Rochella “Chella” Velt was born in The Hague, Holland on May 15, 1928. When she was five years old, her mother died, so her father was left to take care of Chella and her older sister, Flora. Her father was concerned that they weren’t going to get the education they needed, so he decided to send …
Read MoreGus Solomon was born on August 29, 1906 in Portland, OR. His mother was from Russia and his father, who worked in the men’s wear business, was from Romania. He went to Shattuck School and Lincoln and Jefferson High Schools. His family belonged to the Neveh Zedek Talmud Torah Synagogue. He began college at the University of …
Read MoreMargaret Muller Salomon was born in Dusseldorf, Germany on May 5, 1910. Her parents were Simon and Flora Muller, and were both born in 1878. Margaret had two brothers: Hans and Walter. Simon owned a men’s store with 30 to 50 employees. During World War I, Flora ran the store while Simon was serving in …
Read MoreTed Rubenstein was born in 1932, the second child of Harry and Anne Kaplon Rubenstein. His father had moved the family to Medford, Oregon during the Depression and owned a general store there, which Ted grew up working in during the summers and vacations. Ted’s older sister, Helen (Stern) and his cousin Norman Kaplon and he …
Read MoreLaurie David Rogoway was born on February 22, 1944 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, where she was raised and educated. She moved to Portland, Oregon upon marrying her husband Burt Rogoway in 1964 and raised her family in Southwest Portland. Laurie and Burt originally lived in Southeast Portland, nearer to relatives. They adopted their first daughter, Susanne …
Read MoreHelga Bernstein Relation was born in Berlin, Germany, on February 24, 1924. She attended a public primary school and then a private Catholic school for lyceum (high school). Helga’s father owned and operated a fabric wholesale business in Berlin. He worked primarily with silks, satins and velvets. Her mother was a respected seamstress in their community. Although …
Read MoreElla Ostroff was born in Sátoraljaújhely, Hungary on June 4, 1932 to Henry and Helen Weiss. She had three older sisters (Magda, Lily, and Olga) and one brother. Ella lost both her parents and her brother in the Holocaust; her father was deported early on to a labor camp where he died, and her mother and …
Read MoreCharlotte Mitchell was born Lotte Wieland in Gleiwitz, Oberschlesien (Germany) on July 20, 1916. She had three sisters: Ruth, Lora and Hilde. Charlotte attended school through the eighth grade, after which time Nazi pogroms made it impossible for her to continue. Her sisters were fortunate enough to emigrate to Palestine before the pogroms were enacted. …
Read MoreJohn H. Miller was born on February 18, 1907 in Neunkirchen, Germany the eldest of three children of Simon and Flora (Kahn) Mueller. His brother Walter (born in 1908) and Greta (Salomon born in 1910) followed. Their parents Simon and Flora ran a men’s clothing store in Düsseldorf. John was educated as far as high school. …
Read MoreAnne Bloch Miller was born in 1912 in Cologne, Germany. She had a sister, Hilda, and a brother, Helmut. Her mother died when she was seven years old, and her father remarried three years later. Anne married her husband, Hans Mueller, on February 22, 1935 and they lived in Essen, just outside of Cologne, where …
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