| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | Ayduth Lachayim = Witness to Life : Holocaust Survivors in the Cleveland Jewish Community Records
| | | | Creator: | Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee | | | | Dates: | 1981 | | | | Abstract: | Ayduth Lachayim (Witness to Life) is a manuscript documenting the experiences of 178 Holocaust survivors who resided in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1981. The project was coordinated by the Holocaust Education and Commemoration Committee. A copy of the manuscript was presented to the archives of the Yad Vashem Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority in Jerusalem, Israel, by a delegation of more than 100 survivors from Cleveland, during the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors in June, 1981. The collection consists of the original transcript, a handwritten draft, drafts of the introduction, correspondence from Yad Vashem acknowledging the receipt of a copy of the manuscript, and a statement by Jacob Henenberg to the Jewish Community Federation concerning the World Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. | | | | Call #: | MS 3928 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 2 | 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 | | 3 | Title: | Morton E. Karp Collection
| | | | Creator: | Karp, Morton E. | | | | Dates: | 1978-1980 | | | | Abstract: | Morton Karp (d. 1991) was a scrap dealer and Commander of the Cuyahoga County Council of Jewish War Veterans, Cleveland Post #l4. Karp and his wife Mina collected news articles dealing with antisemitism, the Holocaust, the John Demjanjuk trial, Nazism, and neo-Nazi and other "white power" groups in the Cleveland, Ohio area. The collection consists of programs, correspondence, and newspaper clippings, with six blurred photos of Nazi graffiti, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978, and two photos of United White People's Party, Cleveland, Ohio, 1978. The articles are drawn from various local papers and magazines, including the Cleveland Jewish News and the Plain Dealer. The collection is of value to individuals studying antisemitism, neo-Nazi and Klan activities, prosecution of Nazi war criminals, and Holocaust commemoration in the northeast Ohio area. | | | | Call #: | MS 4956 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Antisemitism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Ethnic relations. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Race relations. | Demjanjuk, John -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Graffiti -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Hate groups -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) -- Ohio. | Neo-Nazism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Racism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | United White People's Party -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | War crime trials. | War criminals -- United States. | White supremacy movements -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Save | | 4 | Title: | Joseph Lowe Family Papers
| | | | Creator: | Lowe, Joseph Family | | | | Dates: | 1940 | | | | Abstract: | Joseph Lowe, a longtime resident of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was born to Branya (Dun, Dinn) and Isaac Low in Sambor, Poland, in 1924. Lowe's mother's family lived in Lorain, Ohio, and arranged for Lowe to come to the United States in early 1939. Lowe left behind his parents and four siblings. He served in the United States Navy during World War II, married, and began a career as a hairdresser in Shaker Heights. In 1957 he received his father's Soviet passport from Zdzislaw Sulak, a former classmate from Sambor who was imprisoned with Isaac Low during the war. Joseph Lowe's immediate family members were killed by the Germans in the killing center of Belzec and the village of Radlowice (Ralivka) in 1943. The Joseph Lowe Family Papers consist of a newspaper clipping, a passport, and a translation of the passport. | | | | Call #: | MS 5392 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Holocaust survivors -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Holocaust victims -- Ukraine -- Sambir (Sambirsʹkyĭ raĭon) | Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Personal narratives. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Passports -- Ukraine -- Sambir (Sambirsʹkyĭ raĭon)
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