Harold Minuskin – Born in the small Polish village of Zhetel, Harold and his family survived the Holocaust by escaping to the local forests and joining the Jewish resistance fighters. Harold and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1946.
Roza Rosenberg – Fleeing the Nazis by traveling to Russia from Poland, Roza’s parents were placed in a Siberian work camp, where Roza was born. After the war, they lived for five years in a Displaced Persons camp, before coming to the U.S.
Saul Fein – Born in the town of Thigina in Romania, Saul and his family escaped the Nazis by immigrating to Argentina in 1938. Their family that remained in Romania perished in the Holocaust. Saul and his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1950.
Irene Danon – Born in Yugoslavia, Irene and her family survived the Holocaust by hiding from the Nazis for three years. They were among the 983 Yugoslavian refugees allowed into the U.S. in August 1944 by Roosevelt’s War Refugee Board.
Herman Schloss – Born in Germany, Herman endured the cruelty of Nazi teachers, experienced the terror of Kristallnacht, and witnessed the arrest of his grandfather by the Gestapo. Herman and his family escaped to the U.S. in December 1938.
Abe Greenberg – Born in Poland, Abe and his family avoided Nazi capture for five years by hiding in the forests that surrounded the family sawmill. After the war, the family lived in Displaced Persons camps until Abe immigrated to the U.S. in 1948. |
