Concentration Camps ,Immigration, PolishIrvin Karp; Phyllis Karp; Mindelheim, Bavaria; Landsberg, Germany; Jewish Federation; Gross-Rosen Concentration Camp; Brünnlitz, Czechoslovakia; Factory; Oskar Schindler
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33:29:00Beta U-maticCommercial programPaul SchankmanKarp, Irwin and Phyllis - Yom HaShoah program4/11/1983Phyllis and Irvin Karp were interviewed as part of a Yom HaShoah television program in the Quad Cities in 1983. They speak about their Holocaust experiences. They share memories of the Nazi take over of Poland and having to move to a ghetto room with 3 families sharing that space. They worked in a factory until 1942 when taken to a labor camp, but Phyllis and daughter Celina were taken to Auschwitz first. Phyllis tells of her daughter's encounter with Dr. Mengele. They speak about the Schindlers, both Oskar and Emilie. A gentile friend helped with the lie about Celina's age so she would be sent to work. They speak of another German who saved 26 children by hiding them and then getting them away in 1941 or 42.Quad CitiesFamily Life, Antisemitism, Concentration Camps, RefugeesIrwin Karp, Phyllis Karp, Paul Shankman, Rock Island, Illinois, Auschwitz, Krakow, Poland, Holocaust, Ghetto Life, Plaszow Labor Camp, Oskar & Emilie Schindler, Amon Goeth
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57:28:00CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRobert MannheimerKarp, Phyllis4/14/1981Phyllis Karp recounts how her family was smuggled across the border, managed to stay out of the displaced persons camp, regain their health during the 1.5 years in Germany, and applied for visas. She tells about Celina getting an education in Germany and when they came to America. Phyllis talks about the jobs she had doing bookkeeping and accounting; it helped right away because she didn't need English to do the books. Becoming citizens and getting further involved with Jewish organizations was important to her. After Schindler's List came out, people wanted to hear more about her and her family's Holocaust experiences.Des Moines, IAFamily Life, Immigrants Israel, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Jewish Businesses, Education, PolishPhyllis (Dissenberg) Karp; Celina (Karp) Biniaz; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Harth, Germany; Lantzberg, Germany; Mindleheim, Germany; Displaced Persons Camps; Frauer Kraitenmeir; Grinnell College; Phi Beta Kappa; Iowa Jewish Home Guild; Tifereth Israel Synagogue Board Treasurer; Shoah; Marshall Plan; Arnold Goldesh; Louis Nussbaum; American Jews; Columbia University; Citizenship; The Roycraft Company; Alvin Kirsner; Kirkwood Hotel; David Karp; New York City, NY; Des Moines, IA
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1:19:15CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRobert MannheimerKarp, Phyllis4/1/1981Phyllis Karp continues sharing stories and detail about being in Krakow when the Nazis took over, having to move to the Jewish ghetto, then to labor camps, and finally concentration camps. She tells of the horrors they endured and the atrocities she witnessed.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Concentration Camps, RefugeesPhlylis Karp; Irvin Karp; Celina Karp Biniaz; Plaszow Concentration Camp; Dr. Rosenberg; Kapos; Auschwitz-Birkenau; Brunnlitz, Czechoslovakia; Cattle Cars; Dr. Mengele; Krakow, Poland; Landsberg, Germany; Mindleheim, Germany; Ration Cards; JOINT; HIAS
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1:19:15CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRobert MannheimerKarp, Phyllis4/9/1981Holocaust survivor Phyllis Karp speaks about her parents, some family history, and her education growing up. She shares stories about living in Krakow, deteriorating conditions for the Jews, having to move to the Jewish ghetto, and seeing atrocities.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Refugees, Education, PolishPhyllis Karp; Irvin Karp; Celina Karp Biniaz; Radomsko, Poland; Krakow, Poland; Judenrat; Plaszow Concentration Camp;
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20:15TheirStoryCAJM Oral History ProjectSusan JellingerKasimow, Harold Part 11/5/2021Harold Kasimow is a retired Grinnell College Professor Emeritus, a lecturer and author who survived the Holocaust as a very young child because his father kept them in hiding, underground. Kasimow chronicles his post-war years in this first part of his oral history, focusing on his education and the experiences that shaped his career, his life of teaching and writing. Abraham Joshua Heschel was the one professor at Jewish Theological Seminary who greatly influenced his thinking and motivated his studies. He has written several books about the man and his ideas. Interfaith dialogues became important to his development and writing. The interview was stopped because of technical difficulties, but continued in a part 2 that same day. Dr. Kasimow was interviewed by Giovanna "Anna" Zavell and Susan Jellinger on January 5, 2021 for the Iowa Jewish Historical Society and he signed the standard release with no restrictions. Grinnell, IAFamily History, Education, Immigrants - RussianHarold Kasimow, Orthodox Jews, World War II, Lithuania, Bad Reichenhall Displaced Persons Camp, Grinnell College Liberation, Poland, Minnie Kasimow, Grinnell IA, Vilnius, Lodz, German Nazis, Ulm, Ashkenazi Jews, Miriam Kasimow, Fisherman, Mina Katzerginski, Yeshiva Salanter, Israel Salanter, Fasting, Rita Kasimow, Hasidic Jews, Turmantas, Drysviaty, The Lone Ranger radio program, Farmers, Jewish Prayers, Mrs. Lehmah, Holocaust, University of Jerusalem, Russian Army, English Teacher, Barracks, Jewish Theological Seminary, Sterner Choit, Mussar Movement, Salom Asch's The Nazarene, Abraham Joshua Heschel Today: Voices from Warsaw and Jeruselum, Teachers Institute, Talmud, Yeshiva University, Abraham Joshua Heschel, The Jewish Press:: Book Review, Marlboro Books Store, Jewish Mysticism, Japan, Koussevitzky, Singing, Hunter College, Jesus, U.S. Army, Oneg Shabbat, Military Education, Pirke Avot, Jewish Students, New York City, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Challah Bready
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1:02:13TheirStoryCAJM Oral History ProjectSusan JellingerKasimow, Harold Part 21/5/2021Professor Emeritus Harold Kasimow continues talking about his career at Grinnell, his adherence to the ideas of Abraham Joshua Heschel, the people he encountered as he engaged in interfaith study and work, the writings he did, and his Holocaust education efforts. Kasimow recalls being in the grub (grave) hiding from the Nazis. He gives some family background and also talks of making contacts in the Lithuania towns of Turmantas and Vilnius, visiting and giving talks in Europe. This interview is rich in warm memories of people with whom he's collaborated. He talks about his wife and two daughters. Grinnell, IAFamily History, Education, Synagogues, Concentration Camps, Israel, AntisemitismTemple University, Franklin Little, Vinius, Turmantus, Lithuania, Judaic Studies, Wayne Teasdale, Grinnell College, Harold Kasimow, Hebrew Bible, Zohar, Leonard Swidler, Byron Sherwin, Drysviaty, Belarus, Holocaust Memorial Committee, Buddhist Meditation, Yom HaShoah, Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis, Jesuit Priests, Poland, Bernard Phillips, Stanislow Obirek, Philosopher, Sachenhausen Concentration Camp, Vilnius University, Japan, Sofia University, Tifereth Israel Synagogue, Zen Monks, Elie Wiesel, Night (Book), Emil Fackenheim, St. Thomas University, Germany, Huffinton Post, Zoom (Software Program), Mark Finkelstein, The Jewish Press (newsletter), Coronavirus, No Religion Is An Island (Book), New York Jewish Times, Brain Surgery, Loyla Lipshutz, Peter Huff, Johanna Kasimow, Benedictine University, The Boy in the Grave (Book), Iowa Jewish Historical Society, Sandi Yodar, Israel Salanter, Maurice Friedan, Melanie Keenan, Mussar Movement, Martin Buber John Keenan, Linda Keenan, Beside Still Waters (Book), T.D. Suzuki
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19:268mm Video CassetteLife in Nazi Germany 1936Video shows the beginning introductions by Jerome Thompson and Fred Lorber. The panelists are named and part of Peter Pintus' speech. He speaks about growing up in Berlin and the changes that began for Jews in 1932. He shares a couple of memories of his Olympic experience:.Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants ,Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Jewish Businesses, Synagogues, EducationJerome Thompson, Peter Pintus, Warner Bergh, Judge Richard Peterson, Herbert David, Ruth David, Fred Lorber, "Child of Our Time: A Young Girl's Flight from the Holocaust, Olympics, Adolph Hitler, Berlin, Germany
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CassetteLife in Nazi Germany 1936This audio recording does not include the opening welcome and remarks by Jerome Thompson. It begins with moderator Fred Lorber introducing the panelists and presenting some background information. Peter Pintus speaks about growing up in Berlin and the changes that began for Jews in 1932. He shares a couple of memories of his Olympic experience. Peter briefly tells of being sent to Holland, then back to Berlin and spending 3 years in a labor camp. Ruth David came from a small German town in rural Germany, 1 of 8 Jewish families. She was only 7 when the Olympics happened, so recalls how attitudes toward them changed quickly. She experiences the Kristallnacht and gives an explanation of why this happened. She and a sister were sent to England via a Kindertransport. Her husband, Herbert David, tells of his family experience and gives historical background information. His family left Dusseldorf for Australia soon after Kristallnacht. Warner Bergh went to several Olympic events. His family went to Shanghai after his father had been imprisoned. He describes the living conditions there. Judge Richard Peterson of Council Bluffs was the final speaker. He tells of his time in the 86th Blackhawk Division in 1945 when he liberated a labor camp at Berga. The program concluded with a brief Q & A.Family Life, Antisemitism, EducationPeter Pintus, Warner Bergh, Judge Richard Peterson, Herbert David, Ruth David, Fred Lorber, "Child of Our Time: A Young Girl's Flight from the Holocaust," by Ruth David, Olympics, Adolph Hitler, Berlin, Germany, Kristallnacht, Holland, DP Camps, Frankisch-Crumbach, England, Kindertransport, United States of America, Argentina, Vichy France, Auschwitz, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg Laws, Australia, Shanghai, China, Berga- a film by Charles Guggenheim, "Holocaust Chronicle," POWs, 86th Blackhawk Division, U.S.Army
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1:34:51CassetteJewish Community Relations Comm. Oral History ProjectDorothy KirsnerLorber, Fred 2 sides4/16/1981Fred Lorber shared his personal narrative of growing up in Vienna Austria. He endured the increased antisemitism of pre-WWII. His education was curtailed, his family was forced to move, his father was arrested, and the family was blackmailed by their long-time maid. All of his family, except for one uncle, contrived to leave Austria before Hitler closed the borders. He details how his experience of being a Jew in Vienna and a refugee in New York City shaped his life. He enlisted during WWII, became a soldier, and had the surreal experience of being part of the liberation force in Austria.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Immigration, Refugees, Jewish Businesses, Synagogues, EducationBelz, Poland; Vienna, Austria; New York, NY; Des Moines, IA; Holocaust, psychological aspects; Hebrew School; Social Democratic Party; Federal Party (Catholic); Herbert Levine; John Cortesio; Jewish Federation; Julius Brody; National Conference of Christians and Jews (NCCJ); Stephen Lorber; Randy Lorber; Susan (Lorber) Polden; Miriam/Mickey Lorber; Fred Lorber; Youth Aliyah; Krystalmacht
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1:30:32CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectDorothy KirsnerMazie, Ingrid5/5/1981Ingrid Mazie was born Ingeborg Widetzky, became Ingrid Hart when adopted by a farm couple near Mason City. She tells of the fear and anxiety of her early years. She survived the war, the Holocaust and never went to a concentration camp because a family friend falsified papers so that she and her younger sister were evacuated to the country for most of the war years. She witnessed Kristallnacht and experienced the anti-Semitism of pre-war and wartime Germany. Ingrid details the post-war years in Berlin and how she and her sister came to be adopted by a couple in Mason City, Iowa.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Education, GermanKristallnacht; Hitler Youth; Mikvah; DP Camps; Quotas; Dachau Concentration Camp; Dorathea Bloom; ORT; American Red Cross; HAIS; Berlin, Germany; Vienna, Austria; London, England; New York, NY; Mason City, IA; Waiheke, Germany
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VHSSurvivors of the ShoahJanice RosenbergMazie, Ingrid Tape #2Aug 1996.Recording of family photographs, accompanied her Shoah interview.Erica and Walter Widetzky; Ingeborg, Peter Widetzky & Monica (Widetzky) Lozier; Max Widetzky; Hintz Widetzky; Elsa Wilsenswag; Fred Hart; Mickey Hart; Marvin Mazie; Ingrid Mazie; Victor Mazie; Marcella Mazie; Jeffrey Mazie, Carol Mazie. Joshua Mazie; Matthew Mazie; Rachel Mazie; Steven Mazie; Barbara Mazie;
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1:17:34CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRuth KaminskyShnurman, Meyer4/9/1981Meyer Shnurman tells of growing up in Poland, and everything changing when the Nazis invaded Poland. He details the awful conditions in the Jewish ghetto where both his parents died of starvation. He tells his tale of survival through the ghetto, concentration camps, labor camps. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, his job was the 4 crematoria clean-up after the burnings. The memory of that haunted him always. He was liberated after their German guards fled on May 2, 1945. Ron (Uby) Rabinovitz was one of his liberators, but they both didn't know this connection until years later. He speaks about coming to America and Des Moines with very little support, and few Americans wanting to understand his plight. Both he and his wife, Frances, had health problems because of their Shoah experiences. His children were impacted because of it. He urges Jews to unite rather than be in separate groups.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Education, PolishLodz, Poland; Childhood, WWII; Des Moines, IA; Pogroms; Jewish Ghettos; Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp; Displaced Persons Camps; Stuffhoff; Liberation; Meyer Shnurman; Benjamin Shnurman; Frances Shnurman; Yetta Shnurman; Harry Truman; Ronald "Uby" Rabinovitz; Jewish Social Service Organization; Dr. Joseph Mengele
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46:38:00CassetteDes Moines Oral History ProjectRuth KaminskySoria, Simone - Oral History of the HolocaustJun-81Simone Soria recounts her experiences in Belgium during the Shoah, how she and her immediate family survived, and who helped them. She had a difficult time when coming to the US in 1949 because of language barriers and homesickness. She talks about her marriage, having children, and deciding to share her experience with them.Antisemitism, Immigrants, Israel, Immigration, SynagoguesHolocaust, Shoah, Belgium, Cleveland, Ohio, WWII, Orthodox Shul, Simone (Soleman) Soria
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VHSSoria, Simone, Holocaust Survivor, Lovejoy ElementaryNov-97Simone Soria shares a simplified version of how she and her family survived and escaped the Holocaust with a elementary school class. Antisemitism, Immigrants, Israel Immigration, SynagoguesHolocaust, Shoah, Belgium, Cleveland, Ohio, WWII, Orthodox Shul, Simone (Soleman) Soria
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52:38:00DVDDes Moines Holocaust Survivor ProjectJeffrey WinterWaizman, Jacob11/15/1985Jacob Waizman briefly speaks about growing up in a happy, Jewish family prior to the Nazi invasion. Though there was no enforced Jewish ghetto in his town, there was antisemitism. He details the changes, the rounding up of Jews, and his separation from his parents when the Nazis came to Poland. First sent to Auschwitz for 3 weeks, Jacob then went to work camps building roads and bridges. He talks stoically of torture, starvation, shootings, beatings, and suicides. Speaks of people and events that saved his life, liberation, being a refugee, meeting his wife, eventually getting to America, an intense meeting with a former kapo, and attending the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in Israel.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Israel, Zionism, Concentration Camps, Immigration, Refugees, Education, PolishJacob Waizman; Zawiercle, Poland; Munich, Germany; New York, NY; Des Moines, IA; Josef Mengele; Kapos; Auschwitz-Birkenau; Hirschberg, Germany
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CassetteMark BerkmanWaizman, Jacob1981Jacob recalls a Holocaust memorial event in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the importance of it to counter Holocaust deniers. It also helps others understand the horrors of the Holocaust. He recalls a screening of a film telling memories of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Went to Des Moines, the first job was on an assembly line. Later worked for a school district and the principal asked him to give a speech to the faculty about his experience. Joined The Mended Heart and goes to hospitals to talk. Waizman talks about his daughter, her marriages, and going to New York, then Israel because there was not enough Jewish life in Des Moines.Des Moines, IAAntisemitism, Immigrants, Israel, Concentration Camps, ImmigrationJacob Waizman, Madame Simone Wade, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, "Memories of Auschwitz Concentration Camp," Des Moines, Iowa, Tel Aviv, Israel, New York City. Poland, United States Constitution
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14:05CassetteMark BerkmanWaizman, Jacob - Survivor - Community Relations Interviews Part II12/4/1981Jacob Waizman recalls a Holocaust memorial event in Tel Aviv, Israel, and the importance of it to counter Holocaust deniers and help others understand the horrors of the Holocaust. He saw a screening of a film telling memories of Auschwitz Concentration Camp. He then shares some of his own history: 1st job in Des Moines, later working for the school district. He married back in Germany in 1946 and had a daughter. She didn't like Des Moines because there wasn't enough Jewish life here. She married a New Yorker and later moved to Israel. Jacob spoke of Jews being harassed, even stoned in Poland. He experienced very little discrimination here in America, though "sometimes someone will say something."Des Moines, IAFamily Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants, IsraelMadame Marlene Simone Wade; Warsaw Ghetto, Stephen Greiacht; Des Moines, IA; Tel Aviv, Israel; Holocaust Survivors; Auschwitz Concentration Camp
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41:11:00DVDDes Moines Jewish Heritage ProjectJeffrey WinterWolnerman, David IC44 Iowa Jewish Historical Society: 40 minutes11/18/1985David Wolnerman was 13 years old when the Nazis took him to a labor camp from his birthplace in Mondzejow, Poland, which was a town of approximately 10,000, half of whom were Jews. David recounts the antisemitism growing up, going from a labor camp to Auschwitz-Birkenau where he worked in the crematorium. He learned about the medical experiment performed at Auschwitz-Birkenau and contrived to be transferred. David speaks briefly of liberation, coming to America, and going into business with his bother-in-law.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Antisemitism, Immigrants, Concentration Camps, Immigration, PolishJudenrat; Gypsies; Labor Camps; Crematorium; Pressman; Grocery Business; Jewish Federation; Auschwitz-Birkenau; KZ Warschau; Dachau; Cleveland, OH; East Chicago, IN; Des Moines, IA
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45:47:00VHSDes Moines Survivors of the Holocaust ProjectAdele AnolikWolnerman, Jennie11/18/1985Jennie Wolnerman came from Bedzin, Poland. She describes her family and their well-to-do life before the Nazis came. She was sent to a labor camp and 2 sisters joined her there in 1943. When the Russians got close to the factory, the prisoners were marched from Germany to Prague, Czechoslovakia. She and 7 other young women escaped into the woods, begging and/or stealing food from nearby farms. At one house, Jennie was befriended by an anti-Nazi German/Czech who hid Jennie and the other girls in her attic for about 2 weeks until the Americans came. Jennie ends the interview with details of her post-liberation and post-WWII life.Des Moines, IAFamily History, Family Life, Antisemitism, Immigrants Israel, Zionism, Concentration Camps, Immigration, PolishLabor Camps; Forced March;/Death March; Anna Schmidt; Munich, Germany; Gary, IN; Des Moines, IA; Prague, Czechoslovakia; Cleveland, OH; Neo-Nazis; Klu Klux Klan; Gergen-Belsen Concentration Camp; Auschwitz Concentration Camp; Jewish Federation
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