Shlomo Libeskind was born in Poland in 1937 and spent the war years in numerous locations around Warsaw and with various families under difficult conditions. In 1947 he emigrated to Israel where he lived in several kibbutzim, learned Hebrew, gained matriculation and served in the Israeli Army during the Sinai campaign. After earning his doctorate …
Read MoreHenry L. Levinger was a lifelong Baker City resident and prominent businessman who owned Levinger Rexall Drug Store. Henry was born in Portland, Oregon on August 29, 1907 to Lyle and Louis Levinger. He was a 1925 Baker High School graduate, and attended Stanford University where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelor’s degree …
Read MoreSally Hanna Levin was born in Raguva, Lithuania in 1926, to Shlomo and Freidel Glaserine (Glaser). Her father died when she was six months old. Her mother had two brothers in Cape Town, South Africa, so she took Sally there when she was 10 months old. They live first with Freidel’s brother, Maurice, though five …
Read MoreEve Emmy Steinberg Leveque, was born on January 14, 1924 to Walter Steinberg and Freida Korneffel. She was raised with no specific religion in a well-to-do, professional household; her physician father had his practice in their house and often took Eve on his afternoon rounds to neighboring farms. Her family moved to Berlin and …
Read MoreIrv Leopold was born on April 3, 1926 in Portland, Oregon to Sam and Pearl Nudelman Leopold, who arrived in the United States as children from Russia and Germany. His mother was a part of the large Nudelman family that came to the US to start an agrarian community in North Dakota. Many of those …
Read MorePaul Walter Lavender (born Lewandowski) was born on February 10, 1911 in Kassel, Germany. His parents, Jacob and Lina Lewandowski had three other children: Herbert, Irma, and Paul’s fraternal twin brother, Hans. His sister died when he was five years old, and his father died in 1936. Paul’s mother and his brother, Hans, died in …
Read MoreEdith Rosenthal Lavender was born in Wiesbaden, Germany on November 24, 1913 to Emilia and Leon Rosenthal. She had one younger brother, Frank. Edith grew up in a comfortable household, was able to attend public school through graduation. Following graduation, Edith found work as a typist and held that job until 1934 when the business …
Read MoreEdmund Lang was born December 25, 1920, in Perleberg, Germany; he was an only child. His father, who was awarded the Iron Cross after serving in the German army during the First World War, was the owner of the biggest store in their small German town. The Langs were secular Jews, and Ed had no …
Read MoreManly Labby was born in Golta, Russia. He came to the United States with his family in 1906 and moved to Portland in 1910. While in grade school, Manly was a newsboy in order to help earn money for his family. After high school, rather than attending college or trade school, Manly went to work …
Read MoreLore Labby was born on January 19, 1926 in Düsseldorf, Germany, the only child to Paula and George Caro. Her mother died when she was 11, and her father was frequently hiding from Nazi authorities, so Lore lived for several months at a time with family friends. The day after she turned 14, on January …
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