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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Date
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1920, 1933-1990s
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20th century
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Mss. A L668 Folder 05 Item 01
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Denise Wolff permis de conduire les automobiles
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France
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French driver's license for Denise Wolff (1909-2000), a Jewish Frenchwoman. Denise was the wife of Jacques Wolff (1903-1977), a nephew of Sol Levy. Levy arranged for the family's immigration to Louisville, Kentucky, to escape German occupation and the Holocaust
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20th century
1930s
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Wolff, Denise Hirsch, 1909-2000
Women
Jews
Jewish families
France
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transportation license
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Text
Language
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fra
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Mss. A L668, Folder 5, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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1920, 1933-1990s
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Mss. A L668 Folder 05 Item 04
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Eugénie Baer Hirsch carte d'identité, 1943
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France
Description
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French identity card of Eugénie Baer Hirsch (1880-1967), a Jewish Frenchwoman. Eugénie was the widow of Jacques Hirsch, and mother of Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000). She immigrated to the United States in 1947 and settled in Louisville, Kentucky.
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1943
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20th century
1940s
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Hirsch, Eugénie Baer, 1880-1967
Jewish refugees
Jews
Jewish families
Women
France
World War, 1939-1945
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identification card
Type
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Text
Still Image
Language
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fra
Source
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Mss. A L668, Folder 5, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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In Copyright
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Title
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
Source
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Date
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1920, 1933-1990s
Type
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Collection
Coverage
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20th century
Text
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Mss. A L668 Folder 05 Item 11
Title
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Eugénie Baer Hirsch carte d'identité, 1952
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France
Description
An account of the resource
French identity card of Eugénie Baer Hirsch, a Jewish woman. She was married to Jacques Hirsch and the mother of Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000).
Date
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1952
Coverage
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20th century
1950s
Subject
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Hirsch, Eugénie Baer, 1880-1967
France
Women
Jews
Jewish families
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identification card
Type
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Text
Still Image
Language
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fra
Source
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Mss. A L668, Folder 5, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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In Copyright
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DECLARATION
DE
CHANGEMENT
DE
DOMICILE
Le Commissaire de Police du 2o arrondissement à BEZIERS (Hlt)
Certifie que la nommée HIRSCH Eugénie, née BAER, née le 18/8/
1880 à Ingwiller ( Bas Rhin), sans profession, domiciliée à Béziers
2,LOUISVILLE
rue Mazagran
, Aa ) décl
arémonsieur
ce jour,Jacques
quitterWOLFF,
BEZIERS
pour se 2rendre
à
(U.S.
chez
domicilié
126, Edgeland
avenue.
En foi de quoi nous délivrons la présente attestation.
BEZIRS
le 12 Septembre 1947
Le Commissaire de Police
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Title
A name given to the resource
The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
Source
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1920, 1933-1990s
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Collection
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
20th century
Text
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DECLARATION DE CHANGEMENT DE DOMICILE
Le Commissaire de Police du 2 arrondissement à BEZIERS (Hlt)
Certifie que la nommée HIRSCH Eugénie, née BAER, née BAER, née le 18/8/ 1880 à Ingwiller (Bas Rhin), sans profession, domiciliée à Béziers 2, rue Mazagran, a déclaré ce jour, quitter BEZIERS pour se rendre à LOUISVILLE (U.S.A) chez monsieur Jacques WOLFF, domicilie 2126, Edgeland avenue.
En foi de quoi nous délivrons la présente attestation.
BEZIERS le 12 Septembre 1947
Le Commissaire de Police
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Mss. A L668 Folder 05 Item 10
Title
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Eugénie Baer Hirsch declaration de changement de domicile, September 12, 1947
Creator
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France. Commissaire de Police de Béziers
Description
An account of the resource
Declaration of change of residence for Eugénie Baer Hirsch, a French Jewish woman. She was married to Jacques Hirsch and the mother of Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000). She immigrated to the United States and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where her daughter had moved during World War II.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1947
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
20th century
1940s
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hirsch, Eugénie Baer, 1880-1967
Jews
Jewish families
France
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Women
Louisville (Ky.)
Kentucky--Louisville
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Language
A language of the resource
fra
Source
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Mss. A L668, Folder 5, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Rights
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Date
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1920, 1933-1990s
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Collection
Coverage
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20th century
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Mss. A L668 Folder 06 Item 03
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Eugénie Baer Hirsch passport, 1947-1952
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France
Description
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French passport for Eugénie Baer Hirsch (1880-1967), a French Jewish woman. She was married to Jacques Hirsch and the mother of Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000). She immigrated to the United States and moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where her daughter had moved during World War II. Blank visa pages were not scanned.
Date
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1947-1952
Coverage
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20th century
1940s
1950s
Subject
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Hirsch, Eugénie Baer, 1880-1967
France
Emigration and immigration
Immigrants
Women
World War, 1939-1945
Jews
Jewish families
Format
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passport
Type
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Text
Still Image
Language
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fra
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Mss. A L668, Folder 6, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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Title
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
Description
An account of the resource
This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
Source
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1920, 1933-1990s
Type
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Collection
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
20th century
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Identifier
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Mss. A L668 Folder 05 Item 09
Title
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Eugénie Baer Hirsch sauf-conduit partie a détacher certificate, 1940
Creator
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France
Description
An account of the resource
World War II era French safe conduct pass for Eugénie Baer Hirsch, a French Jewish woman. She was married to Jacques Hirsch and the mother of Denise Hirsch Wolff (1909-2000).
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1940
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
20th century
1940s
Subject
The topic of the resource
Hirsch, Eugénie Baer, 1880-1967
Jews
Jewish families
Women
France
World War, 1939-1945
Format
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pass
Type
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Text
Language
A language of the resource
fra
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Jewish Summer Camps, 1945-1968
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Brochures, newspapers, reports, and textiles representing summer camps operated by the Young Men's Hebrew Association and the Jewish Community Center of Louisville.
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Jewish Community of Louisville museum collections and records, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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Mss. BD J59 538b fieldday
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Field day at Camp Tall Trees, 1960
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8mm color film clip of field day competitions at Camp Tall Trees in Meade County, Kentucky, as shot by a camp counselor. The Jewish Community Center of Louisville hosted the 2-3 week long summer camp in Otter Creek.
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1960
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Jewish Community Center (Louisville, Ky.)
Meade County (Ky.)
Brandenburg (Ky.)
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Camp Tall Trees
Otter Creek Outdoor Recreation Area (Ky.)
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motion picture
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eng
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Allan and Anna Weiss collection on Kentucky businesses and institutions
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Weiss, Allan, 1940-
Weiss, Anna, 1939-2025
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Mss. A W431a, Allan and Anna Weiss collection on Kentucky businesses and institutions, circa 1830s-1940s, Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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Mss. A W431a
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Mss. A W431a Folder 15 Item 851
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Freemasons Louisville Lodge No. 400 envelope, 1897 February 24
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Envelope sent to attorney Benjamin F. Washer from the Freemasons Grand Lodge of Kentucky, Louisville Lodge No. 400 located at Sixth Street near Walnut, Louisville, Kentucky.
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Kentucky--Louisville--Sixth Street
Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Kentucky. Louisville Lodge No. 400 (Louisville, Ky.)
Washer, Benjamin F.
Kentucky--Jefferson County
Jefferson County (Ky.)
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Louisville Lodge No. 400 (Louisville, Ky.)
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eng
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envelope
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2315 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N . W .
WASHINGTON 8, D. C.
ADAMS
8800
HEBREW COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL LIBERATION
N ew York Office:
SUITE 1401
25 WEST 45TH STREET
NEW YORK 19, N. Y.
BRYANT
9-4600
May 24 , 1945
Mr . Tom Wallac e
Edit or
Louisville Times
Louisville , Ky .
Dear irr . Wallac e :
In connection with the United Nations Conference on
International Organi zation in San Francisco, your paper has
devo.ted considerable spac e and attention to the endeavors
of various Jewish organi zations to submit their respective
plans and proposals as to how to bring about a solution of
the Jewish problem .
Unfortunately, due to the complexities of this age-old
problem, a tremendous confusion is prevalent both as to i t s
nature and as to the ways and means of solving it. To our
deep regret some Jewish organizations have inadvertently
contributed to this bewilderment by persistently stressing
the existence of a world J ewish community with national and
political characteristics.
Their persistent argument that there exists a universal
Jewish entity which makes it possible for a "Jew" to be a
member of the American , the Russian, the Argentine , or, for
that matter, the German nation , while simultaneously remaining a member of the universal Jewish nation, or Jewish people,
is not only utterly unrealistic and politically meaningless ,
but it is also detrimental to the very interests of our
people. It arouses resentment among the American citizens
of Jewi sh faith, and befogs and hampers the handling of the
spe c ifi c situations prevailing in Europe. It will require
superhuman efforts to dissipate this confusion and to undo
the damage which has been done.
We are, therefore, confident that you will not deny us
the opportunity of bringing to your and to your readers'
attention the following clarifying points:
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Judaism may be considered anything but a national entity ;
it may include everything - religion, pride in a glorious
heri tage of ethical and moral values, etc . , - except the
one thing called political representation.
2.
The five mi llion Jewi sh citizens of the United States are
Americans who wish to remain American s. Like all other
Americans , they have a national extraction (Hebrew), quite
apart from, and in addition to, their religious affiliation
which is Jewish. There are Americans of Iri sh ances try and
Catholic religion, Americans of Dutch ancestry and Protestant
religion, and there are Americans of Hebrew ancestry and
Jewish religion.
Therefore , any political representation or demand on behalf
of the so-called Jewi sh people of the world is not only meaningless, but also a violation of the sacred human right of
the individual to speak for himself. It is an arbitrary act
and in contradiction to reality , because a plebiscite among
the American citizens of Jewish faith would show that ninetynine per cent of them never authorized anyone to speak politically in their name except those duly elected represent atives
to the United States Congress , State Legislatures and municipal
instituti ons, elected by all the citizens of t he United States,
regardless of their origin or denomination.
3.
On the other hand, due to historical, political and economic
conditions, vas t masses of Je ws, mainly in Central and Easte rn
Europe and Asiatic countries, for centuries subjected to persecution of all kind, who , having never succeeded in adjusting
themselves in the nations of their dispersion, consider themselves a specific, ethno-political entity determined to regain
their national freedom and sovereignty as a n independent nation whos e territory is Pa lestine . They desire to rebuild
this country within i ts hi storic boundaries, with t he Arab
population a s a partner in a democratic state , based on the
principl es of the Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter. This
renascent national entity , considering itself the heir to the
anc ient Hebrew nation, is technically a nd politically composed
of 700,000 Hebrew citizens of Palestine and of those who may
express , through a pleb iscite or any other convincing form ,
their desire to be repatriated to Palestin e , it being understood that this action does not affect the legal status , political allegiance or civi c rights of national s in America or any
other country who are of Hebrew origin and Jewish f aith.
4.
Thus there is a decisive distinction between the terms "Hebrew"
and "Jew". The two are not synonymous. The fo rmer term is
purely political. Hebrews are members of the ethno-political
entity of Europe and Pale stine referred to as the renascent
�Page -3Hebrew nation, and who owe no allegiance to any other national
sovereignty. A Jew is one , usually of Hebrew ancestry, who
adhe res to the Jewish religion, regardless of the nation, be
it the American, the British , or any other, to which he pays
allegiance.
5.
The Heb rew ethno-political entity is empowered to speak solely
in the name of the members who officially adhere to it and has
no right to speak in the name of the Jews of the world; just
as ci t izens of Hebrew ancestry and Jewish religion of any country cannot speak on behalf of the renascent Hebrew nation, though
they may be sympathetic with the modern Hebrews ' desire for
freedom, and, as free citizens of every country are willing t o
help them achieve their independence . Only thus will the
sacred right of all people to self-determination be preserved.
That is why we are very cautious never to speak on behalf of
American citizens of Jewish faith and Hebrew ancestry. Similarly , however, we believe that such Americans as Rabbi Wise,
or such Englishmen as Dr . Weizmann, should not speak on behalf
of the Hebrew national entity. Only Hebrews, not foreigners,
can assume this prerogative.
6.
Our delegation at San Francisco is trying to make the delegates of the United Nations aware of these clarifications.
Practically, we are interested in one most urgent task: To
convince the United Nations that they must assume the responsbility of repatriating all the Hebrews from Europe who desire
to bring an end to their long exile in the many lands in which
they have lived, and to return to their national territory Palestine. This could be accomplished through a special intergovernmental agency established to facilitate and effectuate
the process of repatriation.
We believe that the sur vival and r ehab i litation of the Heb r ew
people in Europe is an internat i onal question and must be dealt with
as such. We believe that it is, therefore, the moral responsibility
of civilized humanity to bring about a solution of this problem.
Sfnceru
S. Merlin
Secretary General
P. S . I am enclosing some material whi ch I hope will provide you
with more detailed information about this intricate problem.
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
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This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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1920, 1933-1990s
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Collection
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20th century
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Mss. A W194b Folder 272 Hebrew
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Hebrew Committee of National Liberation, May 24, 1945
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Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
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Letter from the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation to Louisville Times Editor Tom Wallace. The letter is signed by Secretary General S. Merlin. Merlin explains that he is responding to the paper's recent solicitation of opinions of "how to bring about a solution of the Jewish problem." He notes the "complexities of this age-old problem" and expresses "deep regret" over the resulting implications from opinions in the newspaper that there is "a world Jewish community with national and political characteristics." He further claims that the concept of "the universal Jewish nation, or Jewish people" is "detrimental to the very interests of our people." Six clarifying points follow in which Merlin discusses the differences he sees between nationality, "religious affiliation," and political terms. One major theme is that there "is a decisive distinction between the terms 'Hebrew' and 'Jew.'" Merlin explains that the Hebrew Committee of National Liberation seeks to "convince the United Nations that they must assume the responsibility of repatriating all the Hebrews from Europe who desire to . . . return to their national territory--Palestine." He concludes the letter by noting that this is "an international question" and that answering it is a "moral responsibility."
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1945-05-24
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20th century
1940s
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Hebrew Committee of National Liberation
Jews
Kentucky--Louisville
Kentucky--Jefferson County
Louisville (Ky.)
World War, 1939-1945
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Text
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eng
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Mss. A W194b, Folder 272, Tom Wallace papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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The Holocaust and the Ohio Valley, 1920, 1933-1990s
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This collection consists of documents and photographs related to Jewish experiences in the Holocaust and World War II, Jewish American efforts to support refugees, and historical memory of the Holocaust in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. This digitization project is in partnership with the Louisville Ballet's <em><a href="https://www.louisvilleballet.org/a-time-remembered/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">A Time Remembered</a> </em>performance, which marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
<div><br />Holocaust-era family documents center on the Wolff, Levy, and Ackermann families who escaped to the United States from France and Austria, and ultimately settled in Louisville. Passports provide photographs of the family members and track their movements through countries. Letters document their efforts to navigate the administrative barriers to passage, and the tragic fate of relatives who were not approved to leave.<br /><br />Records from the National Council of Jewish Women, Louisville Section document the organization's activist work in fundraising for and directly serving refugees in the city, and political organizing around national immigration policies and economic boycotts of German-made goods. The collection includes sample correspondence from national organizations and individuals who supported and were against Zionism in response to the violent antisemitism of the Holocaust. <br /><br />The final items in the collection document Holocaust memorial events in the 1990s. Invitations, photographs, scripts, press releases, and articles represent the memorialization work of the Jewish Community Center, Jewish Community Federation of Louisville, <span>Louisville Ballet, Louisville Orchestra, and other organizations.</span></div>
<br />This project was generously supported by the Jewish Heritage Fund.<br /><br /><a href="https://jewishheritagefund.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><img src="https://jewishheritagefund.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" alt="jhfe-logo-leftaligned-color@2x.png" width="306" height="58" /></a>
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The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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1920, 1933-1990s
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20th century
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Mss. A L668 Folder 06 Item 04
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Henrietta Levy Cerf passport and enclosed records, 1939-1941
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France
Hérault (France)
Eure-et-Loir (France). Préfecture
United States. Office of Price Administration
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World War II era French passport, identity card, war ration booklet, and bread rationing card in possession of Henrietta Levy Cerf (1866-1946), a French Jewish woman. Her brother Sol Levy arranged for her and other family members' immigration to the United States to escape German occupation and the Holocaust. Blank visa pages were not scanned.
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1939-1941
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20th century
1930s
1940s
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Cerf, Henrietta Levy, 1866-1946
France
Emigration and immigration
World War, 1939-1945
Jewish refugees
Jews
Jewish families
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passport
identification card
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Still Image
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fra
eng
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Mss. A L668, Folder 6, Levy-Wolff Family Papers, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, Kentucky
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when?
My father left Lithuania in 1902, so he would not have to be in the Russian Army. He
left his family in London in search of work, but could not get decent work. My
mother was in touch with family in Columbus, OH (1904), so that the entire family
could move to the United States. My father worked as a laborer, refurbishing old
bottles. Most of my siblings were bom in Lithuania, but my youngest sister and I
were bom in Columbus, OH.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
Yashia Azerlunsky, was my father and Fruma Gitel Godofsky, was my mother.
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
I was bom November 1, 1906.1 was bom nine months after my mother arrived in
Columbus. Only Yiddish was spoken in our home. We moved around a lot and had
no indoor plumbing. We lived near Shul that was ultra orthodox. We rented a house
until I was in junior high school. The first house that we bought had indoor
plumbing. My parents and my siblings lived together in our house.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
Our neighborhood was near Shul. My parents wanted me to be a rabbi. I studied
Talmud Chumash. I walked to Shul.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
This question was not asked during this interview.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
I walked or took a streetcar.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?
�Yes, my family was involved in an ultra orthodox, we observed Shabbat. FatherShomar Shabbat. We also kept a kosher home.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
All holidays were observed, and Shabbat was sacred.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
I went to Cheder. I had a bar Mitzvah in 1919. Orthodox, was not confirmed.
11. What is your educational background? What was your career?
I went to elementary school in Columbus, OH. I graduated high school at age sixteen
from South High School in 1923.1 received a B.S. in Education from Ohio State
University in 1927.1 then went on to receive a Master of the Arts in Humanities in
1928.1 wanted to be a German professor. I worked on my PhD and while working in
a library at the Jewish settlement house, a woman came from New York to interview
students interested in Jewish social work. I received a fellowship in Jewish social
work at New York School of Social Work and Graduate School of Jewish Social
Work (affiliated with Columbia University) in 1941. The fellowship had connections
to Cleveland, OH. There were only a few male social workers in that day. I was there
for seven years. I worked with Jewish Big Brothers, was on the board of Jewish
Social Service, and came to Louisville as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare
Federation, now known as the Jewish Family and Vocational Service, in 1938.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
A position as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation, now known as the
Jewish Family and Vocational Service, brought us to Louisville.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?
Selma was teaching at a school in Cleveland, OH while I was working there. A gal in
the office introduced me to her. I knew right away that she was the gal I was going to
marry. We were married in 1936 in the rabbi’s study. We have two children,
Jonathon and Debbie. Jonathan is a History of Medicine Professor at the University
of Pittsburg. Debbie is a homemaker, she has seven dogs (she’s a real dog lover).
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?
All of my involvement was with Jewish Family and Vocational Service. Selma was
head of modem dance in Louisville. She taught at the Jewish Community Center
forever.
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
�I passed my physical for the U.S. War, but I was deferred because of my job at
Jewish Welfare and Executive Director of YMHA (1942-1946). I later, in 1940,
worked as community coordinator for the Conference of Jewish Organizations, while
at the same time I worked for the Jewish Social Service.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
There is no particular memory. I have a close connection to G-d. Close to G-d with
prayer and without paraphernalia. Reform service leaves me cold. I did attend
orthodox and occasionally conservative.
17. What interests do you have?
I enjoy golf (modest player), reading, music, dance, I love the arts, and grandkids,
Andrew Meyer who is a reporter in Newark and Tom Meyer who is in movie
production and design.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
Both of my children’s births, their graduations from school and college, their
marriages, and my grandchildren.
19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
Legacy-somebody who cared about others.
Values- nothing says it better than the fundamental concept of Judaism, “do unto
others as you would have them do unto you.”
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Lowell Katz
Robert Riley
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Ex-officio President
Mitchell Charney
Jane Goldstein
Robert Levine
Howard Markus
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Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Al Erlen (1906-2003) on May 6, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
Al Erlen came to Louisville after being born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, to a family that spoke Yiddish at home. Encouraged by his parents to become a Rabbi, he studied Talmud Chumash near a synagogue within walking distance from his house. All Jewish holidays were observed in his kosher household, especially Shabbat, and these practices led him to have a Bar Mitzvah but not confirmation. After receiving a BS in Education from Ohio State University and a MA in Humanities in hopes of becoming a German language professor, he instead moved down to Louisville as Executive Director of Jewish Welfare Federation, for which he was prioritized over wartime service. He met his wife, Selma, at a school in Cleveland while they both worked there, and upon moving to Louisville they joined the Jewish Community Center.. His interests include golfing, reading, listening to music, dancing, and spending time with children and grandchildren, for whom he hopes to leave behind a legacy of caring for others and abiding by the golden rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
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QUESTIOMAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. I am
with
Ann Friedman
Ailene F. Winer
, I am conducting an interview
for the JFVS archives.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
My maternal grandfather, Asher Goldstein came over by ship from England in 1911
and went to New York. My grandmother was also from England. My paternal
grandmother was from Hungary. My paternal grandfather came to this country and
they lived in Chicago. He met my grandmother in the United States.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
My father is William Frankfort. My mother is Ruth Goldstein Frankfort. Both were
bom on the South side of Chicago. Mother had one of the first cars in Chicago. She
was the next to the youngest in her family. She drove down Michigan Avenue and
she hit someone. He was very upset. It was also his first car. She never drove again.
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents? - Uncles? - Aunts? - Brothers? - Sisters?
My birth date is February 25, 1929. English was spoken at home. It was just my
parents and my sister, Josie and I. We lived in Chicago until I was seven years old.
My parents divorced. My grandparents sent my mother, sister and myself to Los
Angeles California.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
We lived in Chicago until I was seven and my parents divorced. My grandparents
sent for my mother, sister and my self to Los Angeles, California. We lived in
California for four years. When I was ten years old I told my mother I was going
shopping and I took the trolley and went into town. This was downtown Los
Angeles. I brought two Nancy Drew books. Later we moved back to Chicago for a
year. My family had two hotels, Carlton and Manard. We lived in the Manard on the
West side. My parents remarried in 1940. We then moved to South Bend, Indiana.
We lived in a middle class neighborhood. My father was a builder. In Chicago there
were a lot of Jews in our neighborhood and they would close the schools on Jewish
Holidays. In South Bend, I had two Jewish girl friends. I attended Sunday school
and we went to Temple on High Holidays. There was a neighborhood drug and
grocery store.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
N/A
�7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
In Chicago were rode the “L”, bus or walked. In South Bend we had a car. We
traveled to Michigan and we always went, if we wanted to or not. My parents would
go to Florida and I would stay home.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?
My grandparents were involved in Chicago -orthodox. My parents were not
involved.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
All of the High Holidays were observed. Purim, Seder.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
Yes, I did attend religious school until my confirmation. I went to a Reform Temple.
11 .What is your educational background? What was your career?
I am a few hours short of being a college graduate. I taught Montisari School for ten
years. I worked in a gallery for five or six years. While I was in high school and
college I worked in sales of some kind. I also worked as a cashier.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
I met my husband at Indiana University and when we were married we moved here.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?
I met my husband while I was at Indiana University. I was with someone else the
night we met but I just knew he would call. We were married on March 26, 1950. I
remember my mother asking Sid “Aren’t you ever going to give her a ring?” We
have three children. Audrey Leigh Winer bom in 1952, Diane Winer bom in 1955
and Meredith bom in 1960.
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community. Was you whole family
involved?
When I was younger I helped at Adath Jeshurun. I met all of Sid’s friends who are
now my friends. Sid was very involved. The children were in clubs. I went to the
University of Louisville.
�15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
I have relatives in Europe. My family had no involvement in the Wars in Israel.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
I visited Frank Lloyd Wrights home and it was a spiritual experience. The sun was
coming through the windows like a religious experience. Like beams from heaven.
The Louve Museum was also fantastic. I am not observant, but when times are tough
I call on God.
17. What interests did you have?
My grandchildren, reading and art. I love to go to galleries or museums.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
Coming back with a friend from seeing the Louisville Orchestra and I saw a little girl
in pink overalls with pink cheeks waiting for me.
19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
I hope my children talk about me to their children to help keep the memories alive. I
would like to be remembered as a fun person. Family!
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Barbara Goldberg
David Handmaker
Lowell Katz
Robert Riley
Vice Presidents
Gail Pohn
Ex-officio President
Mitchell Charney
Jane Goldstein
Robert Levine
Howard Markus
Shirley Markus
Lillian Seligman
Jeffrey Weiss
Past Presidents
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish
Family and Vocational Service, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
40205. My story will be kept in the JFVS library unless I choose to keep it myself.
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Alexander Erlen
Arthur Grossman
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Mikhail Goldentul
Debbie Hyman
Howard Kaplin
Jay Klempner
Laurie Kupferman
Alan Levitan
Benjamin Levitan
Jack B. Loewy
Victoria Lyalina
Kim Newstadt
Chuck O’Koon
Suzy Post
Judy Shapira
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Rabbi Avrohom Litvin
Rabbi Shmuel Mann
Rabbi Stanley Miles
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Rabbi Solomon Roodman
Rabbi Gaylia R. Rooks
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Ailene, passed away on Saturday, July 18, at the age of 86. She
’eft behind her beloved husband of 65 years Sidney A. Winer, her daughters,
Audrey Bartlow (Peter) of Chicago, Illinois, Diane Chesher of Louisville, and
Meredith Friedman (Richard) of Northbrook, Illinois; sister Josephine Brower,
grandchildren, Ryan Bartlow, Jake Bartlow, Ian Chesher, Carly Friedman and Josie
Friedman.
Ailene attended Indiana University and later, University of Lousiville while raising
her family. She taught at die St. Francis Montessori School. In die early 1960's she
was active in the Civil Rights movement and volunteered for Head Start. She
appreciated and supported the arts and held subscriptions to the Louisville
Orchestra and collected fine art. She was a former member of Congregation Adath
Jeshurun, where her husband, Sidney was a past president.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, July 22, 2015 at Herman Meyer &
Son, 1338 Ellison Avenue with burial to follow in Adath Jeshurun Cemetery.
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Ailene Winer moved to Louisville after being enrolled at Indiana University. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and later moved to Los Angeles after her parents divorced. While there she found Jewish friends and observed all holy days, including being confirmed. Ailene assisted at Adath Jeshurun in her youth. Her spiritual experiences include Frank Lloyd Wright’s architecture and reaching out to the Lord in difficult times. She enjoys spending time with grandchildren, art, and engaging in activities future generations will remember her fondly as “fun” for.
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ALLAN M. STEINBWG
April 14? 2015
Allan’s grandfather, Hyman Yanoff, immigrated to the United
States from eastern Europe. Allan’s mother, Hannah Yanoff
Steinberg was born here. Hannah’s parents came from Poland.
Her father, Hyman, immigrated around 1899. His ship to the
US left from England and he lived in the lower East Side in
New York. The house where he first lived is still there (135
Rivington Street). Oscar Steinberg, Allan’s father, was also
born in the US.
Allan was bom in Louisville Februaiy 2, 1941. He is the
younger of two brothers, the older is Irvin, “Sonny”. Their first
home was in the 900 block of South Brook Street, near Male
High School. While he was in college, the family moved to
1242 South First Street. His parents divorced while he was in
elementary school.
Allan’s education began at Englehard Elementary, followed by
Manly Jr. High and LMHS, Louisville Male High School. He
was editor of the school’s newspaper, the Brook n’ Breck. He
attended University of Indiana, Bloomington campus, for two
years. While there he was a manager for the IU basketball
team and was Governor of his dorm. He completed his
undergraduate degree, BA, at the University of Louisville in
Political Science in 1964 and earned his MA in Counseling
Education in 1967, also from U of L.
Allan recalls that his grandfather, Hyman, walked to Keneseth
Israel synagogue where they were members. KI was the site of
his Bar Mitzvah. He was also “on call” for minyans at Adath
Jeshurun when they were short of the ten required for
services. He is now a member of The Temple.
He went to the YMHA while a high school student and was a
member of a group known as Pi Tau Pi. He worked as a “pin
boy” at the small bowling alley in the basement of the Elk’s
Club while a high school student. The Elk’s Club at that time,
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�used the home of the Brandeis family. Allan was instrumental
in having the state place a historical marker there to note the
significance of the site as the early home of Justice Louis
Brandeis.
When asked when he first became involved in public service,
he said he remembered a classmate in 3rd or 4th grade who did
not have a proper lunch. When he mentioned this to his
mother, she then made two lunches daily for him to take. This
was an example of how she helped him develop compassion for
others.
As a young adult he often became frustrated at “the way
things were” instead of “the way they could/should be”. He
noted than when he went to meetings to discuss issues, the
people who made the decisions sat on the other side of the
table and he knew that to make a difference, he would have to
find a way to sit on that side, too.
He became active in Louisville Historical League in 1972.
Today he maintains his participation by speaking to school
groups on the importance of preservation and the need to
educate people on the value of knowing our community and its
history.
Allan ran for public office in 1979 to serve on the city Board of
Aidermen at age 36. (See attachment #1) This was the year
that Harvey Sloane was elected Mayor. His first opponent was
Don Fightmaster, and even though Don was backed by the
Democratic organization, Allan scored his first win. He served
until 1984. Although he represented the First Ward (Crescent
Hill and Butchertown), at this time aidermen were elected by
city-wide voting.
While on the Board of Aidermen, he introduced the first
ordinance in the United States calling for safety standards for
children’s car seats. It turned out that the Kentucky state
legislature said that the city did not have the authority to pass
such legislation. When the mayor was out of town, the
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�Aidermen rotated turns as serving as Mayor Tempore. (See
attached document #2.) Allan said he experienced no antiSemitism during his entire political career.
Allan served as counselor at the Jefferson Community College
for 30 years. As Jefferson’s first counselor, his job description
gradually expanded and he was involved in personal, career
and academic counseling. He also directed student activities
and testing. During that time he continued to encourage
young people to take note of their community and to strive to
be leaders and participate in community endeavors.
While serving as counselor at Jefferson Community College he
started a bowling league for young people with special needs in
cooperation with an organization then called The Council for
Retarded Children. He contacted the bowling alley near the
school, called Broad-Brook Lanes. At first the manager was
opposed to the project, as he feared people with special needs
would scare off other customers, but Allan convinced him to at
least give it a trial run. What started modestly with the use of
one lane gradually blossomed into a full program involving ten
lanes. It became known as the “4:30 Bowling League”.
At one time he was asked to work with a summer day called
“Happy Time Day Camp” for special needs children. He
suggested a better name which was “Camp Blue Skies”. He
worked with this program for two years. The camp used the
farm property of the Brown family which has the Cadillac
dealership.
In the early 1970’s he was the first chairman of the Thomas
Edison-Butchertown House board. After retiring from the
college he reveled in three full weeks of retirement before going
to work for the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable
Foundation as its Executive Director for ten years. (See
attachment #4) He was one of the five founders of KSBCF.
Allan reports that he is finally retired again although he still is
involved with the Historical League speaking to schools and
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�other groups. He also admitted that he has a “secret garden”
in his back yard of his Crescent Hill home. He has managed to
save a part of several historic buildings which were razed and
placed these stones in his backyard. He was the person who
saved the iconic limestone slab with the letters “Y M H A”
when that facility, the predecessor to what was renamed the
JCC, the Jewish Community Center, was torn down. He has
given it to the Jewish Community Center as a permanent
fixture
Allan’s life has been dedicated to the highest ideals of
community service and leadership and the Louisville
community is a better place to live as a result.
(Note the additional information attached.)
Interview April 14, 2015 by Irvin Goldstein
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League will pay tribute to
two longtime historians
who have a special place in
the league’s history this
month.
Allan Steinberg of Crescent Hill
and the Rev. Clyde Crews of the
Highlands, who founded the league
in 1972, will be honored at its 1 p.m.
March 16 meeting.
Architect and author Steve Wiser,
a longtime leader of the league —
which now has several hundred
members — said it’s important to
thank local historians for their work.
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and raze them for parking.
“I fought that tooth and nail,”
recalled Steinberg, who went so far
as to buy space on a billboard along
Bardstown Road to drum up support
for preserving the buildings. And
the buildings were saved.
Steinberg referred to the federal
“urban renewal” program that razed
lots of old buildings 40 or 50 years
ago as “urban removal.” He said the
league bike trips were “to make peo
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STEINBERG'S HISTORY
Steinberg grew up near and grad
uated from the old Louisville Male
High School. He was a member of
the city’s old Board Aiderman from
1979 to 1984 and worked as acounselor and teacher at Jefferson Com
munity & Technical college for 30
years before retiring in 1997. He was
president of the Louisville Interna
tional Cultural Center and executive
director for 10 years of the Ken-
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The Rev. Clyde Crews, left, and Allan
Steinberg, founders of the Louisville
Historical League, will be honored at a
league meeting March 16.
CREWS' HISTORY
Crews spent 35 years teaching
church history as a professor at
Bellarmine University and is the
university’s historian. He was a con
tributor to the Encyclopedia of
Louisville and is former director of
the Thomas Merton Center. A Louis
ville native, he has a doctorate de
gree in church history from Ford
ham University in New York and
was named 2011 Irish Person of the
Year by the local Father Abram J.
Ryan division of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians.
WHAT ABOUT LOUISVILLE?
Before founding the league,
Crews traveled to New Orleans and
Charleston, W.Va., and thought,
“Louisville’s got an awful lot going
on” historically speaking, and it “did
not seem to me like were celebrat
ing, enhancing it and furthering it.”
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STREET DEVELOPMENT
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Allan Steinberg, with bullhorn, speaks to cyclists in the 1970s on a Louisville Historical
League bike tour about buildings threatened with demolition on South Fourth Street near
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Merton Square downtown, near
Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali
Boulevard. Crews’ illustrated 2010
book, “Crossings: Historic Journeys
near Louisville’s Merton Square,”
tells how in 1958 Merton, the inter
nationally acclaimed Trappist monk
and author, experienced a transforming experience that led him to
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feel that he and all of the people
crossing that busy corner were in
terconnected.
The book tells other stories about
downtown, too, and Crews has writ
ten many other books related to his
tory, including a history of the Arch
diocese of Louisville, “An American
Holy Land,” published in 1987.
While Crews says redevelopment
along Main Street and the water
front has turned out well, in the
1970s Main Street “was in peril,” he
said.
“A lot of stuff ... was being ripped
down. Blocks of Main Street were
falling.and we didn’t know how many
were going to fall.”
Today, the riverfront “is one of
our greatest treasures,” he said.
He’s also a fan of City Hall and the
Jefferson County Courthouse at
Sixth and Jefferson streets, the cen
ter of governance since 1784.
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'HEREAS, the President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, has today announced an agreement
egotiated with the Government of Iran to release the American hostages held since November
, 1979, an agreement which was concluded through the mediation of the Government of Algeria;
nd
IHEREAS, the resolution of this grave international crisis has been accomplished peacefully,
ri th full regard for America's persistent commitment to tolerance, human rights and
ational dignity; and
IHEREAS, the city of Louisville was founded as a fortress during the American Revolution in
Tder to help achieve Thomas Jefferson's vision of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiiess," and the city grew while the United States Constitution was being frame'd"to promote
he general welfare and to secure the blessings of liberty"; and
IHEREAS, this city witnessed and was part of a frightful Civil War in the United States from
861 to 1865 and learned anew the costly nature of liberty's graces, and the City's Black
itizens at that time in particular knew the longing for liberation; and
;
IHEREAS, the vast majority of our citizens stand in religious traditions that revere the
'ords of the prophet Isaiah who wrote, "Come, let us worship together, says the Lord," and
iho also wrote, "The Lord has sent me to bring good news to the poor, to bind up hearts that
re broken, and to proclaim liberty to the captives"; and
li TAS, at this time of the release of the American captives, we perceive ourselves as a
roud city of- a grateful nation that values the powers of reason, patience and goodness; and
IHEREAS, Louisville hosted in February, 1848, the great American poet Walt Whitman who ce1erated the qualities of our nation in these words:
"I inhale great draughts of space...
I am larger, better than I thought.*
I did not know I held so much goodness."
I0W, THEREFORE, I, Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore of the city of Louisville, do hereby
'reclaim that the citizens of Louisville do: Share with the families of the hostages a sense
f relief and prayerful gratitude; Appreciate the good offices of the United Nations and
uch countries as Canada and Great Britain in helping to bring about a resolution; Redediate ourselves to those great qualities and values resident in the American character that
hese troubled months have helped to surface; and, Learn from this time of turmoil to commit
urselves anew to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people on this fragile,
indly planet Earth.
Done in the city of Louisville, the Commonwealth
of Kentucky, this Nineteenth day of January, in
the Year of Our Lord, the One Thousand, Nine
Hundred and Eighty-first, of the Republic, the
Two Hundred and Fifth, and of the City, the Two
Hundred and Third.
Allan M. Steinberg, Mayor Pro Tempore
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is retiring
Denise Gray Lackey visited the Kentucky Lions Eye Center down
town recently to see a new $50,000 “Eye-tracker” — a specialized
piece of equipment that will help diagnose hereditary retinal dis
eases in children.
The money for it came from the Kentucky School for the Blind
Charitable Foundation, headed by Allan Steinberg, 66, of Crescent
Hill, a longtime community leader who’s taking a second stab at “re
tirement” after 10 years as the foundation’s executive director.
Lackey, the foundation board’s vice president and dean of students
at Jefferson Community College Southwest, said, “It just kind of sent
chills through me to know we were able to accomplish something
like that”
Steinberg first retired in1997, following 30 years as a counselor
and teacher at Jefferson Community College — a period that includ-
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The Courier-Journal
ed his tenure as a Louisville
aiderman from1979 to 1984.
But within three weeks, he was
working again as the founda
tion’s paid director
Much of Steinberg’s work at
the foundation—which he
helped found in1984—has
been as a fundraiser, and it
now oversees a multimillion
dollar fund that generates
income for grants to the
School for the Blind and other
agencies that help the visually
impaired.
The nonprofit foundation
also recently contributed
$5,000 to the Patrick Hughes
family during construction of
its new house for the Extreme
Makeover television show. A
donation of $250,000 to Visual
ly Impaired Pre-School Serv
ices also has helped that agen
cy move from Old Louisville to
a new building on Goldsmith
Lane and plan for a classroom
addition (to be named for the
foundation) this spring.
Lackey says people want to
help the foundation after talk
ing to Steinberg because he’s
so sincere, approachable, wellliked and trustworthy. “He’s
one of the fairest people Pve
ever known,” she said
The foundation will honor
Steinberg at a retirement party
next week. He will be succeed
ed Feb. 1 by Rick Ricks of
Crestwood, Dean of Students
at the School for the Blind,
who has been with the school
for 30 years.
“I just feel... it’s time for...
me to do some other things,”
Steinberg said. “You know Fm
not going to wither away.”
Roberta Williams, an ad
ministrator at the nearby
American Printing House for
the Blind, said Steinberg is
known for his broad expertise.
She hopes the printing house
can still count on him to be a
“consultant” for its operation,
too.
Before becoming founda-
of the Disabilities Resource
Center at JCC. He expects to
continue to be an advocate for
the visually impaired — espe
cially in the area of employ
ment
He said last week in his
office on Haldeman Avenue
that the unemployment rate
for the blind and visually im
paired is 70 percent
“This is shocking,” he said,
particularly in view of such
technological advancements as
“talking” computers, where
what is written on the screen
is read aloud to the user. Stein
berg also is known as a trav
eler — returning recently from
a trip to India with his brother
and sister-in-law and a trip to
Antarctica last year. He’s now
considering driving Route 66.
He has been visiting a Navajo
Indian reservation in Arizona
since1989 and plans another
trip this year to see friends. In
2001, he took students from
the School for the Blind there,
with financial help from the
foundation.
Steinberg said he and his
brother, Sonny, now a semi
retired pharmacist, were raised
by their mother, Hanna, who
worked at the old Eyck’s de
partment store. They lived on
Brook Street downtown and
went to Engelhard Elementary.
“But I didn’t know the un
happiness of poverty,” he said.
He went to Male High
School and has a bachelors
degree in political science and
a master’s in education from
the University of Louisville.
He underwent surgery in
1991 for a brain tumor — which
was benign.
“I feel fortunate to have the
opportunity to do some good
while Fm here,” he said.
“When you have a crisis like
that in your life, you think how
valuable every day is. There’s
no time to be indifferent and
Hurstbourne mortgage
banker Paul Karem has as
sessed the state of customer
service these days — and calls
it a disaster.
After years of being put on
hold, listening to recordings,
hearing people complain and
feeling insulted by signs such
as “Wait Here for the Next
Available Teller,” Karem was
driven to write a book analyz
ing what’s wrong and offering
suggestions for improve
ments.
“We have lost respect for
the customer,” Karem, 57,
writes in his guidebook
“Above the Fray: Some An
swers to America’s Customer
Service Disaster”
“I had to get it out ofmy sys
tem or I was going nuts,” he
said recently.
Karem, who lives near
Cherokee Park off Alta Vista
Road, is head of the Paul KaremMortgage division of Cen
tral Bank at 9300 Shelbyville
Road.
He self-published the book
in2006 andhas recently begun
talking to business groups,
real-estate companies and
others about it He also uses it
as a calling card to present to
clients and others in his own
business.
The last-straw incident that
prompted him to write the
book, he said, was being put on
hold for 35 minutes by a credit
card company and told period
ically —by a recording—how
important his call was.
And don’t even get him
started on voice mail Despite
ubiquitous voice mail, cell
phones and communications
devices of every type, “you
can’t get anybody on the
phone,” he said.
He contends that voice mail
is slowing down communication rather than facilitating it
“A lot of people hate voice
mail, except those who use it
office hours, he said.
He also writes humim tin
and forthrightly at cm c~ercoming failures, such m n
college football career at LYversity of Kentucky and acme
broke inhis familys mafic
ness.
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state Sen. David Kamm. was 1
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Louisville, KY 40206-2538
Education: University of Louisville, Master ofArts Degree in Education and Bachelor ofArts Degree
-m-Political Science.
Work: Jefferson Community College, Counselor/Professor, 1968 -1998, Coordinator, Counseling
Center—Jefferson's first counselor. Coordinator of Jefferson’s Disability Resource Center for special
needs students.
First Ward Aiderman, City of Louisville, 1979-1983. Established the Board ofAidermen's first
internship program for college students (1982); established City of Louisville's first Employee
Assistance Program (EAP); as an elected official he was one of the early advocates in the U.S. who
sought to establish the requirement for child safety seats in automobiles (1981). (Commonwealth of
Kentucky ruled that such a law could not be made for Louisville.)
One of five co-founders of the Kentucky School for the Blind Charitable Foundation (KSBCF) in 1984.
Also served as president and Executive Director of the Foundation, f If f
Advisory Board Member, McDowell Rehabilitation Center, Office for the Blind.
Co-founder with Fr. Clyde F. Crews of the Louisville Historical League (1972). (Past President)
Vice-president of the Louisville International Cultural Center and mentor for several Cuban and
Russian refugee families in Louisville.
Lived and worked on the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona and served as a volunteer counselor
at the Navajo Community College.
First recipient of Jefferson Community College's Disability Resource Center’s Humanitarian Award.
Received the University of Louisville’s Bill Cox Lifetime Achievement Disability Awareness Award
in recognition of contributions to promote awareness and accessibility for persons with disabilities.
Received the Archdiocese ofLouisville's Peace and Justice Commission's “Peace and Justice Award”
in part for advocacy as an Aiderman for human needs including sponsoring ordinances providing
money for renovations to create family shelter units.
In the early 1970's Allan created a special activity called the “4:30 Bowling League” for special needs
youth in Louisville. Jefferson Community College students were utilized as instructors for this activity
which was featured in a national bowling magazine.
Director, Camp Blue Skies, program designed for special need children.
Past member of the following boards: Louisville Historical League; Kentucky School for the Blind
Charitable Foundation; Louisville-Jefferson County Heritage Commission; Louisville Area Mental
Health Association; Kentucky Bicentennial Commission; Trees, Inc.; Jefferson Community College's
Advisory Board; Thomas Edison's Butchertown House; Downtown Optimist Club; Famsley-Kaufinan
�Louisville & Jefferson County Youth Commission; Preservation Alliance; Kentucky Railroad Museum
and University of Louisville B'nai B'rith Hillel.
Frequent Guest Speaker at Bellarmine University.
As an Aiderman - worked to establish in the Highlands one of Louisville's first Bike Paths and worked
to establish City Hall's first Employee Assistance Program. (EAP) which helps troubled city employees.
Graduate of Louisville Male High School and high school Editor of the Brook 'n' Breck student
newspaper.
Member of Louisville Male High School's Hall of Fame.
Co-founder of the Com Island Storytelling Festival
Additional awards/ honors:
Louisville Jaycees — Outstanding Young Man Award for service given to community, state, and country.
Humanitarian Award presented by Louisville Chapter ofAMIT Women and its Chesed Friends of
Amit.
Falls City Heritage Award for contributions in the field of community development and preservation
presented by Preservation Alliance of Louisville and Jefferson Co., Inc.
Jefferson Community College Advisory Board Award for exemplary service in behalf of colleagues and
students.
Significant and Meritorious Service to Mankind Award presented by Sertoma International.
Honorable Discharge from the United States Coast Guard Reserves.
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Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs.
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Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Allan Steinberg (1941-) on April 14, 2015. The summary is accompanied by two circa 2010s photographs of Steinberg, his resume, and clippings on him. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
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Goldstein, Irvin
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. lam
with
on
Kimberly Feinberg
, I am conducting an interview
Anita Weber
for the JFVS archives
August 3, 2007.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
They most likely came for better living conditions. I’m fourth generation Ohioan.
The paternal side of my family, my grandfather came from Russia with his wife, but
we never really did find out why. I think my maternal relatives came to Cleveland
because other family members were there.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
Mother, Jeannette Newman, Cleveland, seven siblings, mother being the oldest.
Father, Abraham Sugerman , Baltimore, six siblings, father being the oldest.
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
My birth date is 4/19/31. English was spoken in our home. We lived in Cleveland.
Our household consisted of mother, father, and my brother Bob. My father died when
I was 16, and my maternal grandmother moved in with us.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
Our neighborhood was wonderful; there were a lot of Jewish people. It was in
Cleveland Heights OH. It was comfortable. My mother didn’t drive and my father
was a traveling salesman. We typically walked everywhere or took a street car or
bus. I walked to school. It was six blocks to my elementary school. I took bus to
junior high, and walked to high school which was one block away. We had to take a
bus or street car to temple or father drove. The grocery was one block away and drug
store was a little further.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
We were not from Louisville at that time.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
We traveled by street car and bus, and my father drove us too. We traveled a little
when I was young. We used to spend a week in the summer at Indiana Lake in
northern Indiana, and I went to New York once with my mother, a cousin and my
�aunt. For this trip we took a plane. My father was a traveling salesman and in the
amusement business. He sold merchandise to parks, so he used to drive us to the
parks in the summer time. Life there was a world of carnivals and “camies”.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple?
At The Temple in Cleveland, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver was very reformed. My father
was from a more orthodox family, but he learned to observe the reform practices
because that’s what my mother wanted. My paternal grandparents went to an
orthodox synagogue which we occasionally visited.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
We observed all the holidays, in a “reform” sort of way. Except for Seders, we went
to my father’s partner’s family’s Seders and they were more conservative and great
fun.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
I did attend religious school and was confirmed. I personally had a bat mitzvah three
weeks ago on July 14, 2007. It was intimate, with our immediate family, a Havdalah
service in the Temple Chapel at 6:30 pm. I worked on it for over a year. .
11 .What is your educational background? What was your career?
I have a BS. I went back to get it when I was 40 in 1970, and then returned to get my
masters, but it was the year bussing started in Louisville. It was hard to start at 40
years old to teach. I completed fifteen hours towards my masters. The first few
years were very difficult because of all of the bedlam. So I did long term substitute
teaching. My daughter went to New York to try to break into theatre, and so I started
a business out of my home so I could “write off’ going to visit her. I was evicted by
neighbors who didn’t want customers driving into our neighborhood. Then I opened
a store at Brownsboro Center in the arcade. When we had grandchildren, I didn’t
want to be tied up all the time so I sold the business and became a manufacturer’s rep
for upscale museum products and traveled throughout Kentucky never further than
two hours from Louisville. I loved it, and the people I met! I left that job about 15
years ago.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
My husband moved us to Louisville in 1951.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?
I met my husband at Indiana University when I was a freshman and he was a junior.
We married in 1951 when I was 20 and he was 21.
�He had been dating my roommate and I had been dating his best friend. We met
secretly for two months before we had the courage to tell our friends that we were
“an item”. We were married in 1951 have two children. Alice was bom January 13,
1954 and Rick was born September 18, 1955. Our daughter married Robert Galoab
and lives in San Francisco. Our son married Robin Greenspan and lives in Chicago.
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?
I have been a member of the Council of Jewish Women, Sisterhood, solicit for UJA,
and asked to be Vice President of the Council and Sisterhood of Jewish Temple. I
decided to go back to school and get my degree, so I didn’t accept the position. My
family was involved when I would solicit, my children would come along and be in
the car with me. I’m still involved with temple. I also volunteer at Atria.
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
During the war I had an uncle who served in the army. Our family cut back on gas
and meat rations and felt very patriotic.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
As for spiritual memories, my bat mitzvah was the most favorite. Religion has
affected my life, I feel like I have a deep sense of commitment and I’m so proud to
be Jewish.
17. What interests do you have?
My interests include bridge, music, play the piano, reading and working out. I like
some sports and enjoy going to classes, both at temple and at the university.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
Favorite family memories include Thanksgiving here with our children and
grandchildren. It was always a very special time because the family would come in
from San Francisco and Chicago. After dinner we would go into the recreation room
and play charades, it was a Thanksgiving ritual.
19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
I guess my mother’s confirmation speech really summed up how I feel about my
legacy that “a good name is more important than riches”. I would like to remembered
as having had a good name, being a good person, a good Jew, and a good citizen. I
hope that I have passed down to our children good values and pride in being Jewish.
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. lam
with
on
Margaret Moseson/, I am conducting an interview
Ann Klein
for the JFVS archives
January 21, 2002.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
I arrived in the United States in January, 1947 as a war bride, having accepted my
childhood sweetheart’s proposal of marriage through the mail.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
My father, Bela Low, was bom in Tiszafured and my mother, Frieda Weisz, was
from Fegyvemek, both small towns near Eger. I have two brothers, one four and one
eight years older than me.
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
I was bom in Eger, Hungary, on October 9, 1921. My father was a bank director, and
my family lived in a big house until I was eleven years old, at which time we moved
to an apartment above the bank.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
My family belonged to a conservative synagogue. From the first through the fourth
grade I attended a Jewish day school, and for the next eight years I went to a Catholic
school for girls. However, twice a week, while the other girls took a class on religion,
I went back to the Jewish day school for a class on Judaism. I also attended a Jewish
youth service on Saturdays. My family didn’t keep kosher, but went regularly to
Friday night services, and we celebrated all of the holidays. My brothers had bar
mitzvahs.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
�My family did not have a car. We traveled several times to Budapest by train (an
hour and 45min ride), and vacationed once in the mountains of Czechoslovakia. I
also spent 6 months in Italy with my mother when I was four years old.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue I temple?
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
11. What is your educational background? What was your career?
After I finished high school in 1939,1 had an apprenticeship with a dressmaker, who
taught me to sew. I worked for that lady for the next 5 years.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
We had moved for a post-doctorial fellowship Sandy took at the University of
Louisville.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?
I arrived in the United States in January, 1947 as a war bride, having accepted my
childhood sweetheart’s proposal of marriage through the mail. Sandor Klein and I
were married two weeks later in Washington, D.C by a Justice of the Peace, with two
of Sandy’s friends as witnesses. I did alterations for a department store in
Washington until they moved to Bloomington, Indiana for Sandy to work on his PhD
in psychology at Indiana University. In less than a year out first child, Andy, was
bom. At that point I became a stay at home mom to raise subsequent children,
Elizabeth, Linda, and Robert. Linda and Robert were bom in Louisville, where we
had moved for a post-doctorial fellowship Sandy took at the University of Louisville.
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?
I belong to the National Council of Jewish Women, and through that organization,
became a mentor to an at risk teen-age girl, with whom I have maintained a
relationship well into the girl’s adulthood. I have also looked out for an elderly
neighbor for many years, taking her to doctor’s appointments, grocery shopping, and
filling other needs until the neighbor recently moved to a nursing home. I also did
some fund raising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, and I have spoken to many
school groups about my experiences during the Holocaust.
�My two older children were confirmed at B’rith Shalom Temple, but Linda and
Robert chose not to stay in Sunday school that long. My family now belongs to
Temple Shalom.
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
In 1944 the Germans entered Hungary, and rounded up every Jew and part Jew in the
city. We were kept in a ghetto from May 5th to June 5th, after which we were sent in
railroad boxcars to Auschwitz. After 6 weeks there, I was lucky enough to get a job
working in the kitchen. This enabled me, not only to get a little more food that I
would have had otherwise, but also to occasionally trade food for clothing, such as a
sweater or shoes. Toward the end of January, 1945, the Germans began moving the
prisoners from one camp to another in open cattle cars of by foot—sometimes
walking us for days through snow and ice. This was a death march on which I surely
would have perished had I not had a little extra clothing and food to start out with.
We, the prisoners, sometimes found sugar beets on the side of the road to eat. The
people who could not walk any further and sat down were shot by the guards. I
remember watching from a train bed while the city of Magdeburg was bombed by the
Allies, and being too tired and discouraged to even worry about being hit. When the
Allies liberated the camps in May, I was freed in Wurzen, Germany.
Free in Wurzen was not exactly wonderful. Close to starvation and suffering from an
infected finger, I along with others, was given housing in what had been German
officers’ quarters, but was left to my own devices to find food and other necessities. I
and my other ex-prisoners raided the warehouse and abandoned stores for food (such
as pickles and sugar, which our starved stomachs could not process). Finally, the
infection on my finger had spread all the way up to my elbow and I had to enter a
hospital to get it taken care of. After about 3 weeks, I heard of a train which would be
going toward Hungary, and I managed to get on it. The train traveled all over
Czechoslovakia, but after a frightening run-in with drunken Russian solders who
threw me off the train, I managed to connect with another train that took me to
Budapest. There I found an aunt and uncle, who took me in after I got myself de
ionised. Later I made my way back to Eger, hoping futilely to find my parents and
brothers.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
My fondest spiritual memories are of Seder dinners with my extended family, and the
nice Jewish community at Eger.
17. What interests do you have?
My life-long love is music, and I play the piano. I also used to enjoy ice skating and
swimming.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
�19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
I would like to be remembered as a good human person, and I hope that I have
instilled in my children the values of being helpful to others and promoting peace.
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Past Presidents
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
I do hereby give my permission to record my life history through the Jewish
Family and Vocational Service, 3587 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky
40205. My story will be kept in the JFVS Library and can be accessed by
interested people. It will be preserved archivally for future generations.
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Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs.
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Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ann Klein (1921-2012) on January 21, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ann Klein was born and raised in Eger, Hungary, to a family that celebrated all holy days and attended Synagogue. A Holocaust survivor, she was assigned a job in an Auschwitz kitchen, and following a death march westward, was eventually freed in Wurzen, Germany. She came to America having accepted a marriage proposal from the man who would be her husband, and moved to Louisville when he took a post-doctorial fellowship at the University of Louisville. While in Louisville, she remained active in her faith, becoming a member of the National Council of Jewish Women, and fundraising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, for which she shared experiences of the Holocaust. She enjoys music, playing piano, swimming, and hopes to leave behind a memory of promoting peace and being a moral human being.
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Moseson, Margaret
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2002-01-21
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Klein, Ann, 1921-2012
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. I am
Linda Leeser_________________________ , I am conducting an
interview with
Ann Klein_____________________________ for the JFCS
archives on
January 15, 2009.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
I am the only one from my family to come to this country. I left Hungary in 1946,
through France, and arrived here on Jan. 20, 1947. I came to marry my husband,
Shandor, in Washington D.C.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
Father- Bela Low: bom March 3, 1880 in Tiszafured, Hungary.
Mother- Frida Weisz: bom in 1879 in Fegyremek, Hungary.
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
My birth date is October 9, 1921.1 was bom in Eger, Hungary. The language spoken
in my home was Hungarian. We lived there until 1944.1 lived with my Father and
Mother. I had two older brothers who left home after High School.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
Our town of Eger was a resort town. We lived in a one floor house with a back yard
and garden. We always had a bathroom with running water. It was a nice middle
class home and neighborhood. We lived there until I was 10 years old (1931). Then
we moved downtown to be nearer to my Father’s work- he was a bank manager. We
lived then in a big apartment above another bank and stayed there until the ghetto
time.
Our neighborhood had other Jews. We were close enough to my elementary Jewish
school for me to walk- about 15 or 20 minutes. When we moved, I went to a Catholic
High School, the only high school available in the area if I wanted to graduate and go
to gymnasium. It was also close-a 10 or 15 minute walk. School then was 6 days a
week. In High School, the Catholic kids went to religious class and the rest of us
went to another room to wait for them. Two times a week, in the afternoon we went
to the Jewish elementary school for Jewish Studies. On Saturday afternoons, there
was a student service in the synagogue.
Nothing was far. There was a market downtown, a five minute walk. There was also
a butcher and a baker, and a pharmacy too. The Temple was in walking distance, on
the same street as the school. After WWII the synagogue was tom down, not because
of war damage, but because the town did not believe any Jews would return. A
restaurant was built over it.
�6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
I was not here in 1937.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
People didn’t have cars then. We traveled by train and bus, but we didn’t travel
much. In the summer, my cousin would come and stay with us. We would take day
trips to places nearby, but our town was considered a vacation place. At age 4,1 was
said to need a change in climate, so I went to Italy for 6 months with my Mother. My
Father also went to a place called Tatra in Czechoslovakia, and took me with him.
That was a big deal.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?
My parents weren’t so religious that they wouldn’t let me attend the Catholic High
School. We were members but not very active. There were two synagogues-one was
Orthodox and the other one was called Neolog-like reform, but actually more
religious than here. Men wore kippot, and the women were upstairs. My Father was
involved in an organization in the synagogue. He was second man from the top. Then
top man got sick, and when the Nazi’s came, my father had to be top man.
We didn’t go to services regularly. We would attend on Holidays and sometimes
Friday night. On Yom Kippur we would stay all day. We did not keep kosher.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
I remember Seder in my Father’s Brother’s home.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
No Answer for this one.
11. What is your educational background? What was your career?
I received my High School diploma in 1939. After that Jews could not go to school. I
became a seamstress until the Germans came.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
After coming to this country, we lived in Washington D.C. for a year. Then we
moved to Bloomington, Indiana where my husband went to graduate school until
1953. We also lived in Marion, Indiana where he did an internship with the V.A. We
moved to Louisville in 1953 where he did post doctoral work for one year.
�13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Do you have children?
Shandor and I have known each other all our lives. We went to elementary school
together and also music school. He lived in the next block, and we were friends. As
time went on, we became more than friends.
There eventually was a quota system, and people could only leave and come to this
country with a soldier. Shandor came first, and then sent for me. We were married on
Jan 29, 1947. We have been married for 62 years. We have 4 children.
14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family
involved?
We have not had a lot of involvement in the Jewish Community. We were members
of Brit Shalom Synagogue on Cowling Ave. for awhile. Then there was a merger and
we joined Temple Shalom in 1997, mainly because of our grandson to my
background, but I’m not really a joiner. I do belong to the Women’s Group because
of my daughter, and it meets once/month. I have some other involvement with the
Temple.
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
My family was profoundly affected by WWII. Both my parents were killed in
Auschwitz. As far as Israel is concerned, I feel it is wonderful to have a homeland.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
In my heart, I am loyal to my background, but I am not really a joiner.
17. What interests do you have?
I volunteer at St. John’s Center. I used to play tennis and do water aerobics. Now I do
Tai Chi 2 times/week. I enjoy chamber music and opera, some piano.
In 1990,1 was interviewed by the Steven Spielberg Project. Dr. Leah Dickstein came
here and interviewed me as a Holocaust Survivor. A video of the people who
participated was made by Fred Whitaker from St. Francis High School. I have been a
speaker along with other members of the Jewish Community and have done some
traveling to schools in the region to help school children hear stories and have some
understanding of this part of history. This has been very gratifying, although it took
me awhile to be willing to participate, like the others. I no longer have reticence to
speak about my experiences, but I am not able to travel so far anymore. I am still
available to talk to local schools.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
I used to love Seders and family get-togethers. I also loved the Shabbat Student
Services. It gave us a chance to meet other Jewish Students socially. Sometimes there
would be a dance, and I remember going ice skating one time-1 got in trouble for
that!
�19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
My legacy: I wish for people to be honest, not to lie. To be helpful to others, to be on
good terms with your family if you can. I believe if religion means a lot to you, by all
means keep it up. Every day is a blessing while your health is good. By now, most of
my friends are gone. Try to be helpful where you are needed-with your family and
friends.
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Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Ann Klein (1921-2012) on January 15, 2009. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ann Klein was born and raised in Eger, Hungary, to a family that celebrated all holy days and attended Synagogue. A Holocaust survivor, she was assigned a job in an Auschwitz kitchen, and following a death march westward, was eventually freed in Wurzen, Germany. She came to America having accepted a marriage proposal from the man who would be her husband, and moved to Louisville when he took a post-doctorial fellowship at the University of Louisville. While in Louisville, she remained active in her faith, becoming a member of the National Council of Jewish Women, and fundraising for the Louisville Fund for the Arts, for which she shared experiences of the Holocaust. She enjoys music, playing piano, swimming, and hopes to leave behind a memory of promoting peace and being a moral human being.
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. 1 am
Helene Banks, I am conducting an
interview with
Anne Shapira__________ _____
for the
JFCS archives on
November 12, 2008.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
My mother was bom in 1894. She was 7 years old when she came to the U.S. in 1901
from Manchester, England because my great grandfather had Bronchitis and could
not stand the climate. They came to New London, Connecticut. It was too close to the
ocean so they moved to Montreal, Canada where they had family and then to
Ottawa,, Ontario, Canada. He was a tailor by profession. He manufactured uniforms
since it was the seat of the government. They did very well.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they bom?
My father was Solomon Hollander and my mother was Esther Hollander. Her maiden
name was Mosell. They were bom in Russia in Kiev (a little town outside Kiev).
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
I was bom March 23, 1914. English was spoken in our home and sometimes Yiddish
when they didn’t want the children to understand what was being spoken about. We
spoke English with hardly any accent. I lived in our house in Ottawa with only my
sister and my parents.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
Our neighborhood in the Highlands was something similar to my old Neighborhood.
We moved into our parent’s new house when I was 4 1/2. It was a brand new house.
There were a few Jews living in the neighborhood and I walked to school. I went to
Sunday school. I went to Sunday school but only for a short time. The weather was
too severe. We went to synagogue and there was a grocery store and a dragstore
nearby.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
I wasn’t living here at the time of the flood.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
We traveled by car. We went to Montreal, and visited an aunt in Newark, New
Jersey. I visited Louisville. We went to Maine to the beach.
�8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?
My family was involved in the synagogue. My grandfather was President of the
synagogue.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
Passover was strictly observed. There was not much of a “tado” over Hannukah. We
did get Hannukah Gelt. We did observe the High Holidays and everybody cooked.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
I attended religious school for a short time in the fall and spring, but in between “no”.
We attended the Orthodox Synagogue in Ottawa.
11. What is your educational background? What was your career?
For High School I went to McGill. I graduated with a degree in Economics (BHS).
I did a two year internship as a dietician at Montreal General Hospital. I then worked
as a dietician at Jewish Hospital in Louisville. I was visiting there and met my
husband, Dave.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
I came to visit my aunt who was married to Gary Shapira and I met his brother David
Shapira. While visiting here on my second visit I was asked by Dr. David Cohn if I
would like to take the position of dietician at Jewish Hospital (at Floyd and Jacob St).
The hospital couldn’t be accredited without a dietician. That was in 1936.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Do you have children?
I returned to Louisville to visit in 1937 and I became engaged to Dave Shapira in
December of 1937.We were married in Ottawa, Canada on August 9, 1938. We
eventually had two children: Miriam Ostroff, and Harry J. Shapira.
14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family
involved?
Dave was very much involved. He was on several committees for the Jewish
Federation and for the Synagogue Kennesseth Israel. I was President of Brandies
University Women’s Club for two terms. I started the first Jewish
here, was
on the Board of National Council of Jewish Women, on the Board of Hassadah and
Sisterhood at Adath Jeshurun. I was on the Jewish Hospital Board and volunteered at
Jewish Hospital for about 12 years in the Intensive Care Wing. I also volunteered for
18 years of Kentucky Arts & Crafts. I recently started a group called Clicking
�Needles to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. My son and
daughter have been very involved in the Jewish Community.
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
I remember when Armistice was declared to end the First World War. I was on my
father’s shoulder’s waving a flag. During World War II we were under draft that was
filled by farm boys from Harroldsburg, Kentucky. We had a farm in Harroldsburg
and Dave raised milk cattle during the war. As for the wars in Israel, I couldn’t be
there so I became a Lion of Judah and continue to do what I can to promote it. I have
a great nephew who chose to immigrate to Israel and became an ultra, ultra, religious
person. He is a student and has 7 children. I have a cousin who lives there. She is
married to a Naval Officer in the Israeli Navy. I would like Peace there. I have visited
Israel twice.
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
My most spiritual memory is of Passover because I remember we would get so tired.
Grandfather was sitting at the head of the table on a pillow. How long we would have
to sit! We all had to have new clothes and new shoes for Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur. We went to Adath Jeshurun where the women sat upstairs and the men sat
downstairs just like at Kenneseth Israel. Religion was always part of my life. I went
with Jewish friends although we lived among non-Jews.
17. What interests do you have?
My interests lie in the creative arts: painting, knitting, needlepoint, music, cooking,
and book club. I’m interested in my family and their activities. I take pride in the
family business.
18. What are your favorite family memories?
My daughter’s wedding is among my favorite family memories. My son’s and
grandson’s Bar Mitzvah’s and their weddings and the birth of my great
grandchildren. Another favorite memory is Hannukah because we had Uncle George
who had no children, who was like “Santa Claus.” We would all get together for the
Holidays. My mother would invite soldiers.
19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
The thing I treasure most are my family relationships. I would like to be remembered
for not being judgmental about anyone’s situation in life, their wealth or social status.
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Shapira, Ann, 1914-
Banks, Helene
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. lam _____ Kimberly Feinberg_________ , I am conducting an interview
with Ahn Ueg, Annlce~Jaffe
for the JFVS archives
on
July 19, 2007.
2. Can you tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and
when?
My father’s family immigrated from Russia in about 1908. My paternal grandfather landed in
Boston and was supposed to have a job, but there were no jobs and was told to come to Louisville.
Maternal grandmother went to Baltimore. I think they had friends here. My maternal grandfather
was deceased and my grandmother had 5 children.
3. What were your parents’ names and where were they born?
Father Irvin Kahn 1896
Mother Jenny Pookmanl 899
4. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Where did you live then? Who lived in the same house with you Grandparents?
Uncles/aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
Sept 7 1925. English. 34lh and Broadway.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? Did you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was
there a neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
We walked to school. By the time I was in high school, I took bus because we had moved. For
Sunday school, the Kahn family were members of Adath Jeshurun, and whole family went there.
Equivalent of super market at comer there was a drug store. At other comer. Hardware store,
cleaners.
Catholic neighborhood, catholic church and school a block away. A lot of children but all were
catholic. Nice neighborhood and immaculately clean. Streetcar stopped right in front of the house.
All of the kids had bikes and skates. A branch library and a park nearby.
Duplex parents owned. Family on first floor, smaller apt. catholic. Parents her and brother on
second floor in larger apt.
6. How did the 1937 flood affect you and your family?
We got out of the house at night. The water came up to the front door. We went to an aunt and uncle
who lived close. My father’s brother and sister in law and two children. The house was not damaged
much, since they lived on the second floor. The water, however had managed to get up to our apt.,
and the back yard was filled with canned foods from the grocery store, and there was no electricity
�or water. There were only certain hours of water, and it was cold. My mother would fill up the
bathtub and big pots. We had fireplace, and my father brought in coal and we would boil water in
the fireplace and cook dinner. From my uncle’s house we went to Cincinnati and stayed with friends
of my father. Mud was everywhere when we moved back into our house. Mother and father cleaned
out the mud and cleaned out the house, and mother cooked meals and began to fix up the house. But
I can’t remember how she managed laundry. She heated up water to wash hair, and we always had
three meals a day. In March, when school started, mine was flooded so I had to go to different
middle school, and I had to take streetcar. Went to junior high through 7th and in 8th grades and then
went back to district school. In 9th grade parents sold house and moved so I went to different high
school. Brother, who is 7 years older, was in college already, so he wasn’t home. The flood was a
major damage, it was not fun.
7. If you wished to travel what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel when you were young? If so, where?
Always went everywhere by car. Yes, went someplace almost every summer. Sometimes brother
went and sometimes didn’t. Mother had big family in Baltimore, then went to Washington from
there. Virginia beach, NY, Cincinnati (father knew a lot of people), Indianapolis, around KY,
Washington DC and got lost wandered away in the capital. Turned around and couldn’t find family,
and didn’t know whether to stay where I was or walk around, so I went outside and sat on the steps.
Father traveled a lot, if he would have to go to city that mother would like we would all go as long
as there wasn’t school.
8. Was your family involved in a synagogue / temple?
Father was very active in synagogue from the time I was little, loved being involved. He knew
everybody, all the men that were members. When he died he was president. At that time each
synagogue had its own Hebrew school, and was very active in that., .loved it.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
Rush Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover, never did Sukkoth, made very little of Hanukkah. Parents
very observant of the big three. Father always went to services, but not much was mad of it at home.
10. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
Attended religious school. Girls did not have a bat mitzvah, and did not attend Hebrew school.
Grandfather tutored one of cousins for bar mitzvah and I would listen in and he would teach me
some things.
11 .What is your educational background? What was your career?
Graduated college. Mother, house wife, grandmother, and great-grandmother
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
�Bom here
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married?
Did you have children?
Through a cousin. I came home from college and cousin and husband returned to Louisville after
the war, and called me and said that her husband’s best friend needed a date and was home from the
army and wanted to know if he called would I go out with him.
3 children
14. Tell about you involvement in the Jewish Community? Was you whole family
involved?
Not much, belonged to everything but never did anything,
15. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
Father was a civilian working for the army in WWI and lived in Washington DC brother went into
service august 41 was out of school and enlisted. Husband was in college and waited until he
finished to go into service august 42. They were each in for almost 4yrs. And then they came home.
Both in the pacific. Brother in the navy, husband in the army.
Everyone was concerned about the wars in Israel mother has family in Israel and they were very
concerned. Tried to get mother’s first cousin out of Israel before the war started, but she was drafted
into army and was not allowed out.
Husband and I went to Israel 2 mother 1
16. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
Not many. I am very Jewish in thinking and husband was also. Kids are fairly Jewish, not all
grandchildren though. I’m not a synagogue goer, but I observed all the holidays and went to
services on high holydays. I went when I should go/1 was supposed to go. All friends were Jewish.
In college all friends were non Jewish. In Louisville all friends were Jewish and socialized with all
Jewish people. Whenever there were business relations went to Jews and consulted Jewish
professionals. In that way that was the way we lived. It was easy to be Jewish in Louisville.
Community was small and u knew everybody and everybody knew u. now, I don’t know anybody
by last name, numbers have remained the same , but none of the names are familiar, daughter in law
or son to find out who they are. Grandchildren don’t have Jewish friends, most of their friends are
non Jewish. It’s a different world now.
17. What interests do you have?
Not much. At this age and stage in my life, I’m mostly with family. Children or grandchildren. I
have nieces and nephews that I see. Mostly with family for lunch dinner or when they go some
place. A couple of lady friends that I see or talk to on the phone but I’m not active in anything,
�18. What are your favorite family memories?
Having everyone over for dinner for holiday. Everyone came to my house for Friday night dinner.
For every summer holiday the family came over, the whole family. That’s my favorite part of my
kids growing up and the family
19. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values
would you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
A good mother, I’d like to be remembered as someone who was helpful, kind, a good grand parent.
Be kind and be good to other people help other people try to do something to save the environment.
Grandson spent the night last night and that’s what they talked about. Try not to be too materialistic.
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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
I am Marcy Rosengarten, I am conducting an interview with: Annette Sagerman for the JFCS
archives on March 8 & March 15, 2010.
1. Tell me how and why your family originally came to this country and when?
Father- Jacob Simon. Escaped Latvia in 1905. Moved to New York, then Cleveland, then moved to Louisville to live with
an uncle. Mother- Selma Kaplan lived in St. Louis. Was engaged to a man who had tuberculosis. Selma's Mother said
that she could not marry him. An uncle (Gold family) lived in Louisville, so Mother moved to Louisville. Met Mr. Simon at
Thanksgiving dinner. He proposed to Selma that night. The Kaplan family approved of him because he was nice to his
Mother and made a nice living. Jacob told Selma that they would have sons, but they had three daughters. They married
July 3, 1917.
2. Tell me about your parents - their names and where were they born?
Father 1890-1943. Mother 1895-1948. Jacob Simon and Eva Kaplan Simon.
3. What is your birth date? What language(s) were spoken in your home?
Annette was born on November 3, 1924. Father was fluent in Yiddish. Mother also spoke Yiddish when they didn't want
the girls to know what they were talking about. They usually spoke English in the home.
4. Where did you live as a child? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents?
Uncles/Aunts?
Brothers? Sisters?
She lived with her parents and two sisters Lorraine and Selma Jean.
5. What brought you or your family to Louisville, Kentucky and when did you come?
What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the neighborhood? Did
you walk to school? Sunday school? Synagogue/Temple? Was there a neighborhood
grocery? Drug store?
They lived in a somewhat Jewish neighborhood at Floyd and St. Catherine Streets. Esther Zegart lived in same duplex.
Then they moved to Hill Street, where there were lots of Jewish families. She walked to Cochran and Englehardt
Schools. Annette went to Louisville Junior High School, then Louisville Girls High School, which is now Manual High
School. Her parents drove her to Sunday School at Adath Jeshurun at Brook and Hill. Rabbi Gittleman was the Rabbi at
the time. Parents owned Simon's, a grocery and meat market, which was located on Preston Street. Rectners and Mr.
Waldman's Drug Stores were also in the neighborhood.
7. If you or your family lived in Louisville at the time - how did the 1937 flood affect you and your
loved ones?
Simon's was damaged by the 1937 flood. The Red Cross confiscated their entire stock of food, but paid the family for
everything that they took. Some of the stores were looted . The Simon's watched all the looting, but did not have a phone
to call the police. They lived on the third floor, so they didn't have to move to higher ground. The Red Cross brought lots
of people to stay with them.
8. If you wished to travel within the city limits what kind of transportation did you use? Did you
travel out of town when you were young? What kind of transportation did you use when you
traveled out of town? And if so, where did you go? What special memories do you have of
those trips?
Both parents had cars because they delivered groceries from their market. They traveled by car to St. Louis to visit
family.
I
Was your family involved in a synagogue/temple?
Annette's Mother was very involved with Adath Jeshurun's Sisterhood. Father was not as involved... too busy with the
store. But he went to services and Cantor said that he was a "wonderful davener". Annette went to Hebrew School and
Sunday School. She was confirmed in 1939. Every Saturday she would go to Shabbat services, then to lunch at Lerner's
the Kosher deli, then to the movies in downtown Louisville.
�1rLWhat holidays and rituals were observed in your family? Do you have any significant
memories surrounding Jewish celebrations and what was special about those occasions?
The family observed all of the Jewish holidays.
11. Did you attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Did you have a Bar Mitzvah? What are
your memories from that time? Are you still in touch with some of the people that attended
Sunday School with you?
Annette attended Hebrew School and Sunday School. She was confirmed and was the Valedictorian of her class in 1939.
12. What is your educational background? What was your career? Who or what influenced you to
choose your career?
Annette was an English major at University of Louisville; she was a student there for 1-1/2 years. In 1944 at the age of
19, she began working in the Army and Navy Office of the YMHA (Young Men's Hebrew Association, which later became
the Jewish Community Center) at 2nd and Jacob. She served the Fort Knox servicemen who came to Louisville for the
weekend. She also aided the servicemen at Bowman Field and Nichols Hospital. The office then became known as
Armed Service Office. Annette helped organize programs at the bus station, Saturday night dances, Sunday morning
brunches, tea dances, Sunday night suppers, and USO suppers at Fort Knox. Volunteers also helped at all of the
programs. YMHA, Keneseth Israel and Brit Shalom provided dorms for the servicemen. In 1955 YMHA moved to
Dutchman's Lane. In 1966, YMHA took over the USO program. Annette directed the Armed Service Program until the
draft ended in the late 70's. She then became Adult Services Supervisor. She was the Membership Director until 2007.
Then the Hospitality Director until her retirement in 2009.
13. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? Do you have
children? Grandchildren?
She married David Sagerman at Adath Jeshurun on April 12, 1953. He came to Louisville to work as the Adult Activities
and Camp Director at the JCC. They dated for three years before they became engaged. They were married for 53
years. They did not have any children.
14. Discuss your involvement in the Jewish Community outside of your temple or synagogue
when you were growing up.
Annette's Father was not involved in the Jewish community because he was busy at work. Her Mother was involved at
AJ's Sisterhood and Hadassah. Annette was involved at the YMHA, Circle Club and Dramatics Club. She used to enjoy
chasing the boys around the track at the YMHA.. The YMHA was the center of their lives.
15. What was your involvement in the non- Jewish community? Did you witness any antiSemitism living in Louisville?
AJ's Rabbi Gittelman was the Simon family's "human deity". They also loved Rabbi Kling. Annette's sister told her not to
tell anyone how much they loved Sunday School. People would think they were "nerds".
16. How was your family affected by the World Wars? Wars in Israel?
Father was subject to being called up to World War I, but one of his children was born in 1918, so he was deferred. One
of Annette's sisters met her husband while he was stationed at Fort Knox. Parents were proud of Annette's work with the
Armed Forces. They all rolled bandages for the servicemen. As far as the wars in Israel, Mother and sister were involved
with Hadassah. They collected for JNF (Jewish National Fund).
17. What are your favorite spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
AJ's Rabbi Gittelman was the Simon family's "human deity". They also loved Rabbi Kling. Annette's sister told her not to
tell anyone how much they loved Sunday School. People would think they were "nerds".
1v. What interests or hobbies did you have when you were young and what are they now?
Annette's family has been her chief interest. She also collects items (i.e. Judaica). She was busy working full-time for 65
years.
�19. What are your favorite family memories - whether it was with your family of origin, or your
extended family and friends?
Her favorite family memories were the Jewish holidays. Her Mother had five sisters and everyone came to their home for
dinner. They always welcomed soldiers into their home for the holidays. When Annette's Mother passed away, her aunts
entertained for the holidays, and then Annette took over. A Fort Knox Chaplain spent many holidays with the
Sagermans. He later became a Rabbi and says that he learned how to lead a Seder from David Sagerman. The Rabbi
also said that Annette Sagerman is his role model.
20. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would you like to
pass on to those you leave behind?
Annette has a total commitment to Judaism. She is a loyal Jew. Her legacy is her nieces, and great nieces, great
nephews and great-great nieces and nephews. She would like them to have the same Jewish experiences that she had.
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�Annette Simon Sagerman passed away on Tuesday, October 27, at the age of 91. A proud Louisvillian
who attended Louisville Girls High School and the University of Louisville, Sagerman began a part-time
job at the Jewish Community Center (formerly the YMHA) when she was 19 years old and went on to
work there full time until her retirement 65 years later. During her tenure at the JCC, she held many
positions, including director of the USO, cultural arts, adult activities, membership and hospitality
departments. She was also one of the original founders of the Jewish Community Center’s Bingo
program, which provided additional resources for the JCC for 29 years.
Affectionately known as “aunt” or “auntie" by many, Sagerman always ensured that the JCC was open,
warm and welcoming to all. She was always ready with a big smile and a word of encouragement.
Sagerman was a walking encyclopedia of Jewish history and the Louisville Jewish community. Until the
end she could regale listeners with accounts of events long past and provide information about friends
and acquaintances she made over the year. She was an avid grammarian and edited the speeches of
the many past presidents and staff members of her beloved JCC. Sixty-hour work weeks were nothing to
her and when she retired, she had accrued six years of unused sick days and 13 years of unused
vacation. She said they would have to carry her out and they did at the young age of 84.
She was preceded in death by the love of her life "her David" Sagerman.
She is survived by her niece and nephew Jaye and Bob Bittner, who cared for her; her great nieces and
nephews Sarah and Jarred Sparber and Jolyn Kramberg and Lane Sparber; her great, great niece
Jordana and great, great nephews Doran, Jacob and Nathan Sparber, who shared hours of pleasure and
unconditional love with their aunt.
The family sends special thank yous to her best friend, Eloise Stemmle, her former caregiver and dear
friend Geraldine Kelly, the fabulous staff of Forrest Springs Health Care Center, and Drs. Gary Fuchs and
Lowell Katz, who cared for her with unconditional love. The family asks that donations go to the Annette
and David Sagerman Special Events Fund at the Jewish Community Center, Congregation Adath
Jeshurun or the WHAS Crusade for Children.
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QUESTIONNAIRE FOR ORAL HISTORIES
1. la m Sue LaSalle. la m conducting an interview with Armand Essig \ /
fo r the JFVS archives
2. Can you tell me how your fam ily originally came to this country and when it was?
Both my Maternal and Paternal came to this country between 1870 and 1875 - the
exact dates are unknown. The Essigs came here from Russia and settled in
Minneapolis. My mother’s mother was named Jacobstein; she was brought to
Louisville from Russia by a relative, also named Jacobstein. My grandfather
Schiller was from Constantinople and it is unknown how or why he came to
Louisville. His brother, who was a mime settled in South America. Their father
had come to Constantinople from Spain during the inquisition.
3. What were your p a ren t’s names and where were they born?
My mother, Eula Schiller Essig, was born in Louisville in 1905. She had 3 sisters
and 2 brothers. She died in 1996 at age 89
My father, Jacob Irwin Essig, was born in Minneapolis, MN. He had one brother
and one sister. He attended University of Louisville Dental School and decided to
settle in Louisville where he met my mother. Sometime after that, the rest of his
family came to Louisville and settled here. He died in 1954 at age 52
4. What is your birthdate? What language (s) were spoken in your home? Where did you
live then? Who lived in the same house with you - Grandparents? - Uncles? Aunts?
Sisters?
Iwas born September 13, 1926; we lived on Woodbourne Avenue in the Highlands.
My sister Ellen was born in 1931. Only our immediate family lived in our home. My
grandparents had their homes downtown.
5. What was your neighborhood like? Were there other Jews living in the
neighborhood? D id you walk to school? Sunday School? Temple? Was there a
neighborhood grocery? Drug store?
It was an upper middle-class neighborhood where many other professional people
resided. There were other Jewish families scattered throughout the Highlands, but
not a heavy concentration in any one neighborhood. Most of the Jewish families
still lived downtown. Because we lived within walking distance of Douglas Loop,
�which, even then, was a highly commercial area, we had easy access to almost
anything we might need. There was even a White Castle nearby!!
I walked to Belknap School but had to be driven to Sunday School, which was
downtown.
6. How did the 1937flo o d affect you and your fam ily?
Because we lived in the Highlands, we did not experience the heavy flooding that
those living downtown did. But, my grandparents, some aunts, uncles and cousins
who did live downtown had to evacuate their homes. My mother, father, Ellen and I
moved in with Rabbi Bazell’s family so that some of my relatives could stay in our
house until they could return to their own homes.
We lost complete contact with my paternal grandparents. Their street was,
somehow, spared from the heavy floods, but all the surrounding streets were
impassable; they were unable to leave their home or make contact with anyone
beyond their own street.
Some other memories: My maternal grandmother was the first person to come
across the “Pontoon Bridge”; my father worked around the clock giving typhoid
shots; my friends and I played monopoly for days on end.
7. I f you wished to travel, what kind o f transportation did you use? D id you travel when
you were young? I f so, where?
Because my father was a dentist in a one man office, as they all were then, he was
never able to get away for extended vacations. Our traveling consisted mainly of
car trips to visit family in Cincinnati and Newport.
8. Was your fam ily involved in synagogue/temple?
My father was very active at Brith Shalom. He and Rabbi Bazell (Solomon Bazell)
were very close personal friends. He served as President of the congregation and
often led the service when Rabbi Bazell was unable to be there; he blew the Shofar
during the High Holidays. The auditorium was name the “Essig Auditorium” in
his honor.
9. What holidays and rituals were observed?
We were not religious Jews in the traditional sense, but we felt very close to the Temple
and observed all the Holidays.
lO. D idyou attend religious school? Were you confirmed? Bar Mitzvah?
�I went to Sunday School and to Hebrew School. I was confirmed but not Bar
Mitzvah.
11. What was your educational background? What was your career?
After I got out of the service, I entered University of Louisville, but, two years later
I dropped out to get married. I worked for three years at Kay Jewelers; from there
I worked at Will Sales for five years, opening and supervising their suburban stores.
In 1961, Sam Marks and I opened Allied Sporting Goods which became a highly
successful 17 store chain in Kentucky and Indiana; the recipient of many honors
within our industry. Allied was voted “Best of Louisville” several times and was
named by the industry as the #1 Multiple Unit Company in the country - the highest
honor given by the Sporting Industry. Sam and I were nominated as “Entrepreneur
of the Year” in 1992. I served as Vice-Chairman of the National Sporting Goods
Assn., was on the executive committee of the National Buying Syndicate and was
awarded it’s first “Member of the Year” award.
12. What brought you to Louisville and when did you come?
I was born and raised here.
12. How did you meet your husband/wife? Where and when were you married? D id you
have children?
Alice and Morris Koch, friends of my parents, wanted me to take out their niece,
Elise Rosenbaum, from Evansville, Indiana. Elise was attending Indiana University
and was coming into Louisville for a few days. I took her out and we started dating
- two years later on June 24,1948, we were married at Clear crest Country Club in
Evansville.
We have two daughters:
1) Jill, born 12/15/49, married to Alan Simon
They have two children: Julie, 11/30/73, married to Rodney Marks
Mark, 3/29/79
2) Patti, 10/22/52, married to Ronald Goldstein
They have two children: Danny, 6/28/72, married to Carey
Diane, 1/13/77
�14, Tell about your involvement in the Jewish Community? Was your whole family
involved?
I served on the board of Brith Sholom and for two terms was on the board of the
Jewish Federation.
Elise served on boards of Jewish Hospital Guild, National Council of Jewish Women
and Hadassah.
14. How was your family affected by the world wars? Wars in Israel?
My father was a Lt. Commander in the navy and served in the Pacific Theater. He
received a Presidential Commendation for establishing the 1st prosthetic lab in the
Pacific Theater. Later he was assigned to the heavy cruiser, USS Bramerton. When
he returned to this country he was sent to Lake Ponchertrain, New Orleans, LA..
He was the Senior Dental Officer at the Naval Hospital. My mother , Ellen and I
moved there to be with my Dad. It was while there that I enlisted in the Navy. I
was 18 years old, having just graduated from high school. At first I was in the
Medical Corp ,but, then transferred to the Dental Corp and became a Dental
Technician in Pensacola, Horida. I was there for two years. After I was
discharged, I enrolled in University of Louisville, in the Dental School, but shortly
thereafter switched to the school of business.
15. What was your favorite Spiritual memories? How did religion affect your life?
When my father developed cancer, I found it impossible to understand, much less to
accept, why one so good and so loved by everyone he touched should be the one who
had to endure such extreme pain and suffering. I was young and could have easily
turned away from religion completely. But, my father’s faith never faltered - even
at his worst, he never stopped believing. Somehow, his unwavering faith was
contagious - and was transferred to me. About this same time, a friend who was
attending AA helped me to understand the need for accepting that which life
presents. I feel that this was a “Spiritual” turning point.
17. What interest did you have ?
I’ve always loved acting and performing. I started in high school. Some friends,
Norton Cohen, Ted Klein, and I formed a group called “The Simulators” - we
�mimed records and we had a big following. We performed at night clubs and did
shows at Fort Knox before we went professional. After that, we had an agent who
got us engagements. We performed for corporations, played at USO’s, the
Pendennis, Iroquois Gardens, The Post and Paddock, The Corner Room at the
Seelbach and many other night clubs. We did this in high school and continued
after we came back from the service.
I’ve played tennis most of my life and I enjoy all spectator sports.
18. What are your favorite fam ily memories?
The births of my children and grandchildren are some of my greatest memories!
The family gatherings on Friday nights at my Maternal Grandmother’s house are
among my favorite memories. All of my aunts, uncles and cousins would be there
and because I was the only “male” cousin, I got a lot of attention. I always looked
forward to making root beer with one of my uncles. I thought that was really neat.
18. What is your legacy? How would you like to be remembered? What values would
you like to pass on to those you leave behind?
I hope to be remembered as a good, husband, father and grandfather and as a
good, honorable person
I have tried to set an example of honesty and integrity , the qualities that I most
value. I feel that those closest to me value these same qualities.
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Summaries of 206 interviews with Jewish community members in Louisville, Kentucky, conducted by Jewish Family and Career Services volunteers. Originally started by Ann Friedman, Director of Klein Older Adult Services, the project sent volunteers to listen to seniors and summarize their stories. The volunteers used a standardized script to ask community members about their family’s immigration to the United States and move to Louisville; their family and religious life in Louisville; and what they hoped their legacy would be. Some of the interviews include supplemental material on the narrators, such as resumes, obituaries, and photographs.
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Summary of an oral history interview conducted with Armand Essig (1926-) on November 5, 2002. The interview was part of the Louisville Jewish Family and Career Services's project to document the lives of Jewish seniors in Louisville, Kentucky.
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