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Letters from The Smithsonian Instituion and Geneva (NY) Free Library

Oral History interview conducted by students from the University of Delaware, 2019

mentions Martin Briefman, her brother Lou.
worked in Philadelphia, took the train be be at work at 8 am.

At Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth

Letters from Cpl. Samuel Berdit to Mollye Sklut, January-April 1944

Died February 13, 1977, age 75
Lawyer, Wilmington native
Went to Wilmington public schools, Dickinson Law school
50+ years in law. 1934: appointed as a state magistrate succeeding father, Barnet Gluckman
One-time president of Jewish Community…

Leo Zeftel (1925-1999) was an organic chemist involved in the negotiations that resulted in an international chemical weapons treaty, ratified by the U.S. in 1997, and worked to raise awareness of the dangers of chemical weapons. He was deeply…

Lena and Joseph Blatman owned Blatman's Bakery. She had two sons, Morris E. and Arthur, and four daughters, Ida Geller, Doris Himber, Frances Bellak, and Rosalyn Epstein. Arthur Blatman was killed in action on March 8, 1945 in Germany.

Leah Zimmerman Kraft (1916-2006) was a teacher at Congregation Beth Shalom and wife of Rabbi Jacob Kraft.

In this interview Mrs. Kraft discusses her early life, her Hebrew education, being a Hebrew teacher, her marriage and family, her husband’s…