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Estella Frankel (1902-2001), a second-generation Russian-American, was a Wilmington based violinist who began learning violin at the age of seven. She was heavily involved in Wilmington’s music scene throughout her life and taught music both as a…

Johana Heiman was born in Germany and came to the United States in 1938 to escape the Nazis. In March 1938, her husband left Germany to go to New York, but she and her children were still in Germany during Kristallnacht.

In this oral history…

In this oral history interview, Mrs. Sackman discusses the early Jewish community in Wilmington and how it has changed, as well as some discussion of taking in displaced Jews from Europe during World War II.

Marvin S. Balick interviewed a number of individuals for his book A Social History of the West Second Street Jewish Community — Wilmington, Delaware, 1930-1940