Schkoll, Mike
Mike (Wolfgang) Schkoll was born to Jakob and Mimi Schkoll on June 5, 1936 in Velbert, Germany. He attended public schools in Germany, but eventually his parents made an effort […]
Schaechner, Tibor
Tibor Schaechner was born in Budapest, Hungary on March 28, 1928. His father owned a feather and down business, and Tibor and his sister, Magda, enjoyed a comfortable middle class […]
Schaechner, Agnes
Agnes Klein was born in August 1930 in Debrecen, Hungary to Solomon Klein and Lily Schwartz Klein. She had younger twin brothers, Otto and Ferenc. Her father owned a lumber […]
Saks, Eric
Eric Saks was born in Vienna, Austria in 1926. When the Nazis took over Austria in 1938, his family went into hiding in Vienna for several months. They escaped to […]
Rybak, Nathan
Nathan Rybak was born in 1912 in Radom, Poland. He was the second youngest of eight brothers and sisters. The family lived on a dairy farm and, because the synagogue […]
Rose, Eric
Eric (Rosenzweig) Rose was born on February 18, 1914 in Vienna, Austria. Just as conditions for Jews in Vienna were worsening, Eric barely escaped what would have been a certain […]
Pergricht, Bernard
Bernard Pergricht was born in Sosnowiec, Poland on April 12, 1913. When Poland was taken over by the Nazis, Bernard lost his job at a lumber company when that company […]
Pergricht, Arlene
Arlene (Grunberger, Shugart) Pergricht was born in 1912 in Budapest, Hungary. She had three brothers and three sisters. Her father was a jeweler. Arlene married in 1942, and in July […]
Osborne, Irene
Irene Osborne (Ingeborg Eichberg) was born in 1927 in Koblenz, Germany to Josef and Emmy Eichberg. On November 9, 1938, during Kristallnacht, their synagogue was destroyed by Nazis. The next […]
Oppenheim, Irma
Irma (Wertheim) Oppenheim was born in 1924 in Falkenberg, a small community near Kassel, Germany. She had one older sister, Lotte Wertheim. Their father was a successful merchant, but her […]