Abraham Edward “English” Rosenberg was born on June 17, 1901 in Hull, England to Lazarus and Anna Rosenberg. He was born the second of seven children. His parents were originally from the Kovno gubernia in Russia, and they moved to Hull in approximately 1899. Abraham and his family immigrated to the United States in 1914 and …
Read MoreEva Erica Aigner (nee Speigel), one of two daughters, was born in 1937 in Košice, Czechoslovakia. Eva’s mother stayed at home with her and her younger sister while her father ran his own hat-making business until his business license was revoked in 1939 because he was Jewish. Soon the family moved to Budapest, Hungary, joining other …
Read MoreLeo Adler was born in Baker City, Oregon, the youngest of three Adler children, in June of 1895. His father, Carl Adler, owned Adler’s Crystal Palace, where he sold jewelry, books, music, candy, and cigars. His brother, Sanford Adler, ran the store for five years after the death of their father until he became the …
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