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Mrs. Nils M. Schweizer and Architect Jerry Uhran Special Guest Speakers at Orlando Remembered, January 2020
Mrs. Nils M. Schweizer and Architect Jerry Uhran were the Special Guest Speakers at the Orlando Remembered meeting on January 15, 2020 in the Melrose Center at the Orlando Public Library.
Mrs. Schweizer is the widow of Architect Nils M. Schweizer ... Read
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Oral History Interview with Robert Kahn
My name is Robert Kahn, I was born in Orlando at Orange General Hospital, July 23, 1945... I grew up in Orlando. My family's first home was a garage apartment on Palmer Avenue. They didn't have numbers back in the day and that first home that they bought ... Read
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Henri Goodheim: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor Henri Goodheim speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 26, 2017.
This is the second program in the 2017 Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitness ... Read
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George Alland: I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses to the Holocaust
Holocaust survivor George Alland speaking at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, December 11, 2016.
This is the last program in the 2016 Holocaust Center series entitled, I Remember: Reflections of Eyewitnesses ... Read
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Gene Klein
Holocaust survivor Gene Klein spoke at The Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida in Maitland, February 21, 2016.
Mr. Klein is a resident of Central Florida and spoke at the second program in the yearlong Holocaust Center series ent ... Read
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Helen Greenspun with Displacement Camp Theater Group
ABOVE: Helen Garfinkel, center in white coat, is pictured with the theater performers at Displacement Camp in Ainring, Germany.
Ms. Garfinkel was liberated from Allach concentration camp on April 29th, 1945 by the United States Military. After recuperati ... Read
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An Annual Time to Remember
Chaplain Ken Vinal of Trinity Prep School in Central Florida says, "Yom HaShoah is a day, a time that is difficult to face, the inhumanity and all that happened."
He participated in the 2010 Yom HaShoah event at the Holocaust Education and Resource Cen ... Read
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Rebecca Ethridge, a Winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest
Wekiva High School student Rebecca Ethridge, a winner in the 2010 Yom HaShoah Creative Arts Contest, reads her poem, "Humanity". She describes her Holocaust Remembrance Day artwork as a poem about taking on responsibility.
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Helen Garfinkel Greenspun World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma
Holocaust survivor Helen Garfinkel's World Ort Union Vocational Training School Diploma which she earned while living in Displacement Camp.
Helen Garfinkel lived at the Ainring, Germany Displaced Persons Camp from 1946-1949. The displaced persons ... Read
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Holocaust Survivor Helen Greenspun Visits Chmielnik, Poland
July 25, 2008, Heritage Florida Jewish News (Page 2) special on Holocaust survivor Helen Greenspun's journey from Orlando, FL to Chmielnik, Poland, her childhood home.
In 1942 German Nazis took Helen and her siblings Bela, Nsathan, Regina and Sonia f ... Read
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Holocaust Commemoration Day Reflections with Lawrence Kolin of Orlando
I come every year because I'm a...survivor. And so I come to pay my respects. And I wouldn't be here today if my family hadn't escaped. So, I'm always very solemn on this day and thankful that some folks in my family had the foresight to come to America. ... Read
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