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In this interview, Mr. Byer discusses his life in Europe including his early life, Jewish education and attending Rabbinical school in Israel, career as a police officer, and being part of the British Army during World War II. He also discusses his…

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…

newspaper article

Letter from Joseph Rosbrow to Mollye Sklut, sent during World War II.

Talk given by Dr. Judah Shapiro at the Jewish Community Center discussing what it means to be Jewish in America.

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

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…

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.

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…